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vision for the progress of taekwondo.
Dear global taekwondo family members,

I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to the entire taekwondo family around the world
for helping promote our beloved sport and for supporting the World Taekwondo Federation.
In the year 2009, we saw many significant achievements for taekwondo as well as several noteworthy
developments at the World Taekwondo Federation.
First, taekwondo was confirmed as one of the 26 core sports for the 2016 Olympic Games at
the IOC session in Copenhagen on October 8. I wish to take this opportunity to thank our worldwide
taekwondo family for your dedication to promoting our sport and its development as an Olympic sport.
The evolution of taekwondo from a demonstration sport at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games into a core
Olympic sport today owes itself to your heartfelt sacrifice and passion. The evaluation of taekwondo
in the IOC Report on the 26 core Olympic sports was quite impressive and shows that we are
moving in the right direction.
Taekwondo now retains considerable status in the international sports community. In November,
taekwondo was accepted as a compulsory sport in the program of the Summer Universiade
from 2017 onward and was also included in the official program of the 2013 Mediterranean
Games. We also are making efforts to introduce taekwondo to the Paralympics as witnessed by
the success of the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2009.
With continued progress, I am confident that not only can taekwondo become firmly established
in the Olympics but also become a model international sport, setting the standards by which other
international sports and sports organizations are measured.
The international governance of taekwondo is more transparent, fairer, and more professional than ever
before. This is our accomplishment and our pride. Let us congratulate ourselves for all the commitment
and hard work we have made to express our love of taekwondo.
The 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships marked the biggest one of its kind ever with
participating athletes and officials from 142 countries and media coverage by more than 30 TV
broadcasters across five continents. As we saw at the World Cup Championships in Baku in June,
the use of electronic protectors together with the instant video replay system at the world
championships in Copenhagen has created a synergy that makes taekwondo competitions
fairer and more transparent, and has significantly minimized controversy related to referee
decisions. It has brought us hope and confidence that our sport is moving closer to the IOC ideal.
Taekwondo is now moving beyond sport and serving as a tool for world peace and youth
education. Since its launch in the summer of 2008, the WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps has dispatched
207 taekwondo instructors to 49 countries. With growing popularity and a positive evaluation, the World
Taekwondo Peace Corps Foundation was established in September 2009 to facilitate the efforts by
volunteer taekwondo instructors to reach more regions in the world that are in need of help.
In addition to Taekwondo Peace Corps activities that give youth the opportunity to learn and practice
taekwondo, the WTF, together with the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, held the World Youth
Taekwondo Camp in Seoul and Muju to bring together young taekwondo practitioners from all
over the world to become immersed in Olympic values and taekwondo spirit. The camp drew
more than 260 athletes and officials from 33 countries and featured a diverse range of events, including
friendly kyorugi competitions in preparation for taekwondo competition in the 2010 Youth Olympic
Games and training sessions with Olympic gold medalists. With the support of the IOC,
the WTF has put an Olympic Values Education Program (OVEP) in practice through
taekwondo training, actively joining in the Olympic Movement for youth.
Taekwondo as an Olympic sport has been evolving. It has now reached a new juncture which could
determine our course toward the future of taekwondo.
At the WTF General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2009, we elected a new leadership
and Council which will shape the course of development over the next four years. I ask for your full
support and trust in this new leadership, and in the World Taekwondo Federation, to carry out
our duty to bring a better future of taekwondo as a permanent Olympic sport.
Now is the time for us to put aside our differences and rivalries. We are one family sharing the
same vision for the progress of taekwondo. With renewed spirit as one, we need to move forward
for the further development of our sport. In the year 2010, let us unite for a new chapter in taekwondo
history and toward a groundbreaking evolution of taekwondo. Acting together as one, nothing will be
impossible.
I extend my warmest regards and best wishes to our entire taekwondo family for the year 2010.
Chungwon Choue
President
World Taekwondo Federation
CONTENTS
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD TAEKWONDO FEDERATION

2010, lssue No.97 / ISSN 1599-3779
PART 01 COMPETITIONS
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2009 World Taekwondo Championships

4th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships
2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships
1st World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico
Smaller Competition Area, New Point System Add New Dynamic
WTF Referees
WTF Events Calendar 2010-2013
Meet the WTF Family
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2009 World Taekwondo Championships

4th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
1st World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico
WTF General Assembly
Taekwondo Demonstration By Korean, U.S. Presidents
PART 03 INTERNATIONAL
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Taekwondos Inclusion in Major Multi-sport Games Broadens its Future

Taekwondo Solidifies its Status as an Olympic Sport
WTFs New Vision in Action; IOC President Praises Initiatives
WTF General Assembly Re-elects Chungwon Choue as President
Oman Joins WTF as 190th Member Nation
WTF, Daedo Sign Recognition Contract on Electronic Protectors
Continental Union Activities
Taekwondo Department Gains Popularity at Uzbek University
WTF Appoints 2009 Miss Thailand World as Goodwill Ambassador
World Taekwondo Peace Corps Foundation Launched
1st World Youth Taekwondo Camp
WTF Demonstration Team 2009 Tours Span the Globe
WTF Anti-Doping Education Top Priority in 2010
Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea to House World Taekwondo Academy
Taekwondo Solidifies
its Status as an Olympic Sport.
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4th World TaekWondo poomsae Championships
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3rd World TaekWondo poomsae Championships
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1st WTF World para-TaekWondo Championships
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COMPETITIONS
2009 COPENhAgEN WORLd

TAEkWONdO ChAMPIONShIPS
dRAW RECORd 142 COuNTRIES
The 2009 WTF World
Taekwondo Championships,
which took place in
Copenhagen, Denmark on
Oct. 14-18, 2009, drew a
total of 928 athletes, including
558 men, from 142 countries,
the largest ever in WTF
Championships history.
The 2007 Beijing World Taekwondo Championships
attracted 865 athletes from 116 countries.
For the first time in WTF history, electronic body
protectors were used at the World Championships.
Under revised Competition Rules, an instant video
replay system was introduced, along with a new point
system, which gives an athlete three points per kick to
the head and two points per turning kick to the body.
grabbed the overall womens title.

The WTF Taekwondo Demonstration Team, together
with Danish taekwondo demonstrators, made excellent
taekwondo demonstrations for the participants of the
opening ceremony of the championships.
In the mens division, Korea won three gold medals
and one silver medal for the top place in terms of total
points, followed by Iran with one gold, one silver and
three bronze medals. Spain came next with one gold,
one silver and one bronze, while Turkey grabbed one
gold and two bronze medals for the fourth place. The
United States followed with one gold and one bronze.
A record number of TV broadcasters showed the

championhsips in either live or delayed formats.
In the womens category, China took home two gold

medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal for
the top place, while Korea stood at second with two
golds, one silver and two bronzes. Spain came next
with two golds and two bronzes, followed by France
with one gold and one bronze, and the United States
with one gold medal.
Korea managed to clinch the overall mens title at the

2009 World Taekwondo Championships, while China
It marked the first time that Korea failed to win both the
mens and womens overall titles at the Championships.
Mr. Steven Lopez of the United States was chosen as

the male MVP of the Championships, as he became the
first five-time world champion, while Spains Ms. Yague
Enrique Brigitte was chosen as the female MVP as she
became the three-time world champion.
The Best Referee Awards went to Mr. Predreg Tesovic
of Serbia, Mr. Faraj Alfadhel of Kuwait, Mr. Jung Kwnag
Jun of Korea, Ms. Sandra Megally Pena of Colombia
and Mr. Myung Chan Kim of the United States.
WTF President Chungwon Choue also honored five
best coaches of the Championships during the closing
ceremony. They were Mr. Sin Hak Min of Afghanistan,
Ms. Myriam Baverel of France, Mr. Jorge Gomes
Ramos of Mali, Harriot Oliver of Puerto Rico, and Mr.
Alexey Zemischev of Russia.
The Active Participation Prizes went to Greece, Turkey
and Ukraine, while the Good Fighting Spirit Prizes went
to Denmark, Senegal, and Trinidad and Tobago.
COMPETITIONS
RECORd TV COVERAgE
uShERS IN NEW ERA
STEvEN LOPEz
BECOmES
1st 5-TIME
WORLd
ChAMPION IN
TAEkWONdO
Continuous efforts to increase TV and new media exposure succeed

More than 30 TV broadcasters across 5 continents show entire 5 days of
competition and/or highlights
Over 400 broadcast networks screen news coverage of Championships
The World Taekwondo Federations TV-media strategy came to fruition at the

2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark through
agreements on event coverage with a record number of broadcasters around the
world.
More than 30 TV broadcasters across 5 continents took entire or partial coverage
of the five days of competition, i.e. more than 12 hours of air time. Among them
were Eurosport Asia, TLC Mexico, TRT Turkey, Arirang TV of Korea, MBC ESPN of
Korea, UK Sky Sports, USA Fuel and ESPN Middle East.
A news and highlights package, which were produced and distributed by the WTF
from Copenhagen, were relayed to about 1,000 TV stations through the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU).
In addition, a number of influential TV magazine programs used event coverage in
their weekly editions of October 20 to 25.
WTF President Chungwon Choue said, It is encouraging, because it signals that
our strategic approach to transform taekwondo into a more exciting and mediafriendly sport is working. But it is just a beginning. We will continue our utmost to
cooperate with more broadcasters around the world, particularly in improving live
coverage.
DR of Denmark was the host broadcaster for the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo
Championships which were held in Copenhagen from October 14 to 18, 2009.
Worldwide, the WTF has a global membership of 190 countries, and is striving to
increase this to more than 200.
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MEdAL TALLY BY NATION

Mens Division
Womens Division
Korea
China
Iran
Korea
Spain
Spain
Turkey
France
U.S.A.
U.S.A.
Mali
Thailand
Mexico
Russia
Canada
Cuba
Afghanistan
Itary
Italy
Puerto Rico
Azerbaijan
Canada
Germany
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Croatia
Argentina
Norway
Senegal
Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Guatemala
Serbia
Brazil
Steven Lopez of the United States became the

first five-time world champion as he won the
gold medal in the mens under 80kg category
on the opening day of the 2009 WTF World
Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen,
Denmark on Oct. 14, 2009.
Lopez, the gold medal winner at both 2000 and
2004 Olympic Games and a bronze medalist
at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, brushed
aside a stiff challenge from Spains Nicolas
Garcia Hemme in the final match to earn the
honor.
History of World taekWondo CHampionsHips

Nations
Contestants
May 25-27, 1973
19
200
Seoul, Korea
Aug. 28-31, 1975
30
165
3rd
Chicago, U.S.A.
Sept. 15-17, 1977
46
720
4th
Stuttgart, Germany
Oct. 26-28, 1979
38
453
5th
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Feb. 24-27, 1982
36
229
6th
Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct. 20-23, 1983
51
353
7th
Seoul, Korea
Sept. 4-8, 1985
63
280
8th
Barcelona, Spain
Oct. 7-11, 1987
62
434
9th
Seoul, Korea
Oct. 9-14, 1989
59
446
10th
Athens, Greece
Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 1991
49
434
11th
New York, U.S.A.
Aug. 19-21, 1993
83
669
12th
Manila, Philippines
Nov. 17-21, 1995
77
598
13th
Hong Kong, China
Nov. 19-23, 1997
80
710
14th
Edmonton, Canada
June 2-6, 1999
66
550
15th
Jeju City, Korea
Nov. 1-7, 2001
90
643
16th
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Sept. 24-29, 2003
97
894
17th
Madrid, Spain
April 13-17, 2005
114
748
18th
Beijing, China
May 18-22, 2007
116
865
19th
Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct. 14-18, 2009
142
928
Place
Dates
1st
Seoul, Korea
2nd
He won the World Championships titles in

2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
The victory means a lot to me. I won a bronze
at the Beijing Olympic Games and I have
trained very hard to this day. I made history
in taekwondo and I am proud of being part of
the history, said Lopez shortly after the final
match.
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History of World taekWondo poomsae CHampionsHips

Place
1st
Dates
Nations
Contestants
Olympic Gymnasium in Seoul, Korea
Sept. 4-6, 2006
57
407
nd
Samsan Gymnasium in Incheon, Korea
Nov. 4-6, 2007
50
533
rd
Aski Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey
Dec. 16-18, 2008
48
363
4th
Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt
Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2009
59
564
MEdAL TALLY
BY NATION
Nazari Gharehchomagh, Ali Salmani

Azarkhavarani, and Akbar Forouzan.
4th WORLd TAEkWONdO POOMSAE

ChAMPIONShIPS :
SUCCESS IN CAIRO, EgyPT
The 4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
wrapped up in a resounding success for good reasons
in Cairo, Egypt on Dec. 2, 2009.
The Active Participation Prize was shared by Brazil and Russia, while the Good
Fighting Spirit Prize went to Kenya.
The third and final day of the poomsae championships featured five categories.
The three-day championships, which took place at

the Hall 1 of the Cairo Stadium, attracted a total of 564 athletes from a record 59
countries.
Korea won nine gold medals and one silver to clinch the overall title of the
championships, followed by Vietnam with two golds, one silver and three bronzes.
Iran came next with one gold, five silvers and five bronzes, while Spain followed with
one gold, one silver and eight bronzes. Germany finished at fifth with one gold and
two bronzes. Italy also won one gold and two bronzes, while the Philippines captured
one gold medal.
The Best Referee Awards of the championships went to five referees: Mr. Jongjoo Kim of Korea, Mr. Jose Luis Gonzalo Morales of Spain, Mr. Kostas Kaloudis of
Greece, Mr. Ahmed Mahmoud Rizk of Egypt, and Ms. Elba Monroy Garcia of Mexico.
Koreas Jae-yoon Ahn, the gold medal winner in the mens 2nd master division,
was selected as the Best Male Athlete of the championships, while the Best Female
Athlete honors went to Maria Giovanna Chiappelli of Italy, the gold medalist in the
2nd fair division.
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In the womens 1st master division, for those between 41 and 50 years, Korean
Young-ae Seo succeeded in defending her title for the fourth straight time. The silver
went to the United States Dure Chang. The bronze went to Spains Yolanda Ubero
Alcaiz and Germanys Turner Imke.
In the mens 2nd senior category, those between 31 and 40 years old, Koreas
Jin-han Lee won the gold medal, while Egypts Abdel Fattah Metwalli settled for
the silver. The bronze went to Spains Pedro Campillo Frontera and Irans Hatami
Mohammadtaghi.
In the womens 2nd senior division, Koreas Suk-kyung Lee earned her country the
gold medal, while the United States Akiko Reyes clinched the silver. The bronze was
shared by Fatemeh Asadpour of Iran and Chi Lin Wu of Chinese Taipei.
A trio of Vietnamese athletes, Trung Anh Le, Emma, and Dinh Toan Nguyen,
earned their country the gold medal in the mens 1st team category, for those
between 41 and 50 years old. The silver went to Turkeys Ucan Ibrahim, Mevlut
Pekcun, and Karisik Fazil. The bronze went to Spains Alberto Jo Lee, Jose
Manuel Ramon Salguero, Jose Luis Estudillo Vela and an Iranian trio of Hamid
In the womens 1st team division, three

female athletes from the Philippines, Rani
Ann Ortega, Francesca Camille Alarilla,
Ma. Carla Janice Lagman, won the gold
medal. The silver went to Vietnams Tuyet
Van Chau, Thi Huynh Mai Duong, and Thi
Thu Ngan Nguyen. The bronze was shared
by Egypts Rohanda Mohamed Ammar,
Menna Tallah Montasser El Kaissy, and
Salma Mohamed El Wakeel, and Spains
Maria Teresa Camino Ortega, Particia
Camino Ortega, and Emma Camino
Ortega.
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Korea
Vietnam
Iran
Spain
Germany
Italy
Philippines
Turkey
Chinese Taipei
U.S.A.
Egypt
Denmark
Mexico
China
France
Total
16
16
32
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MEdAL TALLY
BY NATION
3rd WORLd TAEkWONdO

