The National Squash Centre is a squash venue in Eastlands, Manchester, England, which was constructed for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The National Squash Centre is part of the Sportcity complex.
Bianca Walkden is a British taekwondo practitioner and a member of the GB Taekwondo Academy. She represented Great Britain at 2016 Olympic Games winning a bronze medal. Walkden is a twice World champion, twice European champion, and twice World Grand Prix Final champion in her division. In 2017 she became the first practitioner ever to win all 4 Grand Prix events in her division in a single season
Melissa Pagnotta is a Canadian taekwondo fighter. Pagnotta participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Ontario representative in that sport. She qualified to the 2016 Olympics by winning Silver at the Pan Am Olympic Qualification event in Aguascalientes Mexico. Melissa saw success at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara where she won gold in the lightweight class. She won a silver at the 2015 World Grand Prix in Moscow losing a close match to Korea in sudden death. She has won the Pan Am Championships 4x and Commonwealth Championships 3x.
The ROWE British Grand Prix is an annual men's squash tournament that takes place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester.
Lutalo Muhammad is a British taekwondo athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. He won the Gold medal in the −87 kg class at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. He is the most successful male in British taekwondo history.
Ismaël Coulibaly is a Malian taekwondo practitioner who mainly fights in the lightweight division. Coulibaly represented Mali at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he competed in the men's 80kg competition. He was Mali's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics. He has also competed in three World Taekwondo Championships, a World Taekwondo Grand Prix and two African Games. He has won multiple World Championship medals and multiple medals in African regional competitions.
Yaşar Doğu Sport Hall is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Tekkeköy district of Samsun, Turkey. Named in honor of renowned Turkish sport wrestler Yaşar Doğu (1913–1961), the sports hall was opened end March 2013.
The 2014 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 2nd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.
The 2015 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.
Mahama Cho is a taekwondo practitioner who competes in the +87 kg category. Born in the Ivory Coast, he has represented both Great Britain and France at the sport.
The 2016 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 4th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix. As 2016 was an Olympic year, unlike in 2015, the series consisted of a single Grand Prix Final event, and was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 9 to 10 December 2016. Contests were held over the eight Olympic weight categories, rather than the full sixteen categories employed at World Championships level
Zhu Linfang, is an international referee for the World Taekwondo Federal, a former taekwondo athlete and world military champion.
The 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 6th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series. This was the first season where it was five Grand Prix events.
The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 5th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.
Roman Vladimirovich Kuznetsov, is a Russian taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the heavyweight category. He also won a gold medal at the Moscow series of the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix, defeating Korean Kyo-Don In.
Vladislav Vladimirovich Larin is a Russian taekwondo fighter who won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships, a gold medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships and two silver medals in the Taekwondo Grand Prix.
Matea Jelić is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix on the Women's 67 kg weight category.
Zhang Mengyu is a Chinese taekwondo athlete. She won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships on the women's welterweight category.
Kim Hun is a South Korean taekwondo fighter. He won a silver medal at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, a gold medal at the 2015 Moskow Grand prix, and a bronze medal at the 2015 Manchester Grand prix.
