Paige McPherson

Paige Arielle "McFierce" McPherson (born October 1, 1990, in Abilene, Texas) is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States.

[6] She graduated from Black Hills Classical Christian Academy in 2009 and then went on to attend Miami-Dade College.

[8] She represented the USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s 67 kg taekwondo event and in the preliminary round secured a surprise defeat over Team GB's Sarah Stevenson.

[9] McPherson went on to win a bronze medal by defeating Franka Anić of Slovenia, 8-3.

[10] After winning a gold medal in the 2016 Pan American Games McPherson was selected to represent the United States as a member of the Team USA Taekwondo Team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil.