The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013 the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.
Bhutan competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 12 athletes competed only in 1 sporting event, Taekwondo. Bhutan did not win any medal at the Games.
Malaysia competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from September 17 to 27. Malaysia sent 10 competitors for the multi-sport event. Malaysia clinched its only medal in the men's 64kg taekwondo event.
Indonesia was the host nation of 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Indonesia competed with 938 athletes, the most in the Games.
Cambodia competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. This event marks the 12th Asian Games appearance for Cambodia since making their debut in 1954.
The women's individual poomsae event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 19 August 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Marjan Salahshouri is an Iranian taekwondo practitioner. She represented Iran at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a silver medal in the women's poomsae individual event. This medal was only the second medal to be received by Iran on the opening day of the 2018 Asian Games.
Yap Khim Wen is a Malaysian taekwondo practitioner. Yap represented Malaysia at the 2018 Asian Games and she claimed a bronze medal in the women's individual poomsae event. This also became the first medal to be earned by Malaysia during the 2018 Asian Games and also marked the first Asian Games taekwondo medal for Malaysia since the 2002 Asian Games.
Kotchawan Chomchuen is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She represented Thailand at the 2018 Asian Games and clinched gold medal in the women's team poomsae event along with fellow taekwondo practitioners Phenkanya Phaisankiattikun and Ornawee Srisahakit defeating favourites South Korea in the final.
Phenkanya Phaisankiattikun is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She represented Thailand at the 2018 Asian Games and competed in both individual and women's team event. She clinched gold medal in the women's team poomsae event along with fellow taekwondo practitioners Kotchawan Chomchuen and Ornawee Srisahakit defeating favourites South Korea in the final.
Ornawee Srisahakit is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She represented Thailand at the 2018 Asian Games and clinched gold medal in the women's team poomsae event along with fellow taekwondo practitioners Kotchawan Chomchuen and Phenkanya Phaisankiattikun defeating favourites South Korea in the final.
Saleh Salah El-Sharabaty is a Jordanian taekwondo athlete and a member of the Jordanian Taekwondo team where he competes in the -80kg weight.. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, he won silver and thus became only the second Jordanian to win an Olympic medal. Previously, he won the bronze medal on the welterweight division (80 kg) at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Tiara Andini Prastika is an Indonesian mountain cyclist. She represented Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games and clinched an historic gold medal for Indonesia in the women's downhill cycling event. With this achievement, she also became the first Indonesian female cyclist to claim a gold medal in the mountain bike event in an Asian Games event.
Puspa Arumsari is an Indonesian pencak silat practitioner. She is a gold medalist at the 2016 Pencak Silat World Championship which was coincidentally held in Indonesia. Puspa represented Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed gold medal in the women's individual tunggal event where Pencak silat was one of the newest sports to be introduced at the 2018 Asian Games. This became Indonesia's first Asian Games gold medal in its own martial art, pencak silat.
Priscilla Hertati Lumban Gaol is an Indonesian martial artist who has represented the country in various international competitions, including in the 2014 Asian Games, where she competed in wushu, and in the 2019 SEA Games, where she competed in kickboxing.
Pei Xingru is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also won one of the bronze medals both in the women's 59 kg event in 2018 and in the women's 59 kg event in 2019.
Gao Pan is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. She is a gold medalist at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Taekwondo Championships and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games.
Nurlan Myrzabayev is a Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 80 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mariska Halinda is an Indonesian taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Games.