POOMSAE ChAMPIONShIPS
HELD IN ANKARA, TURKEy
were inaugurated in 2006, took place outside Korea.
The overall title went to Korea, which won eight gold medals, one silver and one
bronze, followed by Iran with three golds, three silvers and four bronzes. Spain came
next with three golds, one silver and five bronzes.
Host Turkey finished at fourth with one gold, six silvers and three bronzes, while
Vietnam ranked fifth in the overall medal tally with one gold, one silver and one
bronze.
At the awarding ceremony, WTF President Chungwon Choue honored five best
referees, who officiated at the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.
The 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships concluded in a resounding

success for good reasons in Ankara, Turkey on Dec. 18, 2008.
The three-day poomsae championships, which took place at the ASKI Sport Hall,
drew a total of 371 athletes and 150 officials from 50 countries. Germany, Russia,
Spain, the United States and host Turkey dispatched more than 20 players for the
Ankara event.
It was the first time that the WTF-promoted annual poomsae championships, which
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KOREA
IRAN
SPAIN
TURKEY
VIETNAM
GERMANY
FRANCE
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
CHINESE TAIPEI
The five referees were Frances Jong Wan Kim, Venezuelas Maria Nelly Chacin, the
United States Raymond Hsu, Koreas Jin-beom Kim and Turkeys Galip Ualcin Kaya.
EGYPT
ITALY
Koreas Se-hoon Jang, the gold medalist in the mens individual 1st junior division,
was selected as the Best Male Athlete to receive the Samsung Blue Passion Award,
while Marie Angeles Urmeneta Torres of Spain was chosen as the Best Female
Athlete of the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.
U.S.A.
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
The third and final day of the poomsae championships featured five categories. The
three days of competition put a total of 16 gold medals up for grabs.
Total
16
16
32
In the mens 2nd senior division (those between 31

and 40 years old), Irans Mohammad Taghi Hatami
Marbini won the gold medal, while Koreas Hyeok-ju
Oh settled for the silver medal. The bronze went
to Germanys Marcus Ketteniss and Spains Pedro
Campillo Frontera.
in the mens 1st team category (14-35 years). The

silver went to Turkey (Fazli Karisik, Ibrahim Ucan, and
Adil Tekin), while the bronze went to Egypt (Abdel
Fatah Metwalli, Karim El-Arabi, and Ahmed Shaker)
and the Philippines (Brian Alan L. Sabido, Jean Pierre
L. Sabido, and Anthony Ray C. Matias).
In the womens 2nd senior category, Koreas Namjoeng Song earned her country the gold medal,
while Frances Leila Kocheida clinched the silver. The
bronze was shared by Chinese Taipeis Wu Chin-Lin
and Irans Fatemeh Asadpour.
In the womens 1st team division, host Turkeys three

female athletes (Rabia Kim, Ozlem Tumay, and Elif
Aybuke Yilmaz) clinched the gold medal, while the
silver went to Iran (Sanaz Khorami Pour, Nastaran
Maleki Aderani, and Golsoum Mollamadadkhani). The
bronze went to Egypt (Rohanda Ammar, Menna ElKaissy, and Salma El-Wakeel) and France (Parroche
Katia, Menjikoff Loiuse, and Kocheida Leila).
In the womens 1st master division (41-50 years),

Korean Yeong-ae Seo grabbed the gold medal, while
Irans Badri Asadialamshiri clinched the silver. The
bronze went to the United States Dure Chang and
Spains Yolanda Ubero Alcaniz.
A trio of Iranian male players (Ali Salmani
Azarkhavarani, Hamid Nazarigharehchomagh, and
Ail Najafabadi) earned their country the gold medal
The WTF carries the competition results of the 3rd

WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships,
which concluded on Dec. 18, 2009. --- Editors Note
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SPIRIT Of TRIuMPh OVER OBSTACLE

dISPLAYEd AT 1st WORLd PARATAEkWONdO ChAMPIONShIPS
France won three gold medals to clinch the overall title at the 1st WTF World ParaTaekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 10, 2009.
Host Azerbaijan grabbed one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals
to rank second, followed by Turkey with one gold, one silver and three bronzes.
Spain came next with one gold and two silver medals, followed by the Russian
Federation with one gold.
Chinese Taipei stood at sixth with one gold, while Iran came next with one silver and
one bronze. Guatemala came next with one silver. Israel followed with one silver,
while six countries Mongolia, the Philippines, Korea, Australia, Canada and the
United Kingdom - ranked next with one bronze each.
The Good Fighting Awards were given to the Philippines, Israel and Guatemala, while
the Active Participation Awards went to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Mongolia.
A total of 36 athletes and 18 officials from 16 countries attended the 1st WTF World
Para-Taekwondo Championships. Twenty countries sent their entry lists of athletes
and officials to the Oraganizing Committee for the inaugural World Para-Taekwondo
Championships.
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The 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships, which took place at the
Baku Sports Hall in Baku, marked the first WTF-promoted event to use electronic
protectors.
The WTF plans to hold the second WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships in
2010, with an aim to including taekwondo in the official program of the Paralympic
Games in the near future.
The event featured one female category and seven male categories.
Prior to the final matches, an opening ceremony for the 1st WTF World ParaTaekwondo Championships and the 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team
Championships was held at the Baku Sports Hall.
In the seniors female A -67 / bantam category, Frances Prescillia Schiel Laura won
the gold medal, while Turkeys Celik Gulsun and Great Britains Trusdale Amy earned
their respective country the silver and bronze medal.
In the most heated mens seniors A8 -68 / fly division, Russian Kan Artur grabbed
the gold medal, while Spains Amado Garagarza Gabriel won the silver. The bronze
went to Koreas Han Kook-hyun and Mongolias Gankhuu Ankhbayar.
Under the WTFs new Competition Rules, an instant video replay system and a new
scoring system were introduced for the Para-Taekwondo Championships. There
were also some changes to the new WTF Competition Rules. Head kicks were not
allowed and a one-minute, three-round system was adopted. There were some calls
for an instant video replay and the one-day event ended successfully.
The opening ceremony drew high-ranking sports officials, including Azerbaijan Youth
and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov. It also featured a variety of Azerbaijan cultural
performances.
In his speech during the opening ceremony, WTF President Chungwon Choue said,
Taekwondo has been a sport growing fast and reaching out to all parts of the world.
With the growing popularity and balanced development, taekwondo has established
itself as a global sport that is enjoyed by tens of millions of people around the world
regardless of their race, age, gender, or disability.
The first Para-Taekwondo event, in particular, is part of the step to bring takwondo
closer to every individual and to the Olympic ideal of promoting the universality of
sport, Dr. Choue said. Those who are here are all champions who will demonstrate
their strength beyond their physical ability and confidence overpowering the
difficulties, Dr. Choue said.
MEDAL TALLY BY NATION

Rank
Nation
Gold
Silver
Bronze
France
G G G
Azerbaijan
S S
B B
Turkey
B B B
Spain
S S
Russia
Chinese Taipei
Iran
Guatemala
Israel
10
Mongolia
Philippines
Korea
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
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Outcome of 1st World Para-Taekwondo Championships
TEAM AWARDS
1. The first ever WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships were held with the
GOOD FIGHTING SPIRIT PRIZE
participation of amputee (hands/arms) athletes whose weight divisions were
Guatemala
determined by the WTF Medical Committee Chairman after the screening of their
Israel
physical appearance.
Philippines
2. 36 athletes from 16 countries in 4 continents competed at the Championships.

3. Newly amended WTF Competition Rules were applied with modified rules such as
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION PRIZE
prohibition of head kick.
Azerbaijan
4. Contest time was shortened to 1 minute of 3 rounds with one minute break.
Mongolia
5. It was allowed for each nation to send more than one athlete per weight division.
Turkey
6. Modification of uniform was allowed at athletes convenience.

7. Technical levels of the athletes were generally considered higher than expected.
8. Many of the nations expressed their desire to send their athletes to the next
occasion.
PARTICIPATING NATIONS
Nation
Australia
Azerbaijan
Canada
Chinese Taipei
France
Great Britain
Guatemala
Iran
Israel
Korea
Mongolia
Philippines
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Total 16 nations
18
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Athlete
1
9
1
1
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
7
1
36
Coach
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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MEDALISTS
Male Division
Category: Seniors Male A56 -68 / Fly (3 competitors)
1. Nicolas Saez-Manzanares (France)
2. Rahman Alakbarov (Azerbaijan)
3. Yashar Sami Gokbaba (Turkey)
Category: Seniors Male A567 -58 / Fin (3 competitors)
1. Bopha Kong (France)
2. Alejandro Vidal Alvarez (Spain)
3. Ahmet Orcun (Turkey)
Category: Seniors Male A67 -80 / Bantam (3 competitors)
1. Bayram Kayan (Turkey)
2. Aleksandr Polishuk (Azerbaijan)
3. Steven Currie (Australia)
Category: Seniors Male A68 +80 / Feather (4 competitors)
1. Jahangir Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
2. David Ben Elisha (Israel)
3. Kenneth Martin Stasiak (Canada)
3. Ugur Yildiz (Turkey)
Category: Seniors Male A8 -58 / Fin (8 competitors)

1. Athami Jose Santana (Spain)
2. Gersson Josue Mejia Alvarez (Guatemala)
3. Mehdi Pour Rahnama (Iran)
3. Rovshan Gahramanov (Azerbaijan)
Category: Seniors Male A8 -68 / Fly (9 competitors)
1. Artur Kan (Russia)
2. Gabriel Amado Garagarza (Spain)
3. Kook-Hyun Han (Korea)
3. Ankhbayar Gankhuu (Mongolia)
Category: Seniors Male A8 -80 / Bantam (7 competitors)
1. Teng-Fu Wu (Chinese Taipei)
2. Mahmoud Jafarzadeh (Iran)
3. Mario Jerard Alexander Datu (Philippines)
3. Vugar Adishirinov (Azerbaijan)
Female Division
Category: Seniors Female A -67 / Bantam (3 competitors)
1. Schiel Laura Prescillia (France)
2. Gulsun Celik (Turkey)
3. Amy Trusdale (Great Britain)
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COMPETITIONS
MEDAL TALLY BY NATION

Womens Division
Mens Division
Rank
Nation
Medal
Nation
Medal
Korea
Turkey
Russia
Iran
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Morocco
Russia
2009 WORLd CuP TAEkWONdO TEAM

ChAMPIONShIPS WRAP UP AS gREAT SUCCESS
The 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo

Team Championships ended in a great
success after four days of heated
competitions in Baku, Azerbaijan on June
14, 2009.
Turkey and Russia showed their respective
supremacy in taekwondo, while host
Azerbaijan emerged as a strong taekwondo
power.
In the womens division, Korea won the gold medal, while Russia clinched the silver.
The bronze went to Turkey and Morocco. Korea managed to win over France 3-2 in
a quarterfinal match before advancing to the semifinals, in which it edged Turkey
3-2.
The Good Fighting Spirit Awards went to Canada, Great Britain and Egypt, while
Uzbekistan, Brazil and China received Active Participation Prizes.
The Best Referee Awards went to Mr. Song Chul Kim of Canada, Ms. Jatuporn
Hemwonno of Thailand, Mr. Samuel Michael Loiacono of Australia, Mr. Serge
Sembona of France, and Ms. Barbara Ruth Marian of Canada.
HISTORy OF WORLD CUP TAEKWONDO

Place
Dates
Nations
1st World Cup Taekwondo
Colorado Springs, U.S.A.
July 3-5, 1986
13
2nd
Helsinki, Finland
May 15-17, 1987
14
3rd
Cairo, Egypt
Feb. 22-25, 1989
16
4th
Madrid, Spain
Nov. 9-11, 1990
16
5th
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
May 16-18, 1991
19
6th
George Town, Cayman Islands
July 21-23, 1994
22
7th
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 24-26, 1996
21
8th
Cairo, Egypt
March 6-8, 1997
23
9th
Sindelfingen, Germany
June 5-7, 1998
27
10th
Lyon, France
April 14-16, 2000
29
11th
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
May 31-June 3, 2001
30
12th
Tokyo, Japan
July 16-19, 2002
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1 World Cup
Taekwondo Team
Bangkok, Thailand
Sept. 14-18, 2006
33
2009 World Cup

Team Championships
Baku, Azerbaijan
June 11-14, 2009
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In the mens division, Turkey brushed aside a stiff challenge of Iran to grab the
gold medal. Iran had to settle for the silver, while Azerbaijan and Russia shared the
bronze medal.
The World Cup featured WTF-recognized electronic protectors, the first of its kind
in the WTF-promoted event. It also introduced an instant video replay system under
new WTF Competition Rules. All these and others drew great interest from both the
public and the global media.
No protests were recorded at the 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team
Championships, with each team fielding five athletes.
All the competitions were conduced in a very orderly, dynamic atmosphere. The
World Cup drew 23 male and 23 female teams from a total of 28 countries. After
three days of round-robin preliminary rounds, the top eight team in the mens and
womens division advanced to the quarterfinal round.
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WTF
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COMPETIOTIONS
COMPETITIONS
INTERvIEW with AARON COOk
WTf hOLdS
1st WORLd TAEkWONdO
TOuR IN MExICO CITY
Amid high
interest from
both the public
and international
media, the World
Taekwondo Tour
2009 Mexico
wrapped up in
a resounding
success in Mexico
City, Mexico on
Nov. 14, 2009.
Before a jampacked gymnasium
of the Palacio de
los Deportes in
Mexico City, Koreas Su-jeong Lim defeated Guatemalas
Euda Carias Morales 15-2 to win the top honors in the
womens -57kg category. With the victory, Lim, the
gold medal winner both at the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games and the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships
in Copenhagen, Denmark, took home $20,000 in prize
money.
The United States Diana Lopez and Spains Andrea
Rica Taboada each won the bronze medal in the same
category, together with $5,000 in prize money.
In the mens -80kg final match, Great Britains Aaron
Cook, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal
at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, came from behind
to defeated the United States Steven Lopez with a KO
victory. In the second round of the final match, Cook
sent Lopez, the five-time world champion and two-time
Olympic medalist, to the floor with brilliant headshot,
drawing a big applause from the spectators.
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WTF
He said, The final match against Steven was also very hard.
I am very young and have a lot to learn, but I always try my
best and everything went good for me at that competition in
Mexico. I think it was a very good victory as Steven had just
become senior world champion for the fifth time and I was
the junior world champion, so it was like David and Goliath,
or like being a Spartan soldier from Greek history, which is
why we call our new club Spartan Taekwondo Team.
Koreas Jung-ho Park and Irans Farzad Abdolahi clinched

the bronze medal.
I think the 10-second rule was good. It is hard, but again it

is hard for everyone, so I would be happy to compete under
that rule again, said Cook, who started taekwondo when
he was five years old. I hope that there are more World
Taekwondo Tour events and I would love the opportunity to
continue to be involved and invited to participate. I hope that
the WTF feels the same and offer me the opportunity.
In the mens -68kg division, host Mexicos Idulio Islas

won the title by edging Irans Mohammad Bagheri 9-0,
while Germanys Daniel Manz and Canadas Maxim Potvin
earned their respective country the bronze medal.
The Dominican Republics Gabriel Mercedes, the silver
medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, outpointed
Brazils Marcio Ferreira 3-0 for the title. Spains Joel
Gonzalez Bonilla and Mexicos Damian Villa won the
bronze medal each.
The one-day
World Taekwondo
Tour, the first of
its kind, drew
a total of 16
top-class athletes
in four weight
categories.
Electronic
protectors and
an instant video
replay system
were not used.
Modified WTF
Competition Rules
were applied
to the event, in
which a kick to the head granted an athlete four points,
together with a strict 10-second rule.
I am pleased and excited about the Olympics being staged

in London in 2012. I dont think I should be expected to
win the gold medal. It will be hard for me just to be able to
To the surprise of the global taekwondo family, Great Britains compete at these Games and I will do all I can to make sure
Aaron Cook clinched the gold medal in the mens -80kg
that happens, he said. I will also train as hard as I can to
weight category of the inaugural World Taekwondo Tour 2009 fulfill my goal of Olympic gold, but as I said I have to get
Mexico by knocking out the United States Steven Lopez.
there first and a lot of things could happen to prevent that.
I fought Jung-ho Park of Korea in the semifinal and it was a
very hard and very close match. I was pleased to win and be
able to face Steven Lopez for the first time but Jung-ho Park
was a very good competitor who was hard to beat, like all
Korean fighters, said the 19-year-old Cook.
Taekwondo is a great sport. It is hard work, but it is a great

opportunity to meet many people and have many friends
from all around the world, Cook said.
MEdAL WINNERS
Mens -58kg Category
Mens -68kg Category
1st place : Gabriel Mercedes (Dominican Republic)

2nd place : Marcio Ferreira (Brazil)
3rd place : Joel Gonzalez Bonilla (Spain)
Damian Villa (Mexico)
1st : Idulio Islas (Mexico)

2nd : Mohammad Bagheri (Iran)
3rd : Daniel Manz (Germany)
Maxim Potvin (Canada)
Mens -80kg Category
Womens -57kg Category
1st
1st : Su-jeong Lim (Korea)

2nd : Euda Carias Morales (Guatemala)
3rd : Diana Lopez (U.S.A.)
Andrea Rica Taboada (Spain)
: Aaron Cook (Great Britain)

2nd : Steven Lopez (U.S.A.)
3rd : Jung-ho Park (Korea)
Farzad Abdolahi (Iran)
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WTF committed to
Fair Judging and
Refereeing.
The WTF places top priority on ensuring fairer judging and refereeing, as it believes that the future of
taekwondo largely depend on fair judging and refereeing.
Smaller compeTiTion area,

neW poinT SySTem
add neW dynamic
Taekwondo has been seen as a sport that somewhat lacks in excitement. This was
partly due to the WTF Competition Rules that placed a high priority on the safety of
athletes, at the cost of the dynamic nature of the sport.
To make taekwondo competitions more action-packed and dynamic, while securing
the safety of competitors, the WTF embarked on a joint study with expert groups on
how to change the rules. Following this extensive process, the WTF has changed its
Competition Rules for more dynamic taekwondo, based on the opinions of experts on
the WTF Technical Committee and from the Joint Technical Meeting.
Among the changes to the Competition Rules was the reduction in the competition
area from 12 meters by 12 meters to 10 meters by 10 meters, and again to 8
meters by 8 meters. The WTF also strengthened a 10-second rule, under which
a passive competitor receives a warning from the referee. The system gives a
disadvantage to competitors who try to maintain a point lead by avoiding physical
cOmPeTITION area Of 8 meTerS by 8 meTerS
contact. The WTF also adopted a new point system, which grants competitors
different points according to their techniques applied and the areas attacked. The
system awards an athlete two points for turning kick to the body and three points for
a kick to the head.
The revised Competition Rules allow for come-from-behind victories to enhance
spectator appeal. The new scoring system has helped keep both competitors and
spectators fully engaged until the end of the match. A good case was the 2009
World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. In addition, the
duration of the matches was shortened to prevent competitors from losing their
strength by the end of the match. The length of the mens competitions was reduced
from three rounds of three minutes to three rounds of two minutes.
Amendments to WTF Competition Rules

