Paige McPherson

Who is Paige McPherson?

Paige McPherson is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States.

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

McPherson grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. She is of Filipino and African descent. She graduated from Black Hills Classical Christian Academy in 2009, and then went on to attend Miami-Dade College.

McPherson was a silver medalist at the 2011 Pan Am Games.