The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 128 taekwondo fighters competing in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Game, and branded as Paris 2024, is the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, being held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris is hosting the Summer Paralympics and the second time that France is hosting the Paralympic Games, as Tignes and Albertville jointly hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. France also hosted the Olympics of 2024.
Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Makuhari Messe; the same location where goalball, volleyball and wheelchair fencing took place. This was the first time that taekwondo was included in the Summer Paralympic Games.
Zakia Khudadadi also spelt as Zakia Khodadadi; is an Afghan parataekwondo practitioner. She is the first Afghan female taekwondo practitioner. She rose to prominence after winning the African International Parataekwondo Championship in 2016 at the age of 18. She represented Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was initially denied the opportunity to compete at her first Paralympics due to the Taliban takeover but was later allowed by the International Paralympic Committee to compete in the event after being safely evacuated from Afghanistan. She was able to compete and became the first Afghan female Paralympic competitor to compete at the Paralympics in 17 years since Mareena Karim's participation at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She also officially became the first Afghan female sportsperson to participate in an international sporting event after the Taliban takeover and the first-ever member of the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal.
Israel is competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
The football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 10 August 2024 in France. The draw took place in Paris on 20 March 2024.
The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across eight different weight categories at the Games, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008. Each weight category was composed of sixteen taekwondo fighters; however, this figure may increase if additional athletes are invited and selected from the Refugee Olympic Team.
Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held at the Grand Palais. This was the second time that taekwondo was included in the Summer Paralympic Games. There were 10 events in total.
The men's 58 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 29 August 2024 at the Grand Palais in Paris. 12 athletes took part.
The men's 63 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 30 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 12 athletes took part.
The men's 70 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 30 August 2024 at the Grand Palais,Paris. 12 athletes took part.
The men's 80 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 31 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 13 athletes took part.
The men's +80 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 31 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 12 athletes will take part.
The women's 47 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics is going to be held on 29 August 2024 at the Grand Palais.
The women's 52 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 29 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 12 athletes took part.
The women's 65 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics was held on 30 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 12 athletes took part.
The women's +65 kg taekwondo competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics will be held on 31 August 2024 at the Grand Palais, Paris. 13 athletes will take part.
Manega Tapari is a Papua New Guinean para-athete, para-badminton player, and para taekwando competitor. She represented Papua New Guinea in para taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Matt Bush is a Welsh para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the +80 kg category. Bush, who does not have a left hand and forearm, is a two-time champion at the World Para Taekwondo Championships.