2005
April 13-17
2006
July 25
The WTF adopted some changes to Competition Rules at the 6th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships
in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, including the wearing of gloves, the introduction of a 9-point gap,
and a 12-point ceiling system
2008
Dec. 15
WTF Council approved amendments to Competition Rules; approved World Athlete Ranking System
January
WTF General Assembly approved revised Competition Rules to introduce an instant video replay
system, the reduction in the competition area to 8meters by 8 meters, a new point system that
grants an athlete 3 points per kick to the head, and the introduction of a strengthened 10-second rule
2009
June 10-14
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WTF adopted some changes to Competition Rules at the 2005 WTF World Taekwondo Championships
in Madrid, Spain, including the introduction of a 4th sudden-death round, the reduction in the length of
the mens competition from 3 rounds of 3 minutes to 3 rounds of 2 minutes; and the reduction in the
competition area to 10 meters by 10 meters
WTf
1 POINT
2 POINTS
3 POINTS
New Competition Rules, including an instant video replay system, applied to 1st World Para-Taekwondo
Championships and 2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships (Baku, Azerbaijan)
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inTroducTion oF
ElEcTronic ProTEcTors
After the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the WTF has pushed to introduce an
electronic protector system to ensure fairer judging and refereeing at international
taekwondo competitions.
The WTFs ad-hoc Electronic Protector Committee was established in July 2005, and
the WTF has organized several demonstration events on electronic protectors.
The WTF signed a recognition contract with LaJUST on electronic protectors in
September 2006. It also inked a recognition contract with Deado International of
Spain in Seoul, Korea on Feb. 2, 2010.
The WTF used electronic body protectors at the 19th WTF World Taekwondo
Championships in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark for the first time in the
WTF World Championships, reconfirming its strong commitment to fairer judging and
refereeing at taekwondo competitions.
The WTF is scheduled to use electronic protectors at the upcoming WTF World
Qualification Tournament for the 1st Youth Olympic Games and the 8th WTF World
Junior Taekwondo Championships both to be held in March 2010 in Tijuana, Mexico.
The WTF has encouraged the use of electronic protectors by its member national
associations at Continental Taekwondo Championships and other international
competitions, and has solved most of the identified problems through the evaluation
of the ad-hoc WTF Electronic Protector Committee.
For the first time at WTF-promoted events, electronic body protectors were used
at the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships and the 2009 WTF World
Cup Taekwondo Team Championships both held in June 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The use of electronic protectors a the events drew positive responses, while greatly
helping eliminate the prevalent distrust of judging and refereeing among coaches
and athletes.
Introduction of Electronic Protectors

2005
2006
2008
July 19
1st meeting of ad-hoc WTF Electronic Protector Committee (Seoul, Korea)
July 20
1st electronic protector demonstration (Seoul, Korea)
Dec. 30
Specifications on electronic protectors announced
March 25
2nd electronic protector demonstration (Seoul, Korea)
March 28
Evaluation results of ad-hoc WTF Electronic Protector Committee announced
Sept. 11
WTF signed electronic protector recognition agreement with LaJUST
Jan. 12
3rd electronic protector demonstration (Seoul, Korea)
Together with stepped-up referee education and the introduction of electronic protectors, the instant video
replay system has been evaluated as effective in enhancing the fairness in taekwondo matches. The
introduction of an instant video replay system was the key to the revised WTF Competition Rules approved
at the WTF General Assembly via e-mail voting in January 2009.
The system has greatly helped bring an orderly competition environment to taekwondo competitions,
while making takwondo more dynamic, when it was applied to the 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team
Championships in June 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
World aThlETE ranking sysTEm

Taekwondo fans and the media love star athletes. The media need to focus more on
covering high-profile taekwondo athletes. To meet the needs of the media and fans,
the WTF introduced the World Athlete Ranking System in 2009.
The WTF first announced its world athlete ranking on June 1, 2009. It has since
made a monthly announcement of rankings on its Web site (www.wtf.org). The
system has contributed to the promotion of best competitors in the media and in the
taekwondo community. By releasing detailed information on taekwondo athletes, the
system is expected to make taekwondo athletes into global sports celebrities.
Organizing Committees compliance with the WTF Competition Rules.

A certain number of athletes are seeded on the basis of their ranking in the
taekwondo competition at the Olympic Games, the World Taekwondo Championships
and other championships determined by the WTF, and the World Olympic
Qualification Tournament.
The committee evaluates tournaments after taking into consideration the number
of participants, the technical level of the athletes, marketing, promotion and the
WTF Electronic Protector International Taekwondo Championships (Chuncheon, Korea)
Introduction of WTF World Athlete Ranking System
December
1st meeting of ad-hoc WTF Electronic Protector Committee (Chairman Ivan Dibos)(Ankara, Turkey)
Grade
Events
Electronic protector demonstration (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Olympic Games
June 10-14
Electronic protectors used at the 1st WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships and
the 2009 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships (Baku, Azerbaijan)
WTF World Taekwondo Championships
Oct. 14-18
Electronic protectors used at the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships

(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Feb. 2
2010
An instant video replay system is a system that allows coaches to make official appeals related to referee
judgments on scores and penalties during the matches through due procedures, and the video judge
carefully review the videos and make instant judging.
March 4-5
May 6
2009
insTanT VidEo rEPlay sysTEm
March 3-9
WTF Signed electronic protector recognition agreement with Daedo International

Electronic protectors will be used at World Qualification Tournament for
1st Youth Olympic Games and the 8th World Junior Taekwondo Championships (Tijuana, Mexico)
WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, Continental

Taekwondo Championships (biennial), Continental Multi-Sports Games (every four years)
World Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games, WTF Tour Open Championships (if any)
Continental Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games, AAA-class Multi-Sports Games, AAA-class WTF-sanctioned
tournaments (including continental team championships and/or continental tournaments other than Continental Championships)
AA-class Multi-Sports Games, AA-class WTF-sanctioned tournament, World University Championships
A-class Multi-Sports Games, A-class WTF-sanctioned tournament, World Military Championships
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WTf
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WTF reFereeS
WTF S-claSS inTernaTional Kyorugi

reFereeS (as of dec. 31, 2009)
Continent
Asia
Europe
PanAm
Africa
Country
Chinese Taipei
No.
IR Number
010-0568
Name
Mr. Sung Kuang Sen
S- Class Promotion Date
2000/12/31
Chinese Taipei
010-0570
Mr. Mao Kee Lung
2004/06/30
Chinese Taipei
010-0560
Mr. Sa Ok Kim
2002/12/31
Hong Kong
006-0257
Mr. Charles Mok Hung Fai
2002/06/30
Korea
001-0154
Mr. Chang Nam Moon
1994/09/10
Korea
001-0155
Mr. Jeong Boo Hong
1994/09/10
Korea
002-0070
Mr. Sun Jang Kang
2003/06/30
Korea
002-0083
Mr. Kang Ein Kim
2000/12/31
Korea
002-0086
Mr. Sang Hyun Lee
2003/12/31
Korea
10
002-0088
Mr. Kyu Hyung Lee
2000/12/31
Korea
11
002-0118
Mr. Ki Yong Kim
2000/12/31
Korea
12
002-0282
Mr. Hyun Sup Park
1998/06/30
Korea
13
016-0737
Mr. Soo Gon Oh
2008/12/31
Korea
14
016-0750
Mr. Myeong Soo Chang
2009/12/31
Korea
15
016-0752
Mr. Sang Jin Han
2008/06/30
Korea
16
016-0753
Mr. Jung Ho Choi
2000/12/31
Korea
17
016-0766
Mr. Kil Lae Kim
2008/06/30
Malaysia
18
015-0687
Mr. Kalanayagam A.R. Nadarajan
2008/12/31
Malaysia
19
015-0692
Mr. Tai Loke Woon
2008/12/31
Singapore
20
006-0594
Mr. Teong Chin Lim
2001/06/30
France
21
013-0623
Mr. Benjamin John
2008/12/31
Germany
22
013-0640
Mr. Jin Kun Baek
2008/06/30
Italy
23
008-1034
Mr. Lorenzo Tricoli
2000/12/31
Netherlands
24
001-0170
Mr. Myung Soo Seo
1998/12/31
Turkey
25
013-0632
Mr. Galip Ziya Yalcinkaya
2009/12/31
Canada
26
010-0568
Mr. Byung Kyu Lee
1994/09/10
Canada
27
008-0572
Mr. Ken Wai-Kin Cheung
2002/12/31
Canada
28
015-0684
Mr. Myung Ok Yu
2007/06/30
Mexico
29
012-1061
Mr. Sergio Chavez
2005/12/31
Panama
30
013-0604
Mr. Varo Barragan
2006/08/02
U.S.A.
31
001-0175
Mr. Young Keun Lee
1994/09/10
U.S.A.
32
002-0281
Mr. Young Sam Kim
2000/12/31
U.S.A.
33
002-0069
Mr. Eui Bin Lee
2000/12/31
U.S.A.
34
002-0100
Mr. Dong Sup Kim
2000/12/31
U.S.A.
35
005-0225
Mr. Koang Woong Kim
1996/01/01
U.S.A.
Egypt
36
37
019-0861
018-0848
Mr. Bruce C.K.W. Harris

Mr. Ki Young Jeong
2000/12/31
2006/12/31
Libya
38
013-0634
Mr. Yong Kwang Kim
2007/06/30
Libya
39
013-0633
Mr. Snosy A. Mohamed
2009/06/30
31
KYORUGI
POOMSAE
KYORUGI
WTF BeST reFereeS
WTF BeST reFereeS

Event Title: 17th (12th Womens) World Taekwondo Championships
POOMSAE
Place:
Madrid, Spain
Date: April 13-17, 2005
Event Title: 6th World Junior Taekwondo Championships

Place: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Date: July 26-30, 2006
Event Title: 1st WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

Place: Seoul, Korea
Date: Sept. 4-6, 2006
Event Title: 2nd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

Place: Incheon, Korea
Date: Nov. 4-6, 2007
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
Thekla Oetjens-Breitenfeld (F)
030-0014
Germany
Chen Chun-Feng (F)
029-0098
Chinese Taipei
Kang-Ein Kim (M)
001-0027
Korea
Santiago Escutia (M)
001-0125
Mexico
Linda Kwan (F)
029-0045
Canada
Tong-Wan Shin (M)
003-0018
Great Britain
Aly Mohamed Taher Nour (M)
006-0067
Egypt
Chakir Chelbat (M)
029-0134
Sweden
Varo David Barragan (M)
001-0122
Panama
Jose Molero Lopez (M)
025-0110
Spain
Carmen Navarro Ingles (F)
005-0010
Spain
In-Ok Yang (F)
006-0021
Korea
Uwe Otterbein (M)
033-0029
Cuba
Teong Chin Lim (M)
006-0055
Singapore
Shin Boo Kim (M)
001-0121
Australia
Zhao Lei (M)
034-0195
China
Nur Syahidah Binti Abdullah (F)
006-0046
Malaysia
Mustapha Moutarazak (M)
002-0011
Netherlands
Event Title: 1st World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships

Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: Sept. 14-18, 2006
Nazmdeh Mojtaba (M)
025-0002
Iran
Myung-Ok Yu (M)
029-0045
Canada
Thomas Klaey (M)
038-0024
Switzerland
Benali Youssef (M)
028-0001
Morocco

Place: Beijing, China
Date: May 18-22, 2007
Event Title: 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

Place: Ankara, Turkey
Date: Dec. 16-18, 2008
Event Title: 4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships

Place: Cairo, Egypt
Date: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2009
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
Jessica B. Stenholm (F)
025-0020
Norway
Ian Leafe (M)
025-0102
Great Britain
Jong Wan Kim (M)
004-0010
France
Jose Luis Gonzalo Morales (M)
005-0024
Spain
Tung Ya Ling (F)
034-0141
Chinese Taipei
Carmen Navarro Ingles (F)
038-0226
Spain
Jin Beom Kim (M)
006-0035
Korea
Kostas Kaloudis (M)
009-0020
Greece
Khim Hua Seng (M)
029-0042
Australia
Soo Gon Oh (M)
016-0737
Korea
Maria Nelly Chacin (F)
007-0031
Venezuela
Elba Monroy Garcia (F)
007-0019
Mexico
Dong Jun Sin (M)
045-0338
Japan
Nelson Brizuela Cortes (M)
020-0938
Costa Rica
Raymond Hsu (M)
007-0008
U.S.A.
Ahmed Mahmoud Rizk (M)
002-0074
Egypt
Sheyka Vladimir (M)
044-0001
Russia
Mohamed Hosni Ahmed (M)
038-0020
Egypt
Galip Yalcinkaya (M)
003-0008
Turkey
Jong Joo Kim (M)
006-0023
Korea
Event Title: 7th World Junior Taekwondo Championships

Place: Izmir, Turkey
Date: May 7-11, 2008
Event Title: 2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships & 1st World Para-Taekwondo Championships
Place: Baku, Azerbaijan
Date: June 10-14, 2009
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
Joseph Elias Khoury (M)
038-0046
Lebanon
Serge Sembona (M)
051-0004
France
Denis Odjo (M)
035-0031
France
Barbara Ruth Marian (F)
043-0016
Canada
John Lee Holloway (M)
019-0865
U.S.A.
Song Chul Kim (M)
038-0164
Canada
Ahmed Hassan El Mofty (M)
046-0075
Egypt
Jatuporn Hemwonno (F)
042-0017
Thailand
Rene Raymond Leveaux (M)
034-0172
Australia
Samuel Michael Loiacono (M)
029-0123
Australia

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: Oct. 14-18, 2009
32
No
Name (Gender)
IR Number
Nationality
Jung Kwang Jeon (M)
034-0062
Korea
Sandra Magally Pena (F)
043-0099
Colombia
Myung Chan Kim (M)
019-0910
U.S.A.
Predreg Tesovic (M)
050-0014
Serbia
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3. Training venue
3.1 Training venue will be Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Taekwondo was allocated to Hall 3.
3.2 Weigh-in will be conducted in NTU at 0900-1000 one day before competition.
(weigh room has been allocated but it will be confirmed later)
3.3 6 courts will be set up, and OC will allocate training schedule per team
according to teams arrival schedule. Each session will be 1hour and 45
minutes.
3.4 Training will be done on August 11-13, August 15-19 and August 20-25.
3.5 Training venue will be within a walking distance from the village, but shuttle
buses will be operated.
1. Qualification Tournament
1.1 Date: March 3-4, 2010
1.2 Place: Tijuana, Mexico
1.3 Quota: Top six athletes per each weight division
(6 x 10 weight divisions = 60 athletes)
1.4 Quota per NOC: 3 male and 3 female
1.5 Age definition: Athletes born between January 1, 1993 and December 31,
1994 (16-17 years old)
1.6 Host nation shall be automatically qualified at 3 male and 3 female
divisions without participating in the qualification tournament.
2. 2010 Youth Olympic Games
2.1 Date and venue : Taekwondo competition of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games
will take place on August 15-19, 2010 (for five days) at International
Convention Center in Singapore (ICC; Hall 401).
2.2 Number of athletes & events : A total of 100 athletes (60 from World
Qualification Tournament, 34 wild cards, 6 from host nation) will compete in
five male and five female weight divisions.
2.3 Medals : 40 medals (10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals)
2.4 Quota per NOC : 3 male and 3 female
2.5 Competition runs at 1400-1700 and 1830-2040 every day followed by
victory ceremony (1 gold, 1 silver and two bronzes).
2.6 800 spectator seating and 200 accredited seating (total 1,000)
2.7 ICC is 10 minutes walking distance from potential IF hotel and 30 minutes
drive distance from village and training venue
2.8 One court will be used with a 1-meter high podium.
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4. Youth Olympic Village (YOV)

