Focus on Paris 2024 for Great Britain's Taekwondo European champions
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Team GB ended a successful European Championship campaign with 6 medals in able bodied and 3 medals in para classes.
Country | ||||
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Korea, Republic Of | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Croatia | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
France | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cheick Sallah Cissé | |||
Carlos Sansores | |||
Paško Božić | |||
Emre Kutalmış Ateşli |
Team GB ended a successful European Championship campaign with 6 medals in able bodied and 3 medals in para classes.
Daedo International, the leading provider of Taekwondo equipment, renewed its sponsorship contract with the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) for the period 2025-2028. The contract signing ceremony took place on 12 May at the Metropol Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia, with Daedo’s Director Sam Park and ETU Secretary General Antonio Barbarino officiating the event.
The 2024 Para-Taekwondo European Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 12 May in parallel with the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships.
The 2024 European Taekwondo Championships took place from 9-12 May in Belgrade, Serbia.
The World Taekwondo Extraordinary Council Meeting was held on 12 May on the occasion of the WT Coach-Referee joint training camp for the Paris 2024 and featured a full agenda including the election of the host cities of the 2024 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and 2025 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Challenges.
Within a week, two major taekwondo events took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - the Pan American Senior Championships on 1-3 May and the Rio Open tournament on 4-5 May.
An inspiring evening in Jordan’s capital Amman featuring competition in Taekwondo, Baseball5 and Badminton brought a fitting end to the 2nd Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) Hope and Dreams Sports Festival.
The First Meeting of Women and Sports of Taekwondo, organised by the Bolivian Taekwondo Federation and led by President Ana Hernández and Director of Women and Sports Laura Roca, has been an extraordinary event that has left an indelible mark on the taekwondo community Bolivian.
Three countries have been awarded Olympic berths following the reallocation of quota places. Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea clinched them in the men's -68kg category, while Fiji have confirmed another in the women's -67kg category.
A four-day para-taekwondo camp for 30 top international referees selected for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games took place in Santorini, Greece from 24-27 April.
Seven Para-Taekwondo athletes from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the host Solomon Islands booked their tickets to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara.
The Para Taekwondo season is heating up with four events lined up in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Top athletes including Paralympic and world champions will be in action as they prepare for August's Paralympic Games in Paris.
Four athletes will represent their country at the Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament. France announced its squad for the taekwondo tournament on May 3.
Five Taekwondo athletes were named by International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take part at the Paris 2024. With five athletes, Taekwondo is the third most represented sport in the team. The addition of five refugee athletes will result in the largest number of Taekwondo athletes ever at an Olympic Games with more than 130 due to compete in Paris.
Australian Taekwondo has appointed Josh O'Brien to the role of Chief Executive Officer. O'Brien comes to Australian Taekwondo from Basketball ACT where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer.