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Kendall Yount (born July, 1998) is a USA Taekwondo athlete for the United States. She started the sport when she was 4 years old looking for a place on Olympic team for 2016 and qualified for her first Junior National team when she was 12 years of age. She has qualified for 7 National teams for the United States.

Yount was selected as flag bearer in the opening ceremony before earning Olympic gold for her country at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.

She also represented the United States at the Pan American Games in 2012, winning a gold medal for the United States.

In the senior division (18-32 years of age) she has earned a gold medal in the Costa Rica Open in 2012 She has qualified for the United States Senior Team Trials by winning bronze at the Senior Nationals 2014.

Along with her USA Taekwondo accomplishments she is also a 2x World Champion in one of America's largest Martial Arts organizations, the American Taekwondo Association.