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Prosper Masatu Makonya is a Tanzanian sportsperson who was elected as president of the East and Central African Tae Kwon Do Confederation on 30 October 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya. Masatu was previously chairman of the Union of Taekwondo Tanzania as well as an executive member of World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). [1]
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014, it was one of 23 public universities in the country.
Libya competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The country's participation in Sydney marked its sixth appearance at a Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1964 Games. The delegation included three male athletes; marathon runner Adel Edeli, judoka Tarek Ayad and Nizar Mohamed Naeeli in taekwondo. Edeli did not finish his race, while Ayad and Naeeli were both eliminated in the first bouts of their respective tournaments.
The 4th All-Africa Games, also known as Nairobi 1987, were played from 1 to 12 August 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.
The 8th All Africa Games, also known as Abuja 2003, were held from 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu.
The 10th All-Africa Games, also known as Maputo 2010, took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent.
The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August.
The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea.
Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Olympics as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo, with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison. Taekwondo was again a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Taekwondo became a full medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and has been a sport in the Olympic games since then.
The Tanzania FA Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tanzanian football.
Gergely Salim is a Hungarian-Danish taekwondo practitioner, but lives now in Los Angeles as an American citizen.
Sebastien N'Guessan Konan is a Taekwondo athlete from Côte d'Ivoire. He started Taekwondo at a very young age. He is a two-time Olympic athlete. Sebastien Konan is the athlete who officially represented Côte d'Ivoire for the first time at the Olympic Games in Taekwondo when the sport became an Olympic event in Sydney, Australia. Sebastien Konan has won many gold medals in national and international competitions. He was decorated 3 times with the Medal of Honor from the Ministry of Sport and the Chancellor. He was ambassador of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a scholarship bearer. He won the gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Taekwondo for the first time in Côte d'Ivoire and the gold medal at the 2006 US Taekwondo Open and US National. He is a 4 time gold medalist at the African Taekwondo Championships, a 2 time gold medalist at the World Francophonie Cup, a 15 time National Champion, and a gold medalist in many other international open tournaments.
Central African Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, excluding three games after its national debut in 1968.
The Tanzania Football Federation is the governing body mandated to run The sport of football in Tanzania. It oversees the national football team, Premier League,the Championship, First League,Regional Champions League,Youth U20 League and the Youth U15 League.
Mali competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although not consecutive due to the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports. Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only African countries absent from the Games.
The 12th African Games, also known as Rabat 2019, were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
South African Taekwondo Federation is the governing body for the sport of taekwondo in South Africa and a member of the world governing body, World Taekwondo (WT) along with the continental governing body, African Taekwondo Union (AFTU). South African Taekwondo Federation is also registered with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee.
The African Taekwondo Championships are the African senior taekwondo championships and held every two years by the African Taekwondo Union along with the South African Taekwondo Federation, both the continental affiliates of World Taekwondo. This is a recognized G-4 senior event by World Taekwondo.
The 3rd African Youth Games took place in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 28 July 2018. The Games featured approximately 3,300 athletes from 55 African countries who competed in 30 sports. Algiers was awarded the games by Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in 2014.
Rewan Refaei is an Egyptian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal at the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco in the women's -62 kg event.
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