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Para-taekwondo star Truesdale hails success of special training camp in Nepal

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Great Britain’s two-time world Para-taekwondo champion Amy Truesdale has hailed the success of a special

taekwondo training camp in Nepal.

The five-day camp, organised by the Nepal Taekwondo Association (NTA) under the auspices of UK Sport,

began yesterday at the Nepalese Taekwondo Academy in Kathmandu.As reported by The Himalayan Times, Para-taekwondo

I am honoured to be a part of GB Taekwondo," she added in a tweet.The event has also seen the British

Nepal Richard Morris and Dame Katherine participated in a wheelchair basketball game with Nepalese Para-taekwondo

sees the latter help the former by upgrading the levels of Nepalese coaches and providing training to Para-athletes.The


USA Taekwondo partners with technology firm to create talent monitoring database

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

USA Taekwondo has partnered with technology firm Elite Talent ID (ETID) to create an athlete portal allowing

Every athlete who attends a USA Taekwondo camp will receive their own athlete portal and receive feedback

from the coaches – whether that is a talent ID camp, prep camp, athlete development camp, Para camp,

USA Taekwondo is hoping to gather sporting data on athletes across the United States ©Getty ImagesUSA

Taekwondo announced the system will launch "in the coming weeks" for all athletes who attended the first

We’re delighted to have USA Taekwondo join up with ETID," director of ETID Ross Hamilton said.


Mexican shot putter named Americas Paralympic Committee athlete of the month for February

  • Paralympics

Mexico’s Para athlete Rebeca Valenzuela Alvarez has been named Americas Paralympic Committee athlete

athlete Debora Menezes narrowly missed out with 46 per cent of the vote, after she won Brazil's first Para

taekwondo world title in Antalya in Turkey.Debora Menezes gained 46 per cent of the vote after winning

Brazil's first Para taekwondo world title in Antalya ©Getty ImagesTwo Nordic skiers, Colin Cameron from





Brazilian Para-taekwondo star still using same gym he first entered at three-years-old

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Brazil's new Para-taekwondo star Nathan Torquato has revealed he is still training at the same gym he

school at the age of three with his mother, he saw a gym and insisted that he was allowed to enter.Para-taekwondo

 Para-taekwondo will be contested at this year's Parapan American Games in Peru's capital Lima.The



Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation receives $5,000 from fundraising efforts at African Para-Taekwondo

  • Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation

The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) has received a $5,000 (£3,800/€4,400) donation from the President

of Egyptian company Al-Shaba, a sponsor of World Taekwondo Africa.

ongoing and future projects in refugee camps worldwide.It was made on the sidelines of the African Para-Taekwondo

individuals to align the values of Olympism and good global citizenship," a THF statement reads.World Taekwondo

among those present at the event ©THFAl Asa’ad also told Hosni and Ahmed Fouly, President of World Taekwondo

Africa and vice-president of World Taekwondo, the story of THF participant Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj.The

Syrian-born fighter is the first black-belt athlete produced by the THF - which works to teach taekwondo


Two-time world champion Truesdale triumphs at African Para-Taekwondo Championships

  • Para-Taekwondo News

Great Britain's Amy Truesdale was among the winners as the African Para-Taekwondo Championship in Hurghada

#Heroes pic.twitter.com/F6TidHhesz— GB Taekwondo ??

 The fourth edition of the African Para-Taekwondo Open Championship attracted a record number of

120 participants from 28 countries.Ahmed Fouly, President of World Taekwondo Africa and vice-president

of World Taekwondo, claimed the main reason for the impressive turnout is the sport’s inclusion on the


Choue expresses appreciation for success of World Para-Taekwondo Championships

  • Para-Taekwondo News

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has given a letter of appreciation to World Taekwondo Europe

counterpart Sakis Pragalos in recognition of the successful organisation and completion of the 2019 World Para-Taekwondo

recognition towards WTE for its effective promotion and development of the sport and for inspiring a stronger taekwondo

family throughout the continents.The 2019 World Para-Taekwondo Championships were spread across two

days ©World TaekwondoAmong the winners at the World Para-Taekwondo Championships was Mexico’s Juan Diego

Isaldibirov 8-4 in the men’s under-75 kilograms K44 final at the Antalya Arena.Also claiming an inaugural Para-taekwondo


Record number of participants set to compete at 2019 African Para-Taekwondo Open Championship

  • Para-Taekwondo News

The fourth edition of the African Para-Taekwondo Open Championship is due to begin in Egyptian city Hurghada

of winners from the recent World Championships in Antalya in Turkey.Ahmed Fouly, President of World Taekwondo

Africa and vice-president of World Taekwondo, claimed the main reason for the impressive turnout is

After the inclusion of Para-taekwondo in Tokyo 2020, all countries became eager to practice the sport

The African Para-Taekwondo Open Championship has been held on three previous occasions ©World TaekwondoThe


USA Taekwondo to move into new headquarters in April

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

USA Taekwondo will move into a new national headquarters in Colorado Springs this April, the governing

Gods district of Colorado Springs, will become the new home of USA Taekwondo’s sparring, poomsae and Para

programmes and will host camps, seminars and new events.It will also become the new home of the USA Taekwondo

The new headquarters will provide a national "centre of excellence" USA Taekwondo said ©Getty ImagesMcNally

The venue, USA Taekwondo promise, will provide "amazing new opportunities" for athletes, coaches and

referees, who will be able to compete, train and learn in a dedicated taekwondo facility which will boast


World Taekwondo President claims 2019 a key year for development of sport

  • Taekwondo

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue claimed the sport's main theme of 2019 will be development as

he attended the World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) Extraordinary Council meeting.

The meeting took place alongside the World Para Taekwondo Championships, which took place in the Turkish

education, the governing body claim.Choue pledged to develop two more taekwondo academies for refugees

on Islamic regions.IOC vice president Ugur Erdener, third right, was present at the meeting ©World Taekwondo

 World Taekwondo also said they had begun work on technology to develop an esports product, having

Summit cooling the prospect of esports featuring on the Olympic programme in the near future.World Taekwondo