4.1 YOV is located within a walking distance from training venue and 30 minutes
drive from ICC and potential IF hotel.
4.2 Head of team meeting and drawing of lots session will be held in YOV on
August 13, 2010 (exact date and time to be confirmed)
4.3 Athletes will have meals at YOV, but OC could prepare dinner at ICC as well in
case the competitions end late.
4.4 YOV will officially open on August 10, 2010.
5. Cultural & Education Program (CEP) and Sport Initiation
5.1 SYOCOG to contact WTF to appoint one Olympic medalist and recommend to
SYOCOG for conduct of CEP.
5.2 Concepts of Sport Initiation are having sport education for the athletes from
other sports and sport education for local people.
5.3 Training of 100 athletes before or after completion dates will be effective
(like Youth Camp)
5.4 Demonstration or any other events that WTF wishes to conduct as part
of Sport Initiation and CEP, WTF should consult with SYOCOG and/or
Singapore Taekwondo Association (STA).
6. Rules & Technology
6.1 WTF Competition Rules currently in force will be used with
an instant video replay system.
6.2 Electronic Body Protectors will not be used due to YORIS
(Youth Olympic Games Results and Information System) schedule.
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1. Promoter: SportAccord
B. Competition Format
2. Date: Aug. 28 Sept. 4, 2010
1. System of Competition
The competition will use a single-elimination tournament without repechage.
3. Place: Beijing, China (Taekwondo will take

place at the Beijing Science and Technology
University Gymnasium; the venue for Beijing
2008 Olympic Games Taekwondo; taekwondo will
share this venue with judo, jujitsu and karate)
4. Participating sports: 13 sports (Taekwondo, Aikido, Boxing, Jujitsu, Judo, Karate,
Kendo, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sambo, Sumo, Wrestling and Wushu)
5. Opening ceremony: The opening ceremony will be held on Aug. 27, 2010 at the
National Indoor Stadium, located in the Olympic Green
Summary oF TaeKWondo
compeTiTion
A. Disciplines and medal events
The competitions will be held in accordance with the Kyorugi Competition Rules of
the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).
1. Discipline(s) / Event(s)
1.1 Taekwondo (sparring) Competitions (1 discipline and 8 events)
1.2 Taekwondo Demonstration Performances (non-competition)*
2. Eight Categories
The number of weight categories at WTF World Taekwondo Championships is eight
(8) per male and female division, respectively. However, we propose conducting four
(4) weight categories per male and female, respectively
(Olympic weight categories) as follows considering limited
number of athlete quota per sport.
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Mens division
Womens division
Under 58kg
Under 49kg
Under 68kg
Under 57kg
Under 80kg
Under 67kg
Over 80kg
Over 67kg
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2. Duration of Competition
The duration of the contest shall be three rounds of two minutes each, with oneminute rest between rounds. In case of a tie score after the completion of the 3rd
round, a 4th round of two minutes will be conducted as the sudden-death overtime
round, after one-minute rest following the 3rd round.
3. Valid Points
3.1 Legal scoring area
3.1.1 Body: The blue or red colored area of the body protector
3.1.2 Head: The area above collar bone
3.2 Points shall be awarded when permitted techniques are delivered accurately
and powerfully to the legal scoring area
3.3 The valid points are divided as follows:
3.3.1 One (1) point for attack on body protector
3.3.2 Two (2) points for a valid turning kick to the trunk protector
3.3.3 Three (3) points for a successful attack to the face
3.4 Points can be scored by judges or electronic protector system (to be deter
mined by the WTF in due time)
4. Penalties
4.1 Penalties are divided into Kyong-go (warning penalty) and Gam-jeom
(deduction penalty).
4.2 Two Kyong-go shall be counted as an addition of one (1) point for the op
posing contestant. However, the final odd-numbered Kyong-go shall not be
counted in grand total. A Gam-jeom shall be counted as an additional point
for the opposing contestant.
4.3 When a contestant receives eight (8) Kyong-go or four (4) Gam-jeom, or in
the event of any combination of Kyong-go and Gam-jeom that add up to
minus four points, the referee shall declare the contestant loser by penalties.
5. Weigh-in
5.1 Weigh-in of all participating athletes shall be completed on the previous day
of the first day of competition.
2. Qualifications
2.1 Holder of taekwondo Dan certificate issued by Kukkiwon/WTF
2.2 Top rankers determined by the WTF based on the WTF World Ranking
5. Qualification Timeline
January 20
Announcement of Qualification system and invitation process to

the WTF Member National Associations
3. Nationality
Competitors must be of the same nationality as the participating National Federation.
Verification of nationality will be done by inspection of passport. Other matters shall
be complied with the Competition Rules and other related rules of the WTF.
February 10
Confirmation of the host nation on the weight division it wishes to participate
February 20
Initial invitation of 8 top athlete and the next 12 top athletes

(for the replacement) per weight division
March 10
Confirmation of invited National Federations and athletes
D. WTF Qualification System
March 15
Additional invitation in case of shortage of the athletes per

weight division
1. WTF will select 8 top athletes (7 athletes in the weight divisions in which host
nation participate) per weight category based on the WTF World Ranking.
March 31
Confirmation of additionally invited athletes
April 10
1st Reallocation period
2. Invitation Process
2.1 According to the WTF World Ranking in force as of February 1, 2010, the WTF
will invite the top rankers to Sportaccord Combat Games.
2.2 When making initial invitations, the WTF will select top 20 athletes (Eight
athletes plus 12 substitute athletes) per weight division for the case of
unavailability of any of top 8 athletes in initial invitation process.
2.3 The weight categories of the athletes are based on the current World Ranking.
National Federation cannot change the weight division.
2.4 In the event that one country has more than 4 (maximum quota per National
Federation) athletes qualified based on the WTF World Ranking, the WTF will
ask the pertinent National Federation to select the four athletes among them.
Once it has selected athletes, National Federation cannot change the athletes
under any circumstances.
April 20
Confirmation of the final list of athletes
April 30
Confirmation of the participating athletes to Sportaccord and

Organizing Committee
May ~ July
Late replacement period (2nd Reallocation period)
3. Host Nation
3.1 Host Nation will be automatically qualified in two male and two female
divisions.
3.2 Host Nation should confirm to the WTF of the weight categories it wishes to
participate by no later than February 10, 2010.
4. Universality
4.1Universality might be taken into account in case WTF cannot secure 8 (7 in
weight categories in which host nation participates) athletes per weight
category among top 20 athletes per weight category mentioned in 2.2.
E. Late Replacement Policy

1. Qualified place shall be given to the pertinent athlete, not to the National
Federations.
2. After April 30 and until July 31, any qualified places withdrawn by the pertinent
National Federation will be given to next highest prioritized athletes.
3. In case of there is no more prioritized athletes in certain weight division, the WTF
shall exercise authority to choose the replacing athlete.
4. In the replacement process, universality might be taken into consideration in
case any weight division does not have 8 (7 in weight divisions in which host nation
participates) athletes among the top 20 athletes in the WTF World Ranking.
F. Competition Schedule
The proposed competition schedule of taekwondo competition is as follows:
Date
Time
August 29
Event
Arrival of teams
August 29 - 31
0900-1800
Athlete training
C. Athlete/team quota
August 30-31
0900-1800
Referees Meeting and Training
August 31
1400-1600
Head of Team meeting & Drawing lots
1. Quotas
32 places for men and women equally (8 competitors per weight category)
1.1 One National Federation can send the maximum two (2) male and (2) female
athletes.
1.2 Only one athlete is allowed per weight category from one National Federation.
1.3 Host nation shall be given two (2) male and two (2) female quotas irrespective
of the WTF World Ranking. Host nation shall have the right to select their
athletes subject to approval of the WTF.
August 31
1600-1800
Weigh-in for all contestants
September 1
0900-1300
Preliminaries for Female divisions
September 2
1500-1900
Preliminaries for Male divisions
0900-1300
Semi-finals for Female and Male division
1500-1700
Finals for Female Division and Male division
1800September 3
Victory Ceremony
Departure
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Friendship
Taekwondo places great value on etiquette, self-discipline, respect for others,
fair play and friendship, among others.
Interview with IR
Q : When did you start practicing taekwondo and what motivation?

A : I was 4 years old when I started training taekwondo. Thanks to my dear parents
who gave me and my brothers lots of love and support we focused on both our
studies as well as taekwondo. Having parents supporting you gives you the harmony
and strength you need to become a strong person.
chaKir
chelBaT
(sWEdEn)
Q : Do you have suggestions for the development of taekwondo and the WTF?
A : Under the leadership of WTF President Dr. Chungwon Choue with the reform
movement, the WTF works parallel and very close with the IOC. Improvement has
been done and its still going on to show the world the new image of the WTF:
fairness, impartiality and transparency. The WTF follows the IOC structure and spirit
for global taekwondo development. I believe that the WTF works hard to improve and
provide better communication and support to all the 5 continental unions.
Q : How long have you been an international referee and what motivation made you
to become an IR?
All these efforts are necessary in order to keep WTF taekwondo global, strong and a
permanent Olympic Sport.
A : I have been a referee for the last 25 years. To be a referee is a lifestyle and a
passion. For me transparency, impartiality, fairness and fair play are very important
factors to keep working on. Those are some of my motivation factors that reflect the
kind of person/referee I am and what I stand for.
Q : What is your overall evaluation of the refereeing at major WTF-promoted

Championships over the last four to five years?
A : The refereeing has greatly improved over the last years. Referees inexperience
has varied and still does to some extent. In some continents, the referees dont have
the opportunity to officiate as much as needed in order to reach and maintain a
certain level.
During my years as a referee, I have seen and followed different kinds of evolution of
taekwondo from old system till the modern taekwondo, todays taekwondo which is a
modern dynamic Olympic sport.
Q : What is your evaluation of using an electronic protector and an instant video
replay system at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships?
A : The 2009 World Taekwondo Championships with the use of electronic body
protectors together with an instant video replay system was a great success for the
taekwondo competition.
Taekwondo competition became more interesting, dynamic and exciting because of
the new rules (the 3 points for the head kick, 2 points for back- and spinning kick
and 1 point for punching or kicking upchagi and bandal chagi to the body) together
with EBP and an instant video replay.
The new style of competition that we saw at the World Championships in
Copenhagen was great with a lot of action and more points being scored.
Q : What is your opinion of introducing an electronic protector system at the next
Olympic Games?
A : In my opinion, the WTF needs to introduce the EBP at the next Olympic
Games. The EBP eliminates the dead angles which is difficult to eliminate when
you only have referees as corner judges. The audience, the media and television
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The WTF organizes seminars like solidarity programs and instructor seminars,
refreshing and referee courses in different continents and countries therein in order
to strengthen the level of taekwondo (instructors, referees etc). This helps keeping a
global consistency to the sport.
will appreciate and enjoy the new and modern (fast) as well as dynamic game of
taekwondo.
Q : What is your opinion of introducing an instant video replay system at the next
Olympic Games?
A : In order to guarantee fairness, transparency, impartiality and fair play during
the game, the WTF needs to introduce the instant video replay system at the next
Olympic Games.
Instant video replay helps to correct mistakes committed by corner judges like
missing to score for a clear impact to the head due to the dead angle or if the center
referee missed giving a kyongo when the player intentionally or during the exchange
of a technique crossed the boundary line. The instant video replay puts the referees
and judges under a microscope, which makes for an outmost exciting and fair game.
Today with electronic body protectors, new amendments to the rules, the instant
video replay system and a more efficient education program for the IR, one notices
more focus. The games are much more dynamic now. It takes time to change and
we are well on our way.
c. The use of an instant video replay system: In order to guarantee fairness and fair
play for our athletes, the referees are put under the microscope in order for a fair
play.
Q : What are your plans for 2010?
A : I have a good feeling that 2010 will be another great year. My plan is to continue
to contribute with my love and devotion to taekwondo and work hard for a better,
modern and dynamic taekwondo competition with fairness, impartiality and
transparency as main focus.
We shall never forget that the players are the most important parts of the game, and
we are there to serve them and to give them the maximum fairness, applying the
WTF competition Rules and Regulations.
Our job and duty as referees is to take our responsibility more serious than ever and
work hard for our communication skills, gain more and more experience to keep
ourselves up to date with every new changes.
The 2010 with the WTF promoting the World Junior Championship in Mexico and the
Youth Olympic Games in Singapore really make this year an exciting year.
I am confident that 2010 under the leadership of Dr. Chungwon Choue and the WTF
crew together with all the nations will bring victories for the entire global taekwondo
family.
Meet the
WTF Family
I believe very strongly that we need to continue to focus on the following:

a. Education program for the IRs
Through education programs, we can improve the skills and the levels of the IRs
in each continent by teaching and explaining the WTF Rules and Regulations as
detailed as possible to avoid misunderstandings and misinterpretations.
b. The use of the Electronic Body Protector: the WTFs ad-hoc Committee on
Electronic Protectors appointed by Dr Choue is working hard to improve better EBP
system for WTF competition.
Referee
Chakir Chelbat
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Interview with Council Member
Interview with IR
A : As for the electronic protector, I think instant video replay can improve the
fairness of the competition, but we should find rules and guidelines in order to
reduce the time for decision; besides, we should improve the technology of video
cameras used in the competition areas.
Q : When did you start practicing taekwondo and what motivation?
A : I started taekwondo in 1967 with Master Sun Jae Park, President of the Italian
Taekwondo Federation and Vice President of the WTF. The motivation was, as many
boys, to learn a martial art and for me taekwondo was love at first sight. After 43
years I still love taekwondo as a sport, martial art, way of life.
lorenzo
Tricoli
(iTaly)
Q : How long have you been an international referee and what motivation made you
to become an IR?
A : I became a European Taekwondo Union referee in 1978 and WTF International
Referee in 1979 in Sindelfingen, before the 4th World Taekwondo Championships.
As a taekwondo man, it was so natural for me going inside the competition world of
taekwondo and I really enjoyed it.
Q : As an S-class international referee, what is your taekwondo philosophy? Are you
proud of being an S-class referee?
A : This is a very useful system, even though some guidelines and other technical
details should be improved.
A : Improve TV visibility with appropriate competition rules amendments, improve

other competitions as freestyle poomsae, professional fighters, show events and so
on.
A : I think that step by step we are reaching an acceptable level of fairness and
objectivity, and the referees now take more responsibility of their decisions and are
more professional.
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A : There are about 10,000 taekwondo practitioners in New Zealand,

including some 6,000 registered with the New Zealand Taekwondo Inc.,
the nations taekwondo governing body. I have served as president of the
New Zealand Taekwondo Inc. since 2005.
The popularity of taekwondo is growing in New Zealand as the government
included taekwondo one of its medal-winning sports along with yachting
and cycling.
A : I was born in 1952 in Korea and emigrated to New Zealand in 1994.

I started practicing taekwondo when I was a second-year middle-school
student in 1963, just for my health.
I am an eighth Kukkiwon Dan black-belt holder and have two sons. The elder son,
32, is a sixth Kukkiwon Dan black-belt holder and serves as the New Zealand
national poomsae team coach.
A : I will continue my taekwondo activity as usual, even with one more year over my
shoulders! And, obviously, I am always ready to learn and to share my experience
with taekwondo people.
One year after my emigration to New Zealand, I opened my first taekwondo dojang
in New Zealand in 1995. Now I run seven dojangs with a total of 270 students. I am
planning to open two more dojangs shortly.
A : One of my top priorities for 2010 is to find new WTF members in the Oceania
region in line with the WTFs ongoing efforts to secure more members.
Meet the
WTF Family
My another top priority is to help Oceanian countries in need of help, thus greatly
promoting taekwondo in the region. WTF President Chungwon Choue has also
promised me to help Oceania in various ways.
Now WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps members are doing their voluntary service in two
of Oceanian countries, New Zealand and Samoa.
Tae Kyung
Kim
(nEW ZEaland)
A : Under the strong leadership of WTF President Chungwon Choue, the WTF has
made remarkable achievements, including the launch of Taekwondo Peace Corps,
and an expanded financial support of the WTF for WTF member nations, especially
those in need of help. The WTF has created new competitions, such as the World
Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, the World Para-Taekwondo Championships,
and the World Taekwondo Tour, which will greatly strengthen the WTF.
The refereeing system has greatly improved with the introduction of an electronic
body protectors and an instant video replay system. Taekwondo has become more
dynamic and action-packed with the introduction of a differentiated scoring system.
The results of the WTF elections in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark show
that the WTF is going in the right direction. For further globalization of the WTF and
taekwondo, I will continue to give my full support for WTF President Choue and the
WTF.
Meet the
WTF Family
Q : What are your taewkondo governing bodys objectives for 2010?

A : Our federation is striving to win medals at major international taekwondo
championships. New Zealand has clinched the overall title at the Oceania
Taekwondo Championships, but has never won any medals in the taekwondo
competition at the World Taekwondo Championships and the Olympic Games. Once
we get medals at major taekwondo competitions, then the popularity of taekwondo
will surge in my country, which will lead to a great financial support from the New
Zealand government.
A : I really hope that in London 2012 we will be ready to use electronic protectors.
Today many sports are improving their competition system, fairness and TV visibility,
we must not loose the Olympic train and we must show taekwondo competition as
an enjoyable and fair event for all people.
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Q : What are the current situation of taekwondo in your country?
Q : Would you tell us your personal taekwondo and family story?

