Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving punching and kicking techniques. The word Taekwondo can be translated as tae, kwon, and do. In addition to its five tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit, the sport requires three physical skills: poomsae (품새), kyorugi (겨루기) and gyeokpa (격파).
World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).
Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The 2010 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 3rd edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Xinjiang Sports Center in Urumqi, China from July 17 to July 20, 2010.
The 2012 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 4th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Centro Deportivo Betico Croes in Santa Cruz, Aruba from November 23 to November 25, 2012.
The 2014 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 6th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Querétaro, Mexico from December 6 to December 7, 2014.
The 2015 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 7th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Mexico City, Mexico from December 8 to December 9, 2014.
Para taekwondo is an adaptation of taekwondo for disabled sportspeople. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT). New disciplines such as kyorugi and poomsae, both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes. On January 31, 2017, Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC.
The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.
The World Taekwondo Junior Championships is a worldwide biennial championship organized for juniors age category by World Taekwondo, first held in 1996 in Barcelona. The event is contested every two years.
This article lists the 12 different combat sports and their results for 2018.
The team of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, which competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, represented athletes from both the Republic of Ireland and those from Northern Ireland who choose it instead of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the team's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having attended every edition since 1924 except the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.
The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
The 2017 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 9th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from December 5 to December 6, 2017.
The 2018 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 10th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates from November 24 to November 25, 2018.
Ryan Real is an American taekwondo athlete and world bronze medalist in traditional Poomsae.
Karyn Real is an American taekwondo athlete.
Ozoda Sobirjonova is an Uzbek taekwondo practitioner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Games and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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