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 (겨루) and gyeokpa (격파).
The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) or World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) is the official governing body for all Taekwondo matters in Europe as a regional organisation of World Taekwondo. It comprises the National Taekwondo Federations of all the European member nations and regulates all Taekwondo matters on a continental basis. The first participating countries in the ETU were Spain, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, Denmark and the UK. The first president was Antonio Garcia de la Fuente. The First European Championships of the ETU were held in Barcelona on May 22–23, 1976. After being considered only a demonstration sports event twice - in Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 - the WTF style - was incorporated as a full Olympic discipline in Sydney in 2000. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was announced that European Taekwondo Union will not recognise taekwondo events organised in Russia and Belarus, and will not host events in either country.
The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. In addition to the kyorugi Championships, there are also Para World Championships as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.
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.
The Asia Rugby Sevens Series is an annual series of regional rugby sevens tournaments run by Asia Rugby featuring national sevens teams. It has been held regularly since 2009 to determine Asia's best men's national team in the sport of rugby sevens.
Kai Tak Sports Park is a multi-purpose sports venue that is being built at the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, Hong Kong, as part of the Kai Tak Development. The sports park will be located on the north western part of the old Kai Tak Airport, where some of the parking stands used to be.
Asia Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every 4 years in the Asia Pacific region. It is the successor to the "Far Eastern Deaf Football Championship" which was held in Taipei in 1983. The inaugural games was held in 1984 in Hong Kong. At that time, the games was known as the Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship which was held biennially until 1988. In 1988, the games' governing body Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation was formed during the 3rd Championship in Melbourne, Australia with Ms. Wendy Home as its first administrator. The games changed its name to its present name, the Asia Pacific Deaf Games when the games was held in Seoul, South Korea in 1992 after Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation passed a resolution to change the name of the games, which has since been held once every four years.
Marjan Salahshouri is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner.
Kabiraj Negi Lama is a notable figure in Nepalese Para Taekwondo. He is a successful coach who has significantly contributed to the sport in Nepal. Under his coaching, Nepal has won 10 international official medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver, and 5 bronze. He is a former Nepali taekwondo player, coach of the Nepal National Para Taekwondo Team, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics coach. He has participated in various taekwondo competitions. He is also the grandson of former minister Tilak Bahadur Negi Lama.
Eva Eun-Kyung Sandersen is a Danish taekwondo athlete and reigning World Poomsae champion.
Steven Behn is a German taekwondo athlete, two time European freestyle poomsae champion and 2018 world bronze medalist.
Pia Hoffmann is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and two-time European medalist.
Leah Lawall is a German taekwondo athlete and two-time European poomsae medalist.
Adina Machwirth is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and 2022 world bronze medalist.
Ana Catalina Pohl is a German taekwondo athlete and three-time European poomsae medalist.
Kaitlyn Marie Reclusado is an American taekwondo athlete and world bronze medalist in traditional Poomsae.
The 2023 European Poomsae Taekwondo Championships, the 16th edition of the European Poomsae Championships, was held in Innsbruck, Austria, at the Olympiaworld venue from 24 to 26 November 2023. Additionally, the 1stEuropean Poomsae Para Taekwondo Championships were held alongside the Poomsae Championships, making both competitions a combined event.
The 2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, the 13th edition of the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, will be held in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Coliseum from November 30 to December 4, 2024.
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