Q : What is your overall evaluation of the refereeing at major WTF-promoted
Championships over the last four to five years?
Q : What is your opinion of introducing an electronic protector system at the next

Olympic Games?
Q : What is your opinion of introducing an instant video replay system at the next
Olympic Games?
A : I am honored to be a member of the WTF Council and I feel somewhat

burdened to shoulder such a heavy duty. I will focus on further promoting
taekwondo in the world, especially in the Oceania region, by helping
countries in need of help
Q : Do you have suggestions for the development of taekwondo and the WTF?
A : Taekwondo is a sport and is a way of life, too. Thanks to taekwondo and to

my experience in so many international competitions, I learned many aspects of
human beings. The International Referee is the Guarantee of the Right during the
competitions and should be a leader in all other matters concerned to everyday
taekwondo activity. Obviously, I am proud to be an S-class International Referee and
I thanks the WTF for this recognition.
Q : What is your evaluation of using an electronic protector and an instant video
replay system at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships?
Q : How did you feel after being elected as new WTF Council member?
Referee
Lorenzo Tricoli
Q : What is your evaluation of the WTFs reform programs over the past five years?
Council Member
Mr. Tae Kyung Kim

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Interview with Council Member
iSSaKa
ide
(nigEr)
Q : What plans do you have the further promotion of tekwondo in your country and
Africa overall?
Q : What is the current situation of taekwondo in your country?
A : Regarding the promotion of tekwondo in my country and in Africa, the initiatives

below will be taken:
A : In Niger, the number of dojangs ran from 10 in 1991, to 106 in 2009; all of them
affiliated with the federation. Among these are 80 in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
The number of graduates went from 5,000 in 2007, to 10,000 at the end of 2009.
In Niger:
Intensification of the capacities of dojangs;
Increase of the number of graduates;
Implementation of a permanent system of training for managers, trainers and
referees;
Realization of my dream of building a permanent African internal taekwondo
training system;
Maintenance of representation of taekwondo within August Institutions, such as
the National and sports Olympic Committees and the Economic, Social and Cultural
Council of Niger;
Organization of national championships, and international events and
tournaments;
Improving and encouraging the practice of taekwondo, within schools, military
barracks and the national police force;
Developing the mentality of fair play within the population and trying to reduce
poverty by the practice of taekwondo in Niger, in accordance with the UNDP.
(Here, Im talking about insertion of non-schoolboys; This can be done by the
organization of caravans of taekwondo which will once a year, cross the regions
of Niger with the support of the media to strengthen and to promote the discipline
within the whole country)
At the African level:
Q : How did you feel after being elected as new WTF Council member?
A : After being elected to the Council of the World Taekwondo Federation, the first
emotion I had was that of satisfaction of being offered the opportunity to serve the
sport of taekwondo that I love.
As an ambassador of my continent and as a member of the management team, my
mission will be at first to protect wherever necessary the interests of taekwondo;
to work for its promotion and development, to be watchful about the respect of the
WTF Rules and Regulations, to be always ready to give support for the actions of
WTF President Dr. Chungwon Choue and his Council.
This position occupied for the first time by a Niger sport manager will strengthen
the respect of all the nations for taekwondo, so even for its managers in my
country, as shown by the large amount of media coverage of my election and the
congratulations I received from the highest Authorities of Niger (President of the
Economic, Social and Cultural Council, Prime Minister and Minister of Sport).
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As forerunner of the initiative of creating sub-regional structures, such as CENSAD, the West French-Speaking Countries Taekwondo Union (WFTU); the Central
French-Speaking Countries Taekwondo Union (CFCTU); and many others FrenchSpeaking Countries Taekwondo Unions from the Mediterranean region, Asia, and the
Caribbean, I would like to continue promoting and developing taekwondo in Africa
overall. With the confidence and the support of my colleagues of the continent,
I want our sport to become more and more accessible and attractive for most
people (old, young, and handicapped persons). By doing that, we can convince
governments and sponsors to pay attention to taekwondo and to pay off our main
problem: the lack of money and equipment.
I, as president of the Niger Taekwondo Federation, have been elected the Secretary
General of the Niger NOC since 2001. It is the only Federation that has two NOC
Executive Council members in Niger; Mr Soungaize and me. Im also the first and
only representative of the whole Niger Sports Associations in the Economic, Social
and Cultural Council of Niger Republic.
Q : Your personal taekwondo story.
A : After having practiced taekwondo late in life, I was the main architect in the
creation of a dojang for seniors in 1988, called SONIA 40. SONIA was the name of
an industrial company I was managing, and the number 40 indicated the minimum
age required to be a member of the club and be trained by Grandmaster Cho Young
Koo, the first instructor of taekwondo in Niger.
Unfortunately, this dojang was not able to survive my departure for an international
job. Upon my return of this international stay (1996), young taekwondo leaders asked
me to help them manage the federation which had plunged into a deep lethargy. So,
Ive tried my best to re-revitalize the federation through a very big restructuring, to
raise it to the rank of the foremost federations in Niger, and raised the competitors
(to be) the best in the sub-region.
We registered athletes for the Olympic scholarships within the framework of Sydney
Olympic Games 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. For Sydney, Niger was 3rd in
the World Qualifications (Garmisch), where only two athletes were qualified, and 2nd
in the Johannesburg Continental Qualifications, where one was taken into account.
At the Continental Qualifications for Athens 2004, our athlete was 2nd.
Q : What are your federations major activities in 2010?
A : In 2010, the major activity for our Federation will be to get our athletes qualified
for the 2010 Youth Olympics Games in Singapore by doing well in Tijuana, Mexico
and look for Olympic scholarships for the participation of our athletes in the 2012
London Olympics Games.
As vice president of the African Taekwondo Union, my aim is to improve

communication between African Taekwondo Union (AFTU) and (other) member
national associations (MNAs), and to have enough time to visit my colleagues,
leaders of the national federations and, the administrative authorities of their
countries to strengthen the good job they are doing and to try to solve problems
inherent to the management of the local structures, if any.
Other important activities will be the organization of the senior and junior National
Championships, increasing the number of international referees, the participation of
our athletes in the main events of WTF, AFTU, UMFT, CEN-SAD, as well as the African
Taekwondo Championships, the WTF World Taekwondo Championships of kyorugi,
poomsae, and the WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships.
With the goodwill of the AFTU President, I want to increase the number of MNAs
joining the WTF and the AFTU.
In February 2010, our Federation will renew its leading authorities through an
elected General Assembly.
Q : Do you have any suggestions for the further development of taekwondo and the
World Taekwondo Federation?
A : Probably, there are a lot of things still to be improved in our common sport
management. But I deeply appreciate all the reforms led by the President of the
World Taekwondo Federation, Dr Chungwon Choue, within the framework of the
modernization of our discipline.
One of these reforms concerns Dr Choues idea to create, for the first time since
1972, a program called Reform Fund to help every MNA and every Continental
Association with their activity. This idea, added to many other reforms as electronic
protectors, instant video replay, is showing the good nobility to taekwondo. I
hope that the WTF will increase the Reform Fund amount, and fortunately, I know
something is being done in that way.
As Africa demonstrated its know-how in organizing international taekwondo events
in many occasions, like the 4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
in Cairo, Egypt, it will be hopeful to continue to be confident in Africa by giving her
many other big events to organize.
For fairness and further development of Africa, I want to call attention to two
important things: Increase the number of African WTF Council members that can
draw our authorities attention to the importance of taekwondo, which is one of the
rare sports to bring Olympic medals and world champions to Africa. And the other
is building an African taekwondo training Center, that can be helpful in raising our
competitors and trainers technical level. Like boxing in Tunisia, athletics in Senegal,
and judo in Morocco, such a center can be, as Ive said, a technical solution and may
be, a barrier to the athletes brain drain.
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WTF Family
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2009 World
TaekWondo
Championships
The 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark drew a total of 928
athletes, including 558 men, from a record 142 countries, the largest ever in WTF Championships
history. For the first time in WTF history, electronic body protectors were used at the World
Championships.
4th World
Taekwondo
Poomsae
Championships
The 4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Cairo,
Egypt attracted a total of 564 athletes from a record 59 countries.
Korea defended its overall title, followed by Vietnam, Iran and Spain.
1st World
TaekWondo Tour
2009 mexiCo
Amid high interest from both the public and international media, the inaugural WTF
World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico was a great success. The 1st one-day event
drew 16 top-class athletes in four weight categories.
WTF General
assembly
The WTF elected a new WTF leadership, including the President, at
its General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark on Oct. 13, 2009.
Dr. Chungwon Choue, who was re-elected as president of the WTF,
stressed the harmony among the global taekwondo family.
TaekWondo
demonsTraTion
by korean, u.s.
presidenTs
Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President
Barack Obama show off taekwondo skills at Chung Wa
Dae in Seoul, Korea on Nov. 19, 2009.
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Taekwondos inclusion
in major mulTi-sporT games
broadens iTs fuTure
The future of taekwondo as an Olympic sport is brighter as it was placed on the

official program as a core sport at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Taekwondo will also be on the official program of the 2017 Summer Universiade
and onwards as a compulsory sport. It will be on the official program of the 2013
Mediterranean Games for the first time.
The WTF is striving hard to include taekwondo on the official program of the
Paralympic Games in 2016 at the earliest. To do so, it held the 1st WTF World ParaTaekwondo Championships on June 10, 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The WTF plans
to organize the 2nd World Para-Taekwondo Championships on May 11, 2010 in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
The WTF also works very hard to put taekwondo on the official program of the
Commonwealth Games.
As taekwondo was included on the official program of the 2016 Olympic Games as
a core sport, it promises a brighter future of taekwondo as an Olympic sport, said
WTF President Chungwon Choue.
I wish to dedicate the good news to all our taekwondo family who devoted their
time and efforts for the promotion of the sport of taekwondo and development
of taewkondo as an Olympic sport, he said. I will commit myself to further
enhancement of taekwondo in each member national associations on this
meaningful occasion.
WTF President Choue said, We should not forget that there were efforts of many
striving to make the sport of taekwondo fairer and more exciting, therefore, therefore
bringing it close to the Olympic ideals.
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He said, From a martial art, taekwondo has successfully transformed itself into a
global sport that enjoys the Olympic status. We cannot take this for granted. Our
ceaseless efforts for the betterment of taekwondo and the unwavering support of the
taekwondo family from 190 member nations together brought such a remarkable
change in the sport of taekwondo.
The WTF is bringing taekwondo beyond a mere sport as a means of youth
education and world peace in line with the pursuit of the IOC, he said.
He said, The WTF launched the Taekwondo Peace Corps in the summer of 2008. So
far, a total of 207 members of the Taekwondo Peace Corps have been dispatched to
49 countries on four occasions. Jointly with the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation,
the WTF organized the inaugural World Youth Taekwondo Camp in Seoul and Muju in
August 2009 to a great success.
The WTF has a global membership of 190 countries, ranking among the top 10 of
International Sports Federations. The WTF targets to increase its membership to 200
in a few years.
Under the leadership of WTF President Choue, the WTF has carried out a package of
reform programs to a great success, thus helping make taekwondo a more actionpacked and global sport with a long-term view of putting taekwondo on the official
program of future Olympic Games.
Taekwondo solidifies iTs sTaTus

as an olympic sporT
Taekwondo made its first appearance in the 1988

Seoul Olympic Games as a demonstration sport. It was
again a demonstration sport at the 1992 Barcelona
Olympic Games.
The IOC also voted at its Session in October 2009 in

Copenhagen, Denmark to put taekwondo on the official
program of the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil.
On Sept. 4, 1994, the IOC Session in Paris, France

decided to include taekwondo as an official sport at
the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. To celebrate the
day, the World Taekwondo Federation designated Sept.
4 as Taekwondo Day.
Taekwondo competitions at the past Olympic Games

showed a steady growth in the number of participating
countries.
Taekwondo was included in the official program at the

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games.
The IOC Session in Singapore in July 2005 decided to
include taekwondo in the official program of the 2012
London Olympic Games.
A total of 51 countries participated in the taekwondo

competition at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,
compared with 60 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
and 64 at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The number of countries winning medals in the
taekwondo competitions at the Olympic Games has
also increased, demonstrating that technical levels of
taekwondo have been evenly enhanced throughout the
world and that the fairness in taekwondo competitions
has been much improved.

Indeed, the fair distribution of medals at taekwondo
competitions has helped taekwondo emerge as one of
the most popular and beloved Olympic sports. At the
2000 Sydney Olympic Games, a total of 18 countries
won at least one medal, compared with 13 at the
2004 Athens Olympic Games and 22 at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games, showing a steady growth in
the number of medal-winning countries.
Through ceaseless reform programs, the WTF has
strived to enhance the status of taekwondo as a global
sport, and to consolidate its exemplary collaboration
as the worlds taekwondo governing body with the
International Olympic Committee. With these efforts,
the WTF has evolved as a model international sports
federation.
History of taekwondo Competition at tHe olympiC Games

Olympic
Games
No. of
Countries
No. of
Athletes
No. of Medals
Awarded
No. of
Medal-Winning Countries
2000 Sydney
Olympic Games
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103
24
18 countries
(Korea, Cuba, China, U.S., Australia, Greece,
Russia, Norway, Germany, Vietnam, Spain,
France, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Iran,Turkey,
Chinese Taipei)
2004
Athens
60
124
24
13 (China, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Iran, U.S.,

Cuba, Greece, Mexico, Turkey, France,
Thailand, Egypt, Venezuela
32
22 (China, Thailand, Venezuela, Cuba, Korea,

Turkey, Croatia, U.S., Canada, France, Mexico,
Norway, U.K., Brazil, Dominican Republic,
Afghanistan, Chinese Taipei, Iran, Italy, Greece,
Nigeria, Kazakhstan)
2008
Beijing
64
128
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Taekwondo compulsory
aT summer universiade in 2017
Taekwondo has been on the program of the Summer
Universiade as an optional sport since 2003, when the
biennial international sporting and cultural festival was
held in Daegu, Korea. Gwangju, Korea earned last year
the right to host the 2015 Summer Universiade.
The Summer Universiade consists of 10 compulsory
sports and up to three optional sports chosen by the
host country. The 10 compulsory sports are athletics,
Taekwondo poomsae debuTs

aT 2009 universiade
basketball, fencing, football, gymnastics, swimming,

diving, water polo, tennis and volleyball.
FISU President Dr. George Killian and FISU Secretary General Eric Saintrond watched
the final matches of poomsae, together with WTF President Chungwon Choue,
showing their great interest in taekwondo poomsae.
The Winter Universiade consists of six compulsory

sports and one or two optional sports also chosen by
the host country. They are Alpine skiiing, Nordic skiing,
ice hockey, short-track, speed skating, figure skating,
and biathlon.
Korea won three golds, one silver

and one bronze in the poomsae
competitions, which took place at
the Belgrade Fair Hall 3, followed
by Spain with two golds and one
bronze.
Vietnam came next with two
silvers and one bronze, followed
by China with two silvers. Egypt
clinched three bronze medals,
while Italy, Iran, host Serbia and
Mexico took home one bronze
medal each.
History of summer universiade

Place
Taekwondo will be on the official program of the 2017
Summer Universiade and onwards as a compulsory
sport.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU)
informed the WTF of its decision to include taekwondo
in the official program of the Summer Universiade from
2017 onwards as a compulsory sport.
The decision was made at the FISU Executive
Committee held on Nov. 13 and 14, 2009 in Erzurum,
Turkey.
Dates
Nations
Contesants
1st
Torino, Italy
1959. 8. 26~9. 7
45
1407
2nd
Sofia, Bulgaria
1961. 8. 25~9. 3
32
1627
rd
Porto Alegre, Brazil
1963. 8. 30~9. 8
27
988
th
Budapest, Hungary
1965. 8. 20~8. 30
32
2366
5th
Tokyo, Japan
1967. 8. 27~9. 4
30
1272
6th
Torino, Italy
1970. 8. 26~9. 6
58
2808
Moscow, Russia
1973. 8.15~8. 25
70
3634
Rome, Italy
1975. 4. 6~ 4.13
38
617
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Korea and Spain showed their

supremacy in taekwondo poomsae
as they grabbed three and two gold
medals, respectively, after two days
of taekwondo poomsae competitions
at the 2009 Summer Universiade in
Belgrade, Serbia on July 2, 2009.
A total of 41 male and 46 female athletes from 28 countries competed in five
poomsae divisions: the mens individual, the womens individual, the mens team,
the womens team, and the mixed pair division.
Laura Kim from Spain and Kisung

Lee from Korea became the first
double gold medalists in the
taekwondo competition of the 2009 Universiade.
A total of 251 male and 179 female athletes from 70 countries are participating in
both taekwondo poomsae and kyorugi competitions at the 2009 Universiade, with
21 golds up for grabs.
Sofia, Bulgaria
1977. 8. 17~8. 28
78
4391
10th
Mexico City, Mexico
1979. 9. 2~9. 13
94
4381
11th
Bucureti, Romania
1981. 7. 19~7.30
86
4369
12th
Edmonton, Canada
1983. 7. 1~7. 12
73
3471
13
Kobe, Japan
1985. 8.24~9. 4
106
3946
medal winners
14th
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1987. 7. 8.~7. 19
121
5573
Mens Individual Division
Womens Individual Division
15
Duisburg, Germany
1989. 8. 22~8. 30
79
2619
It is true that taekwondo has experienced a significant

growth over the years and has become one of the
most popular sports among our member associations.
In addition, we have no doubt that it will continue to
develop and attract more and more of our studentathletes in the future, the letter continued.
16th
Shefield, England
1991. 7. 14~7. 25
101
4622
17th
Buffalo, U.S.A.
1993. 7. 8~7. 18
118
5145
18th
Fukuoka, Japan
1995. 8. 23~9. 3
162
5740
19
Sicily, Italy
1997. 8. 19~8. 31
124
5286
Gold : Kisung Lee (Korea)

Silver : Dinh Toan Nguyen (Vietnam)
Bronze : Shaker Ahmed Elhamy (Egypt)
Del Rio Mikel Martinez (Spain)
Gold : Laura Kim (Spain)

Silver : Chorong Hwang (Korea)
Bronze : Ammar Rohanda El-Said (Egypt)
Stefania Pinga (Italy)
20
Palma, Spain
1999. 7. 3~7.13
125
6009
It continued to say, We therefore look forward to

pursuing the strong collaboration that we have long
established with your federation and will continue to
put all of our efforts in the promotion of taekwondo as a
university sport worldwide.
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21
Beijing, China
2001. 8.22~9. 1
163
6655
22nd
Daegu, Korea
2003. 8.21~8. 31
174
6634
23
Izmir, Turkey
2005. 8.11~8. 21
131
7805
24
Bangkok, Thailand
2007. 8. 8~8. 19
170
10000
25
Belgrade, Serbia
2009. 7.1~7.12
142
9000
I am very glad to inform you that the FISU Executive

