| 2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium |
| Location |  Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Dates | 9–11 May 2012 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women |  Chinese Taipei |
The 2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 20th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 9 to May 11, 2012.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Park Ji-woong South Korea | Japoy Lizardo  Philippines | Ahmad Nabil  Indonesia |
Chutchawal Khawlaor  Thailand | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Lee Dae-hoon South Korea | Pen-ek Karaket Thailand | Lê Huỳnh Châu Vietnam |
Yuma Yamada  Japan | |||
| Bantamweight −63 kg | Huang Cheng-ching Chinese Taipei | Yaser Bamatraf  Yemen | Vladislav Khan  Uzbekistan |
Zhalgas Bekkassymov  Kazakhstan | |||
| Featherweight −68 kg | Alireza Nasr Azadani  Iran | Rohullah Nikpai  Afghanistan | Said Gafar Salih  Qatar |
Mohammad Abulibdeh  Jordan | |||
| Lightweight −74 kg | Anas Al-Adarbi Jordan | Seo Jong-bin South Korea | Masoud Karimi Afghanistan |
| Kairat Sarymsakov Kazakhstan | |||
| Welterweight −80 kg | Lee Dong-eon South Korea | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh Iran | Qiao Sen  China |
| Christian dela Cruz Philippines | |||
| Middleweight −87 kg | Nguyễn Trọng Cường Vietnam | Jasur Baykuziyev Uzbekistan | Jaber Jamal Al-Ali  United Arab Emirates |
| Hossein Tajik Iran | |||
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Cha Dong-min South Korea | Liu Xiaobo China | Sajjad Mardani Iran |
Elias El-Hidari  Lebanon |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −46 kg | Liao Wei-chun Chinese Taipei | Li Zhaoyi China | Kim So-hui South Korea |
| Dina Pouryounes Iran | |||
| Flyweight −49 kg | Yang Shu-chun Chinese Taipei | Đoàn Thị Hương Giang Vietnam | Chanatip Sonkham Thailand |
| Park Ji-hye South Korea | |||
| Bantamweight −53 kg | Wu Jingyu China | Samaneh Sheshpari Iran | Nila Ahmadi Afghanistan |
| Tseng Yi-hsuan Chinese Taipei | |||
| Featherweight −57 kg | Tseng Li-cheng Chinese Taipei | Hou Yuzhuo China | Mayu Hamada Japan |
| Dilobar Saydullaeva Uzbekistan | |||
| Lightweight −62 kg | Zhang Hua China | Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei | Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thảo Vietnam |
| Zhadyra Otemis Kazakhstan | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Chen Yann-yeu Chinese Taipei | Hwang Kyung-seon South Korea | Fatemeh Rouhani Iran |
Liu Qing  Macau | |||
| Middleweight −73 kg | Lee In-jong South Korea | Rima Ananbeh Jordan | Kirstie Alora Philippines |
| Feruza Yergeshova Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight +73 kg | Nadin Dawani Jordan | Fei Lulu China | Eka Sahara Indonesia |
| Nafiseh Mokhlesi Iran |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
Men
| Women
|
Taekwondo, also spelled tae kwon do or taekwon-do, is a Korean martial art involving punching and kicking techniques. The literal translation for taekwondo is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". It sometimes involves the use of weapons.
Steven López is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and 4th Dan in taekwondo. In 2001, he won the Lightweight Taekwondo World Championship, and in 2003 he won the Welterweight Taekwondo World Championship which he has since won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 making him the first Taekwondo fighter to win 5 World Championships. With 2 Olympic titles, 5 titles in taekwondo world championships and 1 title in taekwondo world cup he is the most titled champion after Hadi Saei who earns 9 world class titles.
Chen Zhong is a retired Chinese taekwondo competitor who represented her country at international level for more than 10 years, including three consecutive Summer Olympic Games. She won China's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended her title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but did not make it past the quarter-final round.
Donald David von Geisler III is a retired Filipino taekwondo athlete of German-American descent, who represented the Philippines in the Summer Olympic Games in the years 2000 and 2004. He is a 1998 Asian Games and World Cup Taekwondo Silver medalist, and won a gold medal for the men's lightweight division at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in Pasay, Philippines before his retirement.
The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekwondo, which organises and controls Olympic style taekwondo. An additional event, the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships were exceptionally held in 2019.
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed is a former Iranian professional taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in ۱ Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics. ۲
The 2008 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 18th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held at The Sports Centre Gymnasium of Luoyang in Luoyang, China from April 26 to April 28, 2008.
The 2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 19th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Astana, Kazakhstan from May 21 to May 23, 2010.
The 2006 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 17th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 21 to April 23, 2006.
Dr. Mohamed Riad Ibrahim is a taekwondo international referee who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Hadi Saei is an Iranian councilor and former taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history and the most titled champion in this sport by winning 9 world class titles . Earlier in his career and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Saei had won the Bronze medal. He was elected as member of City Council of Tehran in 2006 local elections and was reelected in 2013 but lost the 2017 election. He is one of the three most medal winners olympians in the sport of Taekwondo.
Carmen Marton is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. She is Australia's first ever world taekwondo champion.
The 2004 Asian Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seongnam, South Korea from May 20 to May 23, 2004.
Milica Mandić is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the +67 kg category, as well as World champion in the same category.
Lee In-Jong is a South Korean female taekwondo practitioner. She is a three-time World Championship middleweight silver medalist.
Akram Khodabandeh is the captain of the Iranian women's national taekwondo team.
Zhao Shuai is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships, placing third earlier in 2015. He served as the flag bearer for China at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games, where he later won a silver medal.
Lee Da-bin is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. She competes for South Korea mainly in middleweight category at international competitions.
Svetlana Osipova is a Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete and a member of the Uzbekistan national team. In 2017, she won a silver medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. In 2018 and 2023, she earned bronze medals at the Summer Asian Games. In 2019, she secured a gold medal at the World Military Games. In 2022, she won a gold medal at the World Taekwondo Championship, and in 2023, she claimed a silver medal.
Ehsan Naghibzadeh is a male Iranian Taekwondo practitioner, who lives in Switzerland. He is a former member of the Iranian Taekwondo National Team and a 4th DAN in Taekwondo. He is a gold medalist in 2010 West Asian Championships in Saudi Arabia, a silver medalist in the 2010 World University Championships in Spain and a silver medalist in the 2011 Asian Club Championships in Iran. Furthermore, he took part in the World Championships in Puebla, Mexico in 2013 for the Iranian Nationalteam, where the team achieved the 2nd place. Since 2019, he is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee athlete scholarship holder for Tokyo Olympic Games. Since 2019, Naghibzadeh is competing as a refugee athlete. He won bronze at the European University Championships in Croatia in 2019. He also participated in the European Taekwondo Championships 2019 in Bari. Also in 2019, Naghibzadeh was part of the Booyoung Dream Program, which was held in South Korea. World Taekwondo selected 19 Olympic Hopefuls to be part of the program. In 2021, he participated in the European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia. Naghibzadeh also won medals in several international olympic ranking tournaments