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 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships are held every two years, in every year the Commonwealth and Olympic Games are held. They are sanctioned by the Commonwealth Taekwondo Union, the Commonwealth Games Federation and the World Taekwondo Federation and involve world class competitors, making them a major event in Taekwondo.
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.
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.
Marjan Salahshouri is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner.
Taekwondo competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between July 26 to 29, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the volleyball competitions.
The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games competitions.
Pai Yun-yiao, also known as Elva Adams, is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner.
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.
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Pia Hoffmann is a German taekwondo poomsae athlete and two-time European 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 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, the 12th edition of the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, were held in Goyang, South Korea, at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) from April 21 to April 24, 2022.
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