Committee which gathered on November 13 and 14,
2009, in Erzurum, Turkey, has officially approved your
request to introduce taekwondo as a compulsory sport
in the program of the Summer Universiade, as from
2017 onwards, said FISU Secretary General Eric
Saintrond in a letter to WTF President Chungwon Choue.
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For the first time ever in Universiade history, poomsae was included in the official
program of the 2009 Universiade. Taekwondo kyorugi or sparring has been on the
official program of the Universiade since the 2003 Universiade in Daegu, Korea.
Mens Team Division
Gold : Korea
Silver : Vietnam
Bronze : Egypt
Iran
Womens Team Division
Gold : Korea
Silver : China
Bronze : Serbia
Mexico
In terms of the numbers of participating athletes and medals, taekwondo ranked

third after athletics and swimming at the 2009 Universiade.
Mixed Division
Gold : Spain
Silver : China
Bronze : Vietnam
Korea
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History of mediterranean Games

Place
2013 mediTerranean games

To include Taekwondo
Dates
Nations
Contestants
1st Alexandria, Egypt
1951
10
734
nd
Barcelona, Spain
1955
10
1135
rd
Beirut, Lebanon
1959
11
792
4th Naples, Italy
1963
13
1057
5th Tunis, Tunisia
1967
12
1249
Izmir, Turkey
1971
14
1362
Algiers, Algeria
1975
15
2444
1979
14
2048
Casablanca, Morocco
1983
16
2180
10
Latakia, Syria
1987
16
2180
11
Athens, Greece
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Taekwondo will be on the official

program of the 2013 Mediterranean
Games.
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8th Split, Croatia

9
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To mark taekwondos inclusion

in the program of the 2013
Mediterranean Games, WTF
President Chungwon Choue held a
press conference at the Greek Olympic Committee building in
Athens, Greece on Dec. 4, 2009.
th
1991
18
2762
12th Languedoc-Roussillon, France
1993
20
2598
13th Bari, Italy
1997
21
2195
th
14
Tunis, Tunisia
2001
23
3041
15
Almera, Spain
th
Due to the increasing popularity of taekwondo in the

Mediterranean region, the Mediterranean Taekwondo Union
was formed under the WTF, with Mr. Driss El-Hilali of Morocco
as president and Secretary General Mr. Michalis Fysentzidis of
Greece, who also attended the press conference, together with
Gen. Ahmed Fouly, a WTF vice president. The MTU held the 1st
Mediterranean Taekwondo Cup in Rabat, Morocco May 8-10
last year.
Dr. Choue thanked Mr. El-Hilali and Mr. Fysentzidis for all their
work to make taekwondo an official sport for the Mediterranean
Games in 2013. Dr. Choue also pointed out that taekwondo
also recently have been made an official sport for the
Universiade starting 2017.
The Greek Taekwondo Federation has vast experience of
competition organization such as the 2004 Olympic Games.
Dr. Choue stated that he believes that taekwondo at the 2013
Mediterranean Games will be one of the most successful sports
at the Games.
WTF President Choue believes taekwondo was chosen as an
official sport for the 2013 Mediterranean Games due to the fact
that taekwondo has been evolving constantly with the ambition
to become the most exciting and transparent sport.
For instance at the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo
Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark, WTF introduced
electronic body protectors and also adopted an instant video
replay system, which has ensured that coaches and athletes
can have a fair opportunity to request for review of the referees
decisions.
Dr. Choue also thanked Mr. Nikos Thomaidis, president of
the Greek Taekwondo Federation, for his dedication to the
development and spreading of taekwondo in Greece.
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2005
21
3214
16th Pescara, Italy
2009
23
N.A.
17
2013
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Volos, Greece
spanish-speaking counTries
gaTher in cosTa rica
6th coupe du monde francophone

draws 26 wTf member naTions
In his congratulatory speech

at the Constitutive Assembly,
WTF President Choue said,
I am very pleased to be
here at the World Taekwondo
Iberoamericana Union
Constitutive Assembly and
to witness the signing of the
constitution.
I give my heartfelt
congratulation to the resurge
of the Iberoamericana
taekwondo movement,
Dr. Choue said. The WTF
acknowledges the already
growing interest in promoting
taekwondo and increasing
competence in taekwondo
among the Spanish-speaking
countries.
More than 20 Spanish-speaking countries gathered in San Jose, Costa Rica for the
Constitutive Assembly of the World Taekwondo Iberoamericana Union, and the 2009
Costa Rica Open Taekwondo Championships.
The Constitutive Assembly of the World Taekwondo Iberoamericana Union took place
on Aug. 27 in San Jose, Costa Rica, two days prior to the 2009 Costa Rica Open
in Cartago, near San Jose. The two-day Open drew athletes and officials from 25
countries.
Together with the Francophone, Iberoamericana is one of the WTFs large and
significant friendship taekwondo unions bound by the same language.
WTF President Chungwon Choue and WTF Council members, including Mr. Ivan
Dibos, IOC member from Peru, attended the assembly and the Open Championships.
Among other participants were Mr. Jesus Castellanos Pueblas, president of
the Spanish Taekwondo Federation; Mr. Roger Piarulli, president of the French
Taekwondo Federation; Mr. Juan Manuel Lopez Delgado, president of the Mexico
Taekwondo Federation; Mrs. Maria Rosario Borello Castillo, president of the
Guatemala Taekwondo Federation and WTF Council member; and Mr. Dae-won
Moon, chairman of the WTF Technical Committee and WTF Council member.
Among other attendees at the Open Championships were Dr. Oscar Arias, president
of Costa Rica; Mr. Henry Nunez Najera, president of the Costa Rican Olympic
Committee; and Mr. Tae-myun Kwon, Korean ambassador to Costa Rica.
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He continued to say, I am
certain that your union
will further facilitate the Spanish-speaking taekwondo family to work together
for taekwondo development in the region. The WTF will assist and support by all
means.
I believe that the Spanish-speaking taekwondo family will be at the forefront of
developing taekwondo as a global sport and an Olympic sport. I look forward to your
continued support for the world taekwondo movement, and especially for the World
Taekwondo Federation, Dr. Choue said.
As you know, taekwondo secured its place in the 2016 Olympic Games as one of
the 26 core sports, Dr. Choue said. I can assure you that the positive change we
brought together promises a brighter future of taekwondo as an Olympic sport.
In his congratulatory remarks at the 2009 Costa Rica Open Taekwondo
Championships on Aug. 29, WTF President Choue also emphasized the Olympic
status of taekwondo by saying, Taekwondo is not only in the program of the 2010
Youth Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the 2016 Olympic
Games, but will continue to be in the 2020 Olympic Games and onwards.
The 6th Coupe du Monde Francophone, which was held on May 3-4,
2009 in Lille, France, drew a record 26 WTF member countries,
reflecting the growing importance of the regional event.
Games, the ongoing WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps activities, and the
upcoming World Taekwondo Youth Camp in Korea in August this year
in preparation of the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Among the participating nations in the biggest taekwondo event

among French-speaking WTF member national associations were 18
African countries.
The representatives from 26 WTF member national associations

stood up several times and celebrated the success of WTF activities.
WTF President Chungwon Choue attended a head of teams meeting

for the event at the Novotel Hotel on May 2.
In his speech for the representatives of 26 WTF member national
associations, WTF President Choue expressed his appreciation and
encouraged the representatives for their continued efforts for the
promotion of taekwondo.
On May 2, the WTF President also met with about 100 participants
in the WTF International Referee Refresher Course, which opened on
April 30 for a three-day run, and delivered his words of appreciation
and encouragement to the participating referees ensuring his
confidence in them.
He also briefed them on the achievements of the WTF such as the

planned expansion of its Lausanne office, the inclusion of poomsae
in the official program of the 2009 Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia,
the recommendation of the ASOIF General Assembly for a bloc
vote for 26 core sports, including taekwondo, at the 2016 Olympic
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IOC PresIdenT PraIses InITIaTIves
As part of its
ceaseless efforts
to consolidate
taekwondos
status as an
Olympic sport
and to take
it beyond a mere sport, the World Taekwondo
Federation has come up with several action
programs to realize its new vision.
WTF President Choue said in his speech, Our WTF Lausanne office will cover
extensive work related to international relations, communication, and cooperation,
as well as globalization strategy of public relations and marketing.Mr. Phil Coles,
a WTF vice president and IOC member, will be based in our Lausanne office for two
months, helping out the office to lay out the foundation in a desirable direction.
IOC President Rogge, ASOIF President Oswald, GAISF President Verbruggen, joined
WTF President Choue and Noutais Jacques, president of the Benin Taekwondo
Federation, for a cake-cutting ceremony, followed by a series of demonstrations by
members of the Swiss Taekwondo Federation, which drew much applause from the
participants.
IOC President Jacques Rogge spoke well of the

WTFs exemplary collaboration with the IOC and
said that the WTF has made a huge change
since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
In his opening speech, WTF President Choue said, It has been some four years
since we had a WTF Council meeting here in Lausanne in the presence of IOC
President Rogge. There, we confirmed our commitment to improve our measures
for the WTF to meet the global standards, and projected our resolution to realize the
reform initiatives.
To attain its new vision, the WTF has strengthen

the function and role of its office in Lausanne,
Switzerland, which will ultimately serve as a global
center of the WTF for international relations and
Olympic coordination.
The WTF has also expand its Solidarity programs
for the disabled and less-privileged people and
Taekwondo Peace Corps programs, as well as
focus on youth education, thus helping taekwondo
contribute to the promotion of world peace.
WTF President Chungwon Choue made public the WTFs new vision action programs
in his speech during a ceremony to mark the opening of a newly expanded WTF
Lausanne office at the Maison du Sport International (MSI) in Lausanne on May 5,
2009.
Our new vision to reorganize the WTF into a dual structure is to bring taekwondo
closer to the center of the Olympic Movement and to the international sports
community, WTF President Choue said during the ceremony.
He said, Our Seoul office will concentrate on taekwondo development, technical
issues and finance. Our Lausanne office will function to coordinate with the
IOC, the WADA, international sports federations, and overall international sports
organizations.
The ceremony drew more than 70 high-ranking sports figures, including Dr. Jacques
Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Among other attendees at the ceremony were Mr. Denis Oswald, president of the
Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF); and Mr. Hein
Verbruggen, president of the General Association of International Sports Federations
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taekwondo training programs and equipment to those who lack in resources and
opportunities to learn and practice taekwondo, he said.
The WTF is also involved in some upcoming projects for youth, such as the World
Taekwondo Youth Camp and the World Taekwondo Academy, The projects are to
facilitate taekwondo in the Youth Olympic Games and to support the OVEP (Olympic
Values Education System) of the IOC.
WTF President Choue said, It is my great pleasure to share with the Olympic family
together with the taekwondo family of our new vision and commitment, especially on
the occasion of the opening of celebrating the opening of our new Lausanne office.
Expressing his gratitude to IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogge for his full support and
encouragement for taekwondos efforts for the betterment, WTF President Choue
concluded by saying, The reconfirmation of the WTFs goals signals our strong
commitment in realizing our vision. We are fully open to your friendly advice and
cooperation.
At the WTF Council meeting at the IOC headquarters on March 10, 2005, the
WTF unanimously approved a WTF Reform Report, which contained hundreds of
recommendations for the improvement of the WTF.
(GAISF). Also at hand were IOC Sports Director Mr. Christophe Dubi; Mr. Kelly
Fairweather, director of the World Anti-Doping Agency; ASOIF Executive Director
Mr. Andrew Ryan; and IOC International Cooperation and Development Director Mr.
T.A.G. Sithole.
A dozen presidents of the WTF member national associations attended the
ceremony.
IOC President Rogge said in his congratulatory speech during the ceremony that I
am grateful for the initiatives of the WTF in establishing an international office here in
Lausanne very close to the headquarters of the IOC. I would like to thank WTF for
the exemplary collaboration with the IOC.
If I make a comparison between Sydney 2000 and now, there is a huge change. You
have been modern, you have been evolving. You have changed what was a rather
conservative sport into a very modern dynamic sport, IOC President Rogge said.
The WTF officially opened its Lausanne liaison office on Dec. 1, 2006, with Mr. JeanMarie Ayer, a special assistant to the WTF President, serving as the WTF attach
of the office. As part of its new vision programs, the WTF has recently decided to
expand and move the Lausanne office at the MSI as the global center.
Since then, the WTF president said, the WTF has gone through a significant change
for the better. The WTF membership has expanded from 179 to 188 countries and
various new international competitions were introduced.
In addition to enhancing taekwondos role and value as a global sport, he said, the
WTF has focused on making taekwondo competitions more exciting, transparent and
fairer.
For excitement, we introduced media-friendly world athlete ranking system, with
diverse events such as the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, Parataekwondo Championships, and professional taekwondo competitions, etc., Choue
said.
For fairer taekwondo competition, he continued, the WTF enhanced training of
referees and coaches, introduced an instant video replay system, and has been
working on perfecting the electronic protector system.
Recently, under the vision of IOC President Rogge, the WTF strives to take taekwondo
beyond a mere sport, and to contribute to world peace and education of the future
generation, Choue said.
The WTF has launched the Taekwondo Peace Corps and expanded Solidarity
programs for the disabled and less-privileged youth worldwide in order to provide
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ioc presidenT jacques rogge
Ambassador, Dear friends of the Olympic family,
Ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests from the Canton du Vaud and
the Maison du Sport International;
In front of you stands a happy, graceful and proud man. Im happy to be in the Olympic family.
and Im grateful for the initiative of the WTF in establishing an international office here
in Lausanne very close to the headquarters of the IOC.
Im very proud, for very good reasons.
In that in front of you stands a man who has been awarded a 7th dan in taekwondo.
And this has everything to do with my technical skills and nothing is impossible.
Congratulations, President Choue for your initiatives.
By coming here you strengthened the Olympic family and you strengthened the goal of the
Lausanne Olympic family.
And it is much more than one more federation.
We have now more than 30 international federations that are around the IOC and/or in the
Canton du Vaud. And this is a unique feat and this is the result of on one hand the very
proactive policy of the public authorities here in Switzerland, in the Canton du Vaud, but also
in the city of Lausanne.
The conditions in which we can work here are really excellent, and I would like to express all
my gratitude to the public authorities.
The coming of a new sport is always a joyful moment and you would experience, President
Choue, that there is a lot of added value to be very close to all the other international
federations.
There is a lot of close organization, a lot of interaction, and you will be much stronger after
that.
I would like to thank WTF for the exemplary collaboration with the International
Olympic Committee.
Your sport is in the Olympics since Sydney 2000. If I make a comparison, between
Sydney 2000 and now, there is a huge change.
Youve been modern, youve been evolving, You have changed what was a rather
conservative sport into a very modern dynamic sport.
And I would like to commend you for that. But, may I also commend my IOC colleagues who
have collaborated with you. There are many here that have helped federations very much.
and this is a very good sign of public symbiosis.
Thank you very much.
Taekwondo promoTes
uniTy and harmony
among aThleTes, officials
and specTaTors.
wTf general assembly re-elecTs

chungwon choue as presidenT
The two elected auditors were Ali
Sagirkaya of Turkey and Dalibor Krpan
of Croatia.
Ms. Hannah Burns of the Sports
Department of the International Olympic
Committee, attended the General
Assembly as an observer.
Shortly after the announcement of the
results of the presidential election, Dr.
Choue and Dr. Indrapana embraced
each other and raised their hands in the
air, showing their unity and harmony.
Dr. Chungwon Choue was re-elected to his third term

as president of the at the Scandic Copenhagen Hotel
in Copenhagen, Denmark on Oct. 13, 2009.
Out of a total of 150 votes cast, Dr. Choue garnered
104 votes against 45 by Thailands Nat Indrapana,
with one vote invalid. Choue was first elected president
of the WTF in June 2004 for the remainder of his
predecessor, and then was re-elected in May 2005 for
a four-year term.
In the vice presidential elections, Mr. Sun-Jae Park,
president of the Italian Taekwondo Federation; Gen.
Ahmed Fouly, president of the African Taekwondo
Union and vice president of the WTF; and Mr.
Kamaladdin Heydarov, president of the Azerbaijan
Taekwondo Federation and vice president of the WTF,
were elected vice presidents of the WTF. There were
five candidates for the vice presidency.
The General Assembly also elected 14 WTF
Council members. They were 2 from Africa - Driss
El-Hilali (Morocco) and Issaka Ide (Niger); 5 from
Asia - Mohamed Al-Sulaiti (Qatar), Hong Sung-Chon
(Philippines), Lee Kyu-Seok (Korea), Zhao Lei (China)
and Sayed Mohammad Pouladgar (Iran); 4 from
Europe - Fuzuli Musayev (Azerbaijan), Roger Piarulli
(France), Jesus Castellanos Pueblas (Spain) and
Metin Sahin (Turkey); 2 from Pan Am - Moon Dai Won
(Mexico) and Mario Mandel Vaisman (Chile); and 1
from Oceania - Kim Tae Kyung (New Zealand).
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In his acceptance speech, Dr. Choue

said, Now it is time for us to put aside
our differences and rivalry. We are one
family sharing the same vision for the progress of
taewkondo.
Dr. Nat Indrapana made some important suggestions
for the future of taekwondo. With renewed spirit
as one, we need to move forward for the further
development of our sport of taekwondo, Choue said.
He continued to say, From this day, I will commit
myself to carrying out my campaign pledges step by
step. I want you all to be part of the way. With the
new leadership and new Council, I wish to make the
next four years exciting and memorable.
Let us unite for the new chapter of taekwondo history
and for the amazing evolution of taekwondo, Choue
concluded.
We gathered here, not to go backward, but to move

forward. We can not stop here. We have to keep
moving forward.
In his campaign speech before the election, Choue

said, Fair play has been the guiding principle for my
entire life. Fair play has been the main principle for he
election campaign because how we behave as leaders
of the taekwondo family reflects what we are.
Four years ago, before you and the entire taekwondo

family members around the world, I solemnly pledged
to bring some fundamental changes and innovations
to taekwondo.
Although there have been some difficulties with

untrue allegations, I have kept my principles during
this campaign, and I am standing humbly, but with
dignity, before you on this final stage, he said.
He said, We have to keep reforming, updating, and

working together, because we have responsibility to
bring out taekwondos true potential as an international
sport.
Choue said, We gathered here, not to reveal how we

are divided, but to demonstrate how we are united.
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
Mr. Cheng Yeong LEE (Chinese Taipei)
Prof. Kyu Seok LEE (Korea)
Mr. Zhao LEI (China)
Mr. Michel MADAR (Israel)
WTF COUNCIL MEMBERS

