Five nominees have been revealed for the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Athlete of the Month award for February. 

Guatemala's Gersson Mejia has been shortlisted after claiming gold at the Mexico Para Taekwondo Open.He

snowboarder Joe Pleban rounds off the shortlist, having achieved two snowboard cross silver medals at a World Para

Details for this year's European Taekwondo Senior Championships in Croatia have been announced.

national team can send one male and one female athlete per weight category to the event.The Croatian Taekwondo

 Croatia is also hosting this year's European Club Championships and European Para Championships.These

Rajae Akermach has described qualifying for this year's Paralympic Games taekwondo tournament in Tokyo

Taekwondo will make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images"Since 2015 I've been working for

Taekwondo will make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, alongside badminton.Six fighters qualified from

World Taekwondo Europe has appointed Usman Dildar as the organisation's new technical director.

The British official will now be responsible for all technical issues related to European taekwondo events

and competitions.He has previously held roles with both World Taekwondo and British Taekwondo.In 2017

, he was appointed as the Para-taekwondo chair for Tokyo 2020.Taekwondo is due to make its Paralympic

events ©WTE"Mr Dildar, who has also served for both World Taekwondo and British Taekwondo, possesses

Taekwondo Europe congratulates Mr.

Australian Taekwondo have named three athletes for the Oceania Continental Paralympic Qualification Tournament

year ©Getty ImagesThe deadline for athletes to be picked for Australia's Paralympic team is April 30.Taekwondo

 "Australian Taekwondo congratulates the three athletes on their selections and wishes them all

Samokov in Bulgaria has been named as the new host of the 2020 Multi European Taekwondo Championships

The Organising Committee of the Multi European Taekwondo Championships has proceeded to change the host

city of the Multi European Taekwondo Championships in order to service better the incoming competitors

and teams," a World Taekwondo Europe statement said."

The event is the only European taekwondo competition to bring together all disciplines, age categories

divisions.This means senior fighters compete at the same event as various age group athletes.Poomsae and Para-taekwondo

Iran has appointed its coaches for the 2020 Asian Poomsae Taekwondo Championships.

supported by Mahsa Mardani.All of the appointments have been confirmed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Taekwondo

 Beirut is also hosting the Asian Taekwondo Championships between March 4 and 6.On March 2, the

city will host the Asian Para Taekwondo Championships.

Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons has held talks with officials over the future of the African Para

“Developing the African Para Games is essential for the long-term growth of the Paralympic Movement,”

“It is vital that African Para athletes get the opportunity to compete at a high level within their own

continent and I am certain that an African Para Games would have a significant social impact as well

Games.This would have included athletics, blind football, goalball, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, taekwondo

for an African Para Games were first discussed in April 2018, with the hope that the event would become

World Taekwondo has announced that fighters at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will wear helmets with

Para Taekwondo Committee which has analysed data from various tournaments.Adding a face shield to the

 The face shields will be added to the helmets ©Getty Images"We therefore fully support the Para

always looking at ways we can reduce injuries even further," said Chakir Chelbat, the chairman of the Para

Taekwondo Committee."

 "We have no doubt that the Para-taekwondo competition at Tokyo 2020 will be a fantastic event and

The logo for the European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 has been revealed.

take place at at Allianz Cloud Milano ©WTEOn-site registration is due to begin on April 15 before the Para-events

requirements, seeding and further details on sport entries, registration and daily schedule," World Taekwondo

Para-taekwondo will feature for the first time at this year's European Clubs Championships, it has been

change.This year's Championships is due to take place between April 3 and 7 in Poreč in Croatia, with Para-taekwondo

scheduled for the first day alongside poomsae.Organisers confirmed that the Para-events will be given

a G1 ranking.Para-taekwondo will debut at the Paralympics this year ©Getty ImagesWTE secretary general

after Greece and Turkey.Senior, junior and cadet categories will also be held.The introduction of the Para-events

comes as taekwondo prepares to make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Ten athletes have been shortlisted for the "José Luis Campo" Award as the Best Americas Para Athlete

breaking the men's 100m T47 world record in a time of 10.42, setting the fastest mark ever at a World Para

Athletics Championships, in Dubai.Angelica Espinoza of Peru is flying the flag for taekwondo, after

athlete.Completing the nominations are American Oksana Masters, who dominated Nordic skiing and also excelled at the Para

Brazil has selected three taekwondo athletes for the Pan American qualifier for this year's Paralympic

three fighters are Brazilian national champions.Brazil enjoyed a successful 2019 Parapan American Games taekwondo

and direct confrontation were evaluated," Rodrigo Ferla, the Brazilian Confederation of Taekwondo's Para-taekwondo

, as Débora Menenzes automatically booked her place in the women's K44 58kg class through the World Taekwondo

The organisers of this year's European Universities Games in Belgrade say there has been "big interest" in the event, with the first round of registrations closing tomorrow.

basketball, basketball, beach handball, beach volleyball, chess, football, futsal, handball, judo, Para-judo

, karate, kickboxing, orienteering, rowing, table tennis, Para-table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball

The deadline falls tomorrow on voting for December's Team USA Awards, with 11 sports represented by the 13 finalists, who include skier Mikaela Shiffrin and figure skater Nathan Chen.

Alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, long track speedskating, Para

Nordic skiing, Para ice hockey, snowboarding, surfing and taekwondo are all involved in the final nominations

 Para Nordic skier Kendall Gretsch is nominated after winning two gold and three silver at the World

Cup opener in Lillehammer, while taekwondo athlete Anastasija Zolotic is named having beaten Britain's

ice hockey team, who defeated Canada 2-1 at the Para Hockey Cup in Newfoundland, and the US women's