Para-taekwondo athlete Antonino Bossolo has been re-elected to the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP)

Bossolo will represent the Italian Taekwondo Federation on the CIP Athletes' Commission from 2021 to

 Para-taekwondo is set to make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

 Bossolo also became the first Para-taekwondo athlete to join the Fiamme Oro, the sport section

 This will see him become a policeman alongside his Para-taekwondo career.

The Tanzania Taekwondo Federation (TTF) is to already start training its athletes with an eye on the

The TTF plans to train young taekwondo players in primary schools as part of its long-term plan for the

targeting school-age athletes in order to give them as much time to prepare for future international taekwondo

We are in talks with World Taekwondo as well as the Korean Embassy so that they may provide us with taekwondo

by which point they will be 17, it is hoped.Tanzanian teenager Samwel Kivuyo competed at the African Para

last year - but was unsuccessful.Tanzania did not have any representatives at the African Taekwondo

World Taekwondo and the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding

means the IBF becomes the latest organisation to support development and peace activities at the THF's Taekwondo

It is my pleasure to represent World Taekwondo and the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation in signing this

The IBF is proud of entering this partnership with World Taekwondo and with the Taekwondo Humanitarian

Tenpin, Ninepin, academy, Para, male, female, young, old; whoever you are, wherever you come from, our

Founded in 2015, the THF aims to teach taekwondo in refugee camps, helping refugees to gain superior

Santiago 2023 has confirmed 17 sports will feature at the Parapan American Games, including the return of archery to the multi-sport event.

football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo

“Athletes and Para athletes are and will always be the heart of our Games".The programme features minor

changes from Lima 2019.Para-archery was not included at Lima 2019, a decision World Archery described

“The International Paralympic Committee and APC reviewed applications from a total of 23 Para sports

Para sports in our region.

The European Olympic taekwondo qualifier has again been rescheduled after organisers decided to push

heavily disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, had been due to take place between January 30 and 31.World Taekwondo

COVID-19 infections.The continental body said the qualifier would now run from May 7 to 8, before the Para

just over two months before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympics open on July 23.In a statement, World Taekwondo

GB Taekwondo has launched a new talent search for Para-athletes, as it looks to scope out potential stars

or the women's 49kg, 58kg or +58kg.Matt Bush is looking to become the first British man to win world Para-taekwondo

switching sport.He also had moderate success in Japanese and Brazilian jiu-jitsu before joining the GB Para

Taekwondo set-up in 2017.Bush now looks to become the first British man to win gold at the World Para

Taekwondo Championships and qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics."

Para-taekwondo is one of two new Paralympic sports at Tokyo 2020 alongside Para-badminton.

The make-up of USA Taekwondo's Athlete Advisory Council has been confirmed after nominations and elections.

Athlete Advisory Council.They take two of the seven spots reserved for sparring athletes on the USA Taekwondo

Pok Sun Yang, Jim Harp, Joelyn Nowlin and Yerim Jeong missed out.Brianna Salinaro was elected as the Para-taekwondo

key USOPC and USA Taekwondo Committees.

 "In addition, they will be in position to ensure fair and equal playing fields in USA Taekwondo

events and advise USA Taekwondo on athlete matters.

The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) and World Taekwondo (WT) have hosted a virtual forum focusing

attracted more than 120,000 views on the SAOC's social media channels.Organised in cooperation with the Taekwondo

Humanitarian Foundation and the Saudi Taekwondo Federation, the first day of the event featured speeches

her to become an Olympic champion in later life.Among the other sessions was one entitled "Women in Para

Taekwondo", where Lisa Gjessing, a four-times para-taekwondo world champion, spoke of her transformation

, when she won bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.Reflecting on the event World Taekwondo President

The Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has announced a new concept for its venues for the Games, in a bid to make budget savings.

the Pacific island of Tahiti.Sharing of venues will help save money with one of the changes seeing Para-table

switched to the same venue as Olympic table tennis, Arena Paris Sud 4.The same concept could exist for Para-judo

currently set to move to Champ de Mars Arena where Olympic judo is already scheduled to take place.Para-taekwondo

and Para-swimming will also share venues with their Olympic equivalents.Swimming will be under one roof

Nigeria has begun holding training camps for athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Abuja is reportedly holding the camps for taekwondo, rowing, and Para-rowing, as well as canoeing and

Para-canoeing.Powerlifting athletes are based at the camp in Lagos.The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Mexican taekwondo star Juan Diego García has been presented with a 2020 national sports award in the

American Games in Lima last year, and is preparing for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in 2021 where taekwondo

García learnt in January that he had qualified for Tokyo 2020 through the World Taekwondo rankings, before

Committee (IPC) to reduce the number of people allowed to attend Tokyo 2020 to ensure the safety of Para

spring".Iran is expected to compete in athletics, archery, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, taekwondo

strict new restrictions by it’s Government in a bid to curb a surge in infections.A record 110 Iranian Para

Sixteen refugee athletes from Jordan and Rwanda competed in the Lents Taekwondo Worldwide Sports Online

The virtual contest featured recognised poomsae, freestyle and the Para and beach poomsae disciplines.It

team and Rwanda have participated in the Poomsae Online Open 2020 and have proudly earned...Posted by Taekwondo

Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, 9 November 2020Lents Taekwondo is run by Lisa and Edina Lents, with

martial art.The competition was run in partnership with Kenneth Schunken from Worldwide Sports Online.The Taekwondo

Humanitarian Foundation (THF) congratulated the athletes who had taken part.World Taekwondo President

The inaugural Online South American Poomsae and Para-Poomsae Championships have been scheduled to take

held in the infant, cadet, junior, senior and master divisions.Participants can perform from their taekwondo

school or club, or from home.The inaugural Online South American Poomsae and Para-Poomsae Championships

are being organised by the Ecuadorian Taekwondo Federation ©FETKDThe tournament will be hosted by the

Ecuadorian Taekwondo Federation and held on Zoom.

 World Taekwondo also plans to organise the first Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships to

South Korean taekwondo fighter Jeonghun Joo has described the prospect of appearing at the Tokyo 2020

one hand, before leaving the sport in 2011.After a seven year break he debuted on the international Para-taekwondo

 "Although I didn't know anything about the Paralympics and Para-taekwondo at all, it was the right

following an accident with an agricultural cutting machine when he was two.He was encouraged to return to taekwondo