PRESIDENT (1)
TREASURER (1)
VICE PRESIDENTS (6)

SECRETARY GENERAL (1)
MEMBERS (23, INCLUDING 2 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS)
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
Dr. Chungwon Choue (Korea)
Gen. Ahmed FOULY (Egypt)
Mr. Ivan DIBOS (Peru)
Mr. Phillip Walter COLES (Australia)
Mr. Mario MANDEL VAISMAN (Chile)
Mr. Dai Won MOON (Mexico)
Mrs. Carine Lahoud MURR (Lebanon)
Mr. Fuzuli MUSAYEV (Azerbaijan)
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY GENERAL
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
Mr. Kamaladdin HEYDAROV (Azerbaijan)
Mr. Dai Soon LEE (Korea)
Dr. Sun Jae PARK (Italy)
Mr. Jin Suk YANG (U.S.A.)
Mr. Roger PIARULLI (France)
Seyed Mohammad POULADGAR (Iran)
Mr. Metin SAHIN (Turkey)
Mr. Anatoly Konstantinovich TEREKHOV (Russia)
TREASURER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
Mr. Tae Eun LEE (Canada)
Mr. Mohamed A.K. AL-SULAITI (Qatar)
Mrs. Maria Rosario BORELLO CASTILLO (Guatemala)
Mr. Jesus CASTELLANOS PUEBLAS (Spain)
Ms. Myriam BAVEREL (France)
Mr. Dae-Sung MOON (Korea)
Mr. Athanasios PRAGALOS (Greece)
Mr. Ji Ho CHOI (U.S.A.)
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
MEMBER
AUDITOR
AUDITOR
Mr. Driss El Hilali (Morocco)
Mr. Sung Chon HONG (Philippines)
Mr. Issaka IDE (Niger)
Mr. Tae Kyung KIM (New Zealand)
Dr. Dalibor KRPAN (Croatia)
Mr. Ali SAGIRKAYA (Turkey)
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2011 World CHampionsHips
The seven newly appointed Council members are Mrs. Maria Borello
Castillo of Guatemala; Mr. Coleman C. Y. Lee of Chinese Taipei; Mr.
Michel Madar of Israel; Mrs. Carine Lahoud Murr of Lebanon; Mr.
Anatoly Terekhov of Russia; and two athlete members of Mr. Dae Sung
Moon of Korea and Ms. Myriam Baverel of France.
Mr. Athanasios Pragalos, president of the European Taekwondo Union,
and Mr. Ji Ho Choi, president of the Pan American Taekwondo Union,
are ex-officio Council members in their capacity as the president of
WTF Continental Unions.
The WTF Council approved the formation of an ad-hoc WTF Committee
for Reform Fund Allocation, headed by Mr. Phillip Coles, vice president
of the WTF and IOC member from Australia.
Korea won the right to host the 20th WTF World Taekwondo
Championships in 2011 in the ancient city of Gyeongju at the WTF
Council meeting in Cairo, Egypt on Nov. 29, 2009.
A four-member Korean delegation, headed by Mr. Jin Bang Yang,
secretary general of the Korean Taekwondo Association, made a
presentation for the Council members. Korea hosted the latest biennial
World Taekwondo Championships in 2001 on Jeju Island.
Russia also earned the right to host the 2nd WTF World Para-Taekwondo
Championships in St. Petersburg in May 2010.
At the WTF Council meeting, which took place at the Conference Hall of
the Egyptian Olympic Committee at the Cairo Stadium, WTF President
Chungwon Choue announced the full list of the new Council members,
which will serve until the General Assembly in 2013.
Under Article 11 of the WTF Rules and Regulations, the WTF President
has the authority to appoint three vice presidents and seven Council
members, including two athlete members, the Secretary General and
the Treasurer.
The three newly appointed vice presidents are Mr. Phillip Walter Coles,
an IOC member of Australia; Mr. Dai Soon Lee of Korea, president of
the Asian Taekwondo Union; and Mr. Ivan Dibos, the IOC member of
Peru.
The WTF President appointed Mr. Tae Eun Lee of Canada as the new
Treasurer.
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The Committee members are Roberto Beltran Ramonetti of Mexico,

secretary general of the Pan Am Taekwondo Union; Mr. Roger Piarulli,
president of the French Taekwondo Union; Mr. Ide Issaka, president of
the Niger Taekwondo Federation; Mr. Sung Chon Hong, a WTF Council
member of the Philippines.
The ad-hoc committee will decide on criteria on the graded distribution
system and the class ranking of the WTF Reform Fund for the 2nd
quadrennial period of 2009-2012 for the WTF Member National
Associations and the Continental Unions. The finalized criteria will be
reported at the WTFs next Council meeting and General Assembly
scheduled for March 1 and 2, 2010, respectively in Tijuana, Mexico.
The Council approved that an equal amount of U.S.$5,000 will be
distributed in cash for each WTF member national association and
$20,000 to each Continental Union for the year of 2009.
The Council members heard a progress report from the Mexican
Organizing Committee on the WTF World Taekwondo Qualification
Tournament for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the 8th WTF
World Junior Taekwondo Championships scheduled for March 2010 in
Tijuana, Mexico.
There was also a presentation by the WTF Expansion and Membership
Project Committee.
The Council meeting took place one day prior to the opening of
the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships. The
championships are scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at the Hall 1 of Cairo
Stadium, drawing about 600 athletes from about 60 countries. A total
of 16 gold medals are up for grabs at the annual event.
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2nd international symposium

for taeKWondo studies
Held in CopenHaGen
the utmost attention
and total focus of
body and mind.
Some practitioners
of taekwondo also
become spellbound
by some deeper
philosophical layers
to which they are only
gradually introduced,
Prof. Bonde said.
The 2nd International Symposium for Taekwondo

Studies was held at the Scandic Copenhagen Hotel
in Copenhagen, Denmark on Oct. 12, 2009, drawing
about 150 academics and dignitaries.
Under the theme The Globalization of Taekwondo, the
two-day symposium was jointly organized by the World
Taekwondo Federation, Kyung Hee University in Korea,
and the University of Copenhagen.
The symposium took place two days prior to
the opening of the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo
Championships, which were held at the Ballerup Super
Arena in Copenhagen.
Among the participants in the symposium were Mr.
Ivan Dibos, member of the International Olympic
Committee from Peru; Mr. Phil Coles, an IOC member
from Australia; and presidents and high-ranking
officials of WTF member national associations.
Prof. Hans Bonde of the Department of Exercise
and Sport Sciences at the University of Copenhagen
delivered an opening address. For many people the
lives we live today are characterized by academic
drudgery in the classroom, at the machine or behind
a desk. The most nerve-racking highlight of our day
seems to be getting safely across the pedestrian
crossing.
Therefore many modern people direct their attention
to Oriental martial arts such as taekwondo that require
Dr. Chungwon Choue,

president of the World
Taekwondo Federation,
made a congratulatory speech for the symposium
participants.
I believe that the growth of a sport does not entail the
increased number of practitioners or development in
the technical aspect alone. It should accompany the
increased capacity as a sport to make a social and
educational contribution, WTF President Choue said.
He continued to say, Development of taekwondo
for academic discourse and programs, therefore,
is very important in nurturing the future taekwondo
leaders who will contribute to the education of future
generations.
Today the main theme of this symposium is the
Globalization of Taekwondo, which projects a vision for
taekwondo both in theory and practice. Globalization
oman joins Wtf as 190th member

nation
voting right until it becomes a full member of the WTF.
of taekwondo is also the goal of the WTF. And we need

studies and exchanges of ideas to help unfold our
aspiration in practice, Dr. Choue said.
OMAN
WTF
TIMOR-LESTE
Thus, Oman can send its athletes to the WTF World Taekwondo Qualification
Tournament for the 1st Youth Olympic Games and the 8th WTF World Junior
Taekwondo Championships, both to be held in March this year in Tijuana, Mexico.
I sincerely hope that there will be more opportunities

as such that bring about academic contribution to the
development of taekwondo, he said.
For this I would like to recommend the annual holding
of the International Symposium for Taekwondo Studies.
I also propose an establishment of an International
Association for Taekwondo Studies for more active
scholarly exchange. WTF President Choue said.
Prof. Young Ryul Choi, dean of the College of Physical
Education at Kyung Hee University, also gave a
congratulatory speech.
Under the topic Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks:
Moving Towards Expertise in Taekwondo, Prof. Thomas
J. Templin of the Department of Health and Kinesiology
at Purdue University made a key-note speech.
Dr. Jesper L. Andersen of the Institute of Sports
Medicine Copenhagen at the University of Copenhagen,
also delivered a key-note speech under the topic
Strength Training: How Does It Affect Our Muscles?
The key-note speeches were followed by four
academic sessions: taekwondo physiology and
measurement, taekwondo biomechanics and
rehabilitation, taekwondo pedagogy and philosophy,
and taekwondo psychology and marketing.
The WTF will make a final decision on Omans full membership at its Council and
General Assembly both in Tijuana on March 1 and 2, respectively.
Oman has become the 190th member nation of the worlds taekwondo governing
body.
In terms of the number of membership, the WTF ranks among the top 10 of
International Sports Federations.
On Jan. 4, the Oman Taekwondo Committee, headed by Brig. Gen. Ali Salim
Al-Sinani, submitted necessary membership documents to the WTF Secretariat.
After reviewing them, the WTF granted the Asian country a provisional membership
status.
The 190 WTF membership breaks down to 49 for the European Taekwondo Union,
43 each for the Asian Taekwondo Union and the African Taekwondo Union, 42 from
the Pan American Taekwondo Union, and 13 for the Oceania Taekwondo Union,
reflecting a balanced development of taekwondo around the world.
Pursuant to Article 4 of the Rules and Regulations of the World Taekwondo

Federation, the WTF recognizes the Oman Taekwondo Committee as its provisional
member, the WTF said in a letter dated on Jan. 6 to the president of the Oman
Taekwondo Committee.
The WTF targets to increase its global membership to 200 in the near future.
In 2009, Timor-Leste, better known as East Timor, became the WTFs 189th
member nation. Despite such a short period of WTF membership, the popularity of
taekwondo in the Asian country is high.
Article 4 stipulates that Admittance to the WTF shall require the approval of
the WTF Council and the General Assembly of the WTF. The national taekwondo
associations applying for the membership of the WTF are required to present
designated application documents to the WTF together with a letter of recognition
from the pertinent National Olympic Committee, or in its absence, its highest
national sport authority.
Timor-Leste plans to adopt taekwondo as a compulsory training program for its

military forces.
It continues to say, In addition, they are also required to hand in a letter pledging
to dispatch at least two competitors, ideally one male and one female, but it has no
I did not know taekwondo is that popular in Timor-Leste. Now four members of
the WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps are doing their volunteer service, said Mr. Seo
Kyoung-suk, Korean ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Timor-Leste.
WTF Global Membership

200
150
100
50
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and/or sanctioned taekwondo events.
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2000
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Asia (43)
Europe (49)
1.Albania
2.Andorra
3.Armenia
4.Austria
5.Azerbaijan
6.Belarus
7.Belgium
8.Bosnia & Herzegovina
9.Bulgaria
10.Croatia
11.Cyprus
12.Czech Republic
13.Denmark
14.Estonia
15.Finland
16.France
17.Georgia
18.Germany
19.Great Britain
20.Greece
21.Hungary
22.Iceland
23.Ireland
24.Isle of Man
25.Israel
26.Italy
27.Latvia
28.Lithuania
29.Luxembourg
30.Macedonia
31.Malta
32.Moldova
33.Monaco
34.Montenegro
35.The Netherlands
36.Norway
37.Poland
38.Portugal
39.Romania
40.Russia
41.San Marino
42.Serbia
43.Slovak Republic
44.Slovenia
45.Spain
46.Sweden
47.Switzerland
48.Turkey
49.Ukraine
50.Afghanistan
51.Bahrain
52.Bangladesh
53.Bhutan
54.Brunei
55.Cambodia
56.China
57.Chinese Taipei
58.Hong Kong
59.India
60.Indonesia
61.Iran
62.Iraq
63.Japan
64.Jordan
65.Kazakhstan
66.Korea
67.Kuwait
68.Kyrgyzstan
69.Laos
70.Lebanon
71.Macao
Africa (43)
72.Malaysia
73.Mongolia
74.Myanmar
75.Nepal
76.Oman
77.Pakistan
78.Palestine
79.Philippines
80.Qatar
81.Saudi Arabia
82.Singapore
83.Sri Lanka
84.Syria
85.Tajikistan
86.Thailand
87.Timor-Leste
88.Turkmenistan
89.United Arab Emirates
90.Uzbekistan
91.Vietnam
92.Yemen
93.Algeria
94.Angola
95.Benin
96.Burkina Faso
97.Cameroon
98.Cape Verde
99.Central African Republic
100.Comoros
101.Cote dIvoire
102.Congo
103.D.R. of the Congo
104.Egypt
105.Equatorial Guinea
106.Ethiopia
107.Gabon
108.Gambia
109.Ghana
110.Guinea
111.Kenya
112.Lesotho
113.Liberia
114.Libya
Pan America (42)
115.Madagascar
116.Malawi
117.Mali
118.Mauritius
119.Morocco
120.Mozambique
121.Niger
122.Nigeria
123.Sao Tome & Principe
124.Senegal
125.Somalia
126.South Africa
127.Sudan
128.Swaziland
129.Chad
130.Tanzania
131.Togo
132.Tunisia
133.Uganda
134.Zimbabwe
135.Zambia
136.Antigua & Barbuda

137.Argentina
138.Aruba
139.Bahamas
140.Barbados
141.Belize
142.Bermuda
143.Bolivia
144.Brazil
145.British Virgin Islands
146.Canada
147.Cayman Islands
148.Chile
149.Colombia
150.Costa Rica
151.Dominican Republic
152.Cuba
153.Dominica
154.Ecuador
155.El Salvador
156.Grenada
157.Guatemala
158.Guyana
159.Haiti
160.Honduras
161.Jamaica
162.Mexico
163.Netherlands Antilles
164.Nicaragua
165.Panama
166.Paraguay
167.Peru
168.Puerto Rico
169.St. Lucia
170.St. Kitts & Nevis
171.Surinam
172.St. Vincent & the Grenadines
173.Trinidad and Tobago
174.Uruguay
175.U.S.A
176.Virgin Islands
177.Venezuela
Oceania (13)
178.American Samoa
179.Australia
180.Fiji
181.French Polynesia
182.Guam
183.Kiribati
184.Marshall Islands
185.New Zealand
186.Papua New Guinea
187.Solomon Islands
188.Tonga
189.Samoa
190.Vanuatu
Wtf, daedo siGn

reCoGnition ContraCt
on eleCtroniC proteCtors
The World Taekwondo Federation signed a recognition
contract with Daedo International on electronic
protectors at the headquarters of the WTF in Seoul on
Feb. 2, 2010.
The contract period is three years. With the signing,
Daedo International, whose headquarters are located
in Barcelona, Spain, became the second company
whose electronic protector products were recognized
by the WTF, after LaJUST. The WTF inked its first
electronic protector recognition contract with LaJUST
on Sept. 11, 2006.
The contract was signed between WTF Secretary
General Jin Suk Yang and Mr. Chuen Wook Park,
president of Daedo International at the WTF office in
Seoul.
Daedo attended the 2nd WTF-organized
demonstration of electronic protectors in Seoul, Korea
on March 25, 2006. It also participated in the third
and fourth electronic protector demonstrations on
January 2007 and May 2009, respectively.
As part of its ceaseless efforts to ensure fair judging
and refereeing, the WTF set up an ad-hoc Electronic
Protector Committee in July 2005.
For the first time ever in its World Championships,
the WTF used electronic protectors at the 19th World
Taekwondo Championships in October 2009 in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
The WTF will also use electronic protectors at the
upcoming World Qualification Tournament for the
1st Youth Olympic Games on March 3-4 and the 8th
WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships on
March 6-9, 2010, both will be held in Tijuana, Mexico.
LaJUST electronic protectors will be used at both
events.
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African Taekwondo Union
4th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Cairo, Egypt
President
Gen. Ahmed Fouly

