Schedule
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | June 9–11 |  Rome, Italy | [1] |
| Series 2 | September 1–3 |  Paris, France | [2] |
| Series 3 | October 10-12 |  Taiyuan, China | [3] |
| Final | December 2–3 |  Manchester, United Kingdom | [4] |
The 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix is the 9th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | June 9–11 | Rome, Italy | [1] |
| Series 2 | September 1–3 | Paris, France | [2] |
| Series 3 | October 10-12 | Taiyuan, China | [3] |
| Final | December 2–3 | Manchester, United Kingdom | [4] |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome |  Adrián Vicente (ESP) |  Mehdi Haji Mousaei (IRI) |  Jang Jun (KOR) |
| Abolfazl Zandi (IRI) | |||
| Paris | Mehdi Haji Mousaei (IRI) | Abolfazl Zandi (IRI) |  Bailey Lewis (AUS) |
 Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | |||
| Taiyuan | Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | Jang Jun (KOR) | Park Tae-joon (KOR) |
| Adrián Vicente (ESP) | |||
| Manchester | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) | Adrián Vicente (ESP) | Hugo Arillo (ESP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome |  Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) |  Levente Józsa (HUN) |  Marko Golubić (CRO) |
 Konstantinos Chamalidis (GRE) | |||
| Paris | Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) |  Edival Pontes (BRA) | Marko Golubić (CRO) |
 Zaid Al-Halawani (JOR) | |||
| Taiyuan | Jin Ho-jun (KOR) | Souleyman Alaphilippe (FRA) | Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) |
| Javier Pérez (ESP) | |||
| Manchester | Levente Józsa (HUN) | Javier Pérez (ESP) | Zaid Kareem (JOR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR) | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) |
 Richard Ordemann (NOR) | |||
| Paris | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | Apostolos Telikostoglou (GRE) |  Carl Nickolas (USA) |
 Muhammed Emin Yıldız (TUR) | |||
| Taiyuan | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) | Carl Nickolas (USA) |
| Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | |||
| Manchester | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) |  Seif Eissa (EGY) | Carl Nickolas (USA) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Caden Cunningham (GBR) | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | Song Zhaoxiang (CHN) |
| Ivan Šapina (CRO) | |||
| Paris |  Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Caden Cunningham (GBR) | Paško Božić (CRO) |
 Carlos Sansores (MEX) | |||
| Taiyuan |  Vladislav Larin (AIN) | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | Kang Sang-hyun (KOR) |
| Ivan Šapina (CRO) | |||
| Manchester | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | Maicon Andrade (BRA) | Iván García (ESP) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome |  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Adriana Cerezo (ESP) | Mobina Nematzadeh (IRI) |
| Guo Qing (CHN) | |||
| Paris | Merve Dinçel (TUR) | Adriana Cerezo (ESP) | Wang Xiaolu (CHN) |
| Mobina Nematzadeh (IRI) | |||
| Taiyuan | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Guo Qing (CHN) | Madinabonu Mannopova (UZB) |
| Kang Mi-reu (KOR) | |||
| Manchester | Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) | Adriana Cerezo (ESP) | Merve Dinçel (TUR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Jade Jones (GBR) | Nahid Kiani (IRI) | Faith Dillon (USA) |
| Kim Yu-jin (KOR) | |||
| Paris | Jade Jones (GBR) | Luo Zongshi (CHN) | Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR) |
| Aaliyah Powell (GBR) | |||
| Taiyuan |  Skylar Park (CAN) | Nahid Kiani (IRI) | Lee Ah-reum (KOR) |
| Tatiana Minina (AIN) | |||
| Manchester | Luo Zongshi (CHN) | Faith Dillon (USA) | Aaliyah Powell (GBR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Song Jie (CHN) |  Sarah Chaâri (BEL) | Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA) |
| Aya Shehata (EGY) | |||
| Paris | Zhang Mengyu (CHN) | Song Jie (CHN) | Hong Hyo-rim (KOR) |
| Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA) | |||
| Taiyuan |  Aleksandra Perišić (SRB) | Sarah Chaâri (BEL) |  Elizabeth Anyanacho (NGR) |
| Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR) | |||
| Manchester | Sarah Chaâri (BEL) | Zhang Mengyu (CHN) | Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | Xu Lei (CHN) | Althéa Laurin (FRA) | Rebecca McGowan (GBR) |
| Zhou Zeqi (CHN) | |||
| Paris | Althéa Laurin (FRA) | Rebecca McGowan (GBR) | Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar (TUR) |
| Lee Da-bin (KOR) | |||
| Taiyuan | Xu Lei (CHN) | Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar (TUR) |  Lorena Brandl (GER) |
| Lee Da-bin (KOR) | |||
| Manchester | Lee Da-bin (KOR) | Rebecca McGowan (GBR) | Althéa Laurin (FRA) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Jordan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes a | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | United States | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 entries) | 32 | 32 | 56 | 120 | |
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