Dear WTF Members in Africa
I would like to express my
appreciation to you for
your great efforts for the
development of taekwondo in
our continent and this is an
evidence on the efficiency of
sports leaders in Africa.
The basis of our success is the
great support and attention
which was given to us by WTF
President Dr. Chungwon Choue.
This success was clear in all the competitions in the past and now as Africa has
heroes and heroines, Olympic, world and continental medals, as well as the great
results and confidence we have obtained in the elections of the World Taekwondo
Federation General Assembly in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This is a proof of the confidence of the whole world and the family of world
taekwondo leaders in Africa and we got the most votes in front of our competitors
and this is the biggest proof of the unity of Africa and the family of taekwondo.
My thanks on behalf of the African family for this valuable trust and Africa have
shown the world that we are one sound and one world which is characterized by
the family of African nations under the leadership of President Dr. Chungwon Choue,
who has served and is still doing his best to serve taekwondo.Taekwondo has
reached a high status among all the sports in the world and in the Olympic family in
all areas.
All thanks and respects go to WTF President Dr. Choue and Mr. Jin Suk Yang, the
Secretary General of the WTF, and the family of the World Taekwondo Federation
and the family of African taekwondo.
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Major AFTU Activities in 2009 and 2010
Championships in May, the African Taekwondo Championships in September, and the

African Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in October.
Under the strong leadership of Gen. Ahmed Fouly, the African Taekwondo Union
made much progress in 2009 in various fields.
The AFTU plans to organize the International Referee Refresher Course under the
auspices of the WTF in September 2010 in Mali.
At the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark in

October, Malis Daba Keita clinched the gold medal in the mens +87kg weight
division. He was also the gold medal winner at the 2007 Beijing World Taekwondo
Championships.
The AFTU will also organize an African poomsae referee refresher course in October,
with the site to be decided, said Gen. Fouly.
Senegals Balla Dieye earned the African country a bronze medal in the mens -68kg
weight category at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships.
Egypt played host to the 4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in
Cairo on Nov. 30-Dec. 2, drawing a total of 564 athletes from a record 59 countries.
At the annual poomsae championships, which took place about one and a half
months after the WTF General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kenya received
the Good Fighting Spirit Prize.
At the WTF General Assembly, Gen. Fouly was reelected to another four-year term as
a vice president of the WTF.
The basis of our success is the great support and attention which was given to us
by WTF President Chungwon Choue, said Gen. Fouly.
He said, The success was clear in all the competitions in the past and now as
African has heroes and heroines, Olympic, world and continental medals, as well
as the great results and confidence we have obtained in the elections of the WTF
General Assembly.
Buoyed by the success, the AFTU plans to organize several international
taekwondo competitions in 2010. Among them are the African Junior Taekwondo
2010 aftu events Calendar

Dates
Event
Place
Feb. 10-15
4 Alexandria Taekwondo Open Championships
Alexandria, Egypt
May
African Junior Taekwondo Championships
TBD
September
African Taekwondo Championships
TBD
September
International Referee Refresher Course
Mali
October
African Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
TBD
October
African Poomsae Referee Refresher Course
TBD
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* TBD: To Be Decided
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In 2009, we assisted such

countries as Afghanistan,
Uzbekistan, Laos and
Cambodia, whose
taekwondo popularity
is high, but lacks in
taekwondo facilities, in
undergoing training in
Korea. We will continue
similar assistance
programs for other Asian
countries in 2010.
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Asian Taekwondo Union
President
Mr. Dai-Soon Lee

Q : You were appointed to another
four-year term as a vice president
of the WTF until 2013. What
plans do you have for further
development of the WTF?
A : The next four years are very
crucial for the future of taekwondo.
We have to make the taekwondo
competition at the 2012 London
Olympic Games a great success.
We also have to make taekwondo
be included in the official program of the 2020 Olympic Games as a core sport,
which will be decided by the International Olympic Committee in 2013.
It is my great honor and privilege to serve as a vice president of the WTF at this
crucial time, but I also feel somewhat burdensome.
The urgent task facing the WTF is to further consolidate the WTF as an international
sport federation by upgrading its operation and management to a global standard. To
do so, the WTF has to strengthen its international functions of the Lausanne office,
thereby maintaining closer relations with the international sport community.
The operation and management of the WTF Committees will be more activated in a
systematic manner. Under the strong leadership of new WTF President Chungwon
Choue, taekwondo competition will be more action-packed and fairer, which is the
key to the future of the Olympic sport of taekwondo.
Q : What is your opinion of the new WTF Competition Rules?
A : Under the revised WTF Competition Rules, a set of new rules were introduced,
such as the instant video replay system, and a differential scoring system, which
grants an athlete up to 3 point per kick to the head. An electronic body protector
system was introduced to the World Taekwondo Championships, for the first time
ever in the World Championships.
All the new introductions drew very positive results from athletes, coaches and
spectators, but there are still rooms for improvements. The use of an electronic body
protector at major WTF-promoted events has greatly helped enhance the level of
refereeing and judging.
As an international sport federation, the WTF will continue to put top priority on
making taekwondo competitions more action-packed and fairer. We will also
stress the importance of fair play and sportsmanship, which respects the referees
decisions.
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Q : What is your evaluation of the 1st World Youth Taekwondo Camp?
The ultimate goal of practicing taekwondo is to become good people.
In 2010, the ATU will

continue its development
programs for active
athletes, while expaning programs for practitioners at workplaces, clubs and schools.
As part of the efforts, a study team has been set up to produce diverse programs for
the 3rd Asian Club Taekwondo Championships to be held this year.
The inaugural World Youth Taekwondo Camp, which took place in Seoul and Muju,
Korea, was part of our efforts for attaining the goal.
Q : Would you tell us about the progress of the creation of Taekwondo Park in Muju,
Korea?
The camp drew young taekwondo 260 athletes aged 14 and 17 from 33 countries
and served as a good chance to teach them the Olympic spirit, the meaning of the
proposed Youth Olympic Games and the spirit of taekwondo, all of which aim to
promote world peace through sports.
A : A ground-breaking ceremony for the Taekwondo Park was held in Muju, Korea on
Sept. 4, 2009, on the occasion of the Taekwondo Day.
A : Unlike other Olympic sports, taekwondo values high the spiritual side and it has
an effective educational tool, which stresses self-discipline, fair play, friendship, and
respect for the elderly, among others.
The camp featured a diverse range of events, including a friendly kyorugi competition
in preparation for the taekwondo competition at the 2010 inaugural Youth Olympic
Games in August in Singapore.
At the camp, we adopted a Seoul declaration, containing the creeds which
taekwondo practitioners should follow.
Q : What are the visions and major development plans for the Asian Taekwondo
Union in the year 2010?
A : The Asian Taekwondo
Union has a continental
membership of 43 countries.
The ATU members have such
taekwondo powerhouses as
Korea, Iran, China and Chinese
Taipei, but the region also has
many taekwondo-developing
countries. So one of our
big tasks is how to level up
the taekwondo techniques
of taekwondo-developing
countries.
Given Asias huge territorial size, cultural diversity and a big gap in taekwondo
techniques among member nations, one taekwondo tournament representing the
Asian region is not enough. One solution can be to divide Asia into five subregions
and organize various taekwondo competitions.
Q : As head of the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation in Korea, what are the

development plans for the year 2010?
A : Such countries as the United States, Brazil and China value high the characterbuilding side of taekwond and expand school programs. We have thus far focused
on physical training and technique enhancements, but lack in the character-building
element. We have to change that.
The world nowadays is in a state of spiritual
panic. In the information society, the traditional
value education has a definite limitation.
So the combination of physical training and
spiritual education would be more effective.
Given taekwondos effective educational
factor, the central and local governments
should draw up action programs. It should be
expanded into a nationwide campaign.
The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation will
take the lead in the campaign and made
strong suggestions to the government.
Q : Do you have any words for the global
taekwondo family?
A full-scale construction starts in February this year and the first-stage of

construction is scheduled to end in the first half of 2013.
A : Lets go back to the original mind. We should not forget the contributions and
efforts of our senior taekwondo masters who spent most of their lives abroad,
despite adverse circumstances, to make taewkondo what it is today.
But the construction dates are highly likely to be advanced several months ahead of
its original schedule, at the end of 2012, as we want to show the rest of the world a
new mecca of taekwondo before the IOC Session in 2013.
All the taekwondo people were united as one family in 1994 when the International
Olympic Committee decided to include taekwondo in the official program of the
2000 Olympic Games.
In Greece, in which the Olympic Games originated, there is the International Olympic
Academy, which serves as the educational center for the Olympic Movement.
The World Taekwondo Federation designated the Taekwondo Park as its global
educational center, called the World Taekwondo Academy. The WTF thus became the
first International Sport Federation to set up an independent educational body.
If united, we can see another takeoff of taekwondo.

The unity and harmony among the global taekwondo family are a must to help
taekwondo be adopted as a core sport in the 2010 Olympic Games and beyond. To
do so, we have to see a successful taekwondo competition at the 1st Youth Olympic
Games in August this year in Singapore and the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The opening of the Takwondo Park and the World Taekwondo Academy will draw the
attention of the world sport community, which will accordingly have a very positive
effect on the global taekwondo community.
2010 atu events Calendar

Dates
Place
Event
Feb. 6-8
Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010 South Asian Games
April 8-10
Saudi Arabia
2010 West Asia Taekwondo Championships
April
Iran
Islamic Solidarity Games 22nd Fajr International Taekwondo Championships
April
Guangzhou, China
Test Event for the 16th Asian Games
May 20-23
Kazakhstan
19th Asian Taekwondo Championships
Nov. 12-17
Guangzhou, China
16th Asian Games
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European Taekwondo Union
President
Mr. Athanasios Pragalos

Major ETU Programs for 2010
The year 2010 will be another
busy year for the European
Taekwondo Union, with various
competitions in store.
A total of nine A-class
international tournaments are
scheduled in Europe for 2010.
They are as follows: the
Trellborg Open (Sweden on
Feb. 6-7), the German Open
(in Hamburg on March 13-14),
the Dutch Open (in Eindhoven
on March 20-21), the Belgium
Open (Herentals on April 1011), the Spanish Open (Alicante on April 24-25), the Azerbaijan Open (Baku on Oct.
28-29), the British International (Manchester on Oct. 30-31), the Croatian Open
(Zagreb on Nov. 13-14), and the France International Open (Paris on Nov. 26-27).
Among other major ETU events are two ETU Executive Council meetings (in St.
Petersburg, Russia on May 5, and in Baku, Azaerbaijan on Oct. 29), the European
Senior Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 6-10, and the European
Team Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on Oct. 30-31.
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A total of nine A-class tournaments were held in Europe in 2009 along with other
major European Championships. Among them were:
European Junior champions in Sweden
European Cadet Championships in Croatia with the attendance of 40 countries
European Championships under-21 year in Spain with 39 countries
European Poomsae Championships in Portugal With 23 countries
ETU Instructor Seminar with Mr. Kang Sin Chul In Romania with the participation of
46 instructors.
Seminar for National referee in Romania with the participation of 34 national
referees
ETU General Assembly in Sweden
Three ETU Executive Council meetings, one each in Sweden,
Croatia and Spain.
The European Championships
under 21 year was held for
the first time inside the ETU.
It was a great success as 39
countries participated in the first
championships.
At the championships, we used for
the first time an instant video replay
system with the support from the
Dartfish company. All the participating athletes, coaches and other officials were
satisfied with the new system. The ETU also used for the first time a Web TV in
corporation with Dartfish during the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.
In close cooperation with the Russian Taekwondo Union, the ETU will do its utmost to
make the 2nd WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships a great success, which
will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 11. The ETU will also cooperate with
the Spanish taekwondo governing body for a successful organization of the 11th
World University Taekwondo Championships scheduled for June 29-July 4 in Vigo,
Spain.
In 2009, the ETU started a cooperative project with the Taekwondo Data company.
The Internet company collects results from tournaments and information from all
taekwondo championships and every ETU country member has a code number and
can go to this Web site and find results instantly.
The ETU also hopes to make good performances at the upcoming World
Qualification Tournament for the 1st Youth Olympic Games and other WTF-promoted
events.
More Age Divisions
The ETU, as it did in 2009, will introduce an instant video replay system at major
championships in 2010.
Major ETU Activities in 2009
The European Taekwondo Union had a very busy schedule in the year 2009.
ETU Suggestions
Some years ago, many countries called for more European championships in
different ages. The main reason was to give athletes more opportunities to compete
before before junior championships. In that case, when an athlete competes in the
junior and senior championships, he or she has already acquired ample international
experience.
Currently the ETU organizes European championships in the following age divisions:
Cadets for 1215 years; Juniors for 1417 years; Under 21 for 1620 years; and
Seniors for 16 and up.
Dates
Feb. 6-7
Rank
A
Mar. 6-7
The ETU members are satisfied with the age divisions and
many European countries follow the different age divisions in
their respective national selections. The ETU hopes that more
Continental Unions follow the activities.
The ETU will also continue our efforts to organize technical
seminars and seminars for national referees. We like to educate,
train and develop the awareness of international taekwondo to
maintain the current global progress of taekwondo.
For the Promotion of Para Taekwondo
For taekwondos inclusion in the Paralympics as an official sport,

it is important that the WTF Continental Unions organize more
Continental Para-Taekwondo Championships. To do so, it is
also important to create a Continental Union Para-Taekwondo
Committee.
Event
Place
Trelleborg Open
Trelleborg / Sweden
Polish Open
Warsaw / Poland
Mar. 13-14
German Open
Hamburg / Germany
Mar. 20-21
Dutch Open
Eindhoven / Netherlands
April 10-11
Belgium Open
Herentals / Belgium
April 24-25
Spanish Open
Alicante / Spain
May 5
ETU Ex-Co meeting
St.Petersburg / Russia
May 6-10
European Senior Championships
St.Petersburg / Russia
May 22-23
Swiss Open
Lausanne / Switzerland
June 5-6
Austrian Open
Innsbruck / Austria
Aug. 21
Finnish Open Poomsae
Turku / Finland
Aug. 28-29
Jerusalem Open
Jerusalem / Israel
September
Small Country championships
Nicosia / Cyprus
Azerbaijan Open
Baku / Azerbaijan
Oct. 29
ETU Ex-Co meeting
Baku / Azerbaijan
Oct. 30-31
European Team Championships
Baku / Azerbaijan
Oct. 28-29
Oct. 30-31
British International Open
Manchester / UK
Nov. 13-14
Croatian Open
Zagreb / Croatia
Nov. 26-27
France International Open
Paris / France
They can help the national federations to develop taekwondo in

this category. The ETU wants to organize the European ParaTaekwondo Championships in 2011. The championships will
require extra funds, but together with the WTF and the Continental
Unions, we may find funds for the event.
That is the reason way we organize the championship jointly hosted by the Cyprus Taekwondo
Federation and the Cyprus Olympic Committee. The countries that will participate are: Iceland,
Luxembourg, Malta, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Cyprus, Monaco, Andorra, and Isle of Man.
Games for Small Countries
WTF Membership Card
Under the umbrella of the International Olympic Committee, there

is a biennial event called Games for Small Countries. It is a kind
of the Olympic Games for countries with less than one-million
citizens. It features nine or 10 different kind of sports, with
taekwondo sometimes in, but not always.
The WTF Council decided in December 2009 that all the members from the national
federations can be individual members of the WTF.
We hope that we can start in 2010. This membership system enables the national federations
and the Continental unions to organize individual membership in a simple but efficient way.
We know that is not easy for these small countries to take medals
at Continental Championships and/or World Championships.
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Pan American Taekwondo Union
President
2010 patu plans & activities
Mr. Ji Ho Choi
On behalf of PATU, I would like to wish
everyone health, prosperity, good fortune
and peace in 2010!
I would also like to wish all PATU MNAs
unity, team work and positive development
in all areas of our beloved sport, taekwondo,
As we start the New Year, we have many
new exciting programs and plans to develop
and to lead our organization to become the
best Continental Union under the WTF.
We will continue to organize our popular
PATU poomsae seminars, develop
and support sub-regional open championships, and to improve tournament
managements by incorporating on instant video replay system with electronic body
protectors to ensure fair play and transparent judging. I am confident that through
effective communication and team work, we can develop our members in all areas
of taekwondo, especially to better prepare for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in
London.
2010 is a very busy year for PATU members. We will start this exciting year with;
1. PATU Poomsae Referee Certification Course & U.S. Open Championships in
February in Las Vegas
2. World Youth Olympic Games Qualification Tournament and the World Junior
Championships in March in Tijuana, Mexico
3. South American Games in March in Medellin, Colombia
4. Central American Games in March in Panama
With the generous assistance of the Korea Tourism Organization, PATU is also
planning to organize PATU MNA presidents conference & seminar in Korea in early
August to assist all MNA presidents to successfully develop taekwondo program
in their countries with all available resources via WTF, Kukkiwon & and the IOC. I
am looking forward to having a full participation from all MNA presidents in this
special trip as it will provide excellent tools and opportunities to manage and develop
taekwondo in all PATU nations. Detailed information regarding this trip will be sent to
you separately upon confirmation with all related organizations.
In the later part of 2010, PATU will be celebrating the 1st Pan Am Senior Poomsae
Championships and the 17th Pan Am Senior Kyoroogi Championships in Ecuador.
Along with other WTF, Multi Sport Games, and Olympic-related events, PATU will be
completing our own developmental programs, sub-regional events and educational
seminars as the largest and fully functioning Continental Union of the WTF.
I am proud to announce that we have successfully completed most of the 2009
plans and activities. The few unfinished plans are projected to be completed in
2010. The noticeable achievement in 2009 is without a doubt the official launching
of new PATU website that is now fully functioning by servicing all areas of PATU
businesses. We have also completed three PATU Poomsae Referee Seminars and
organized sub-regional championships, international open championships, and
successfully completed the 1st Pan Am Junior Poomsae Championships and the 5th
Pan Am Junior Kyoroogi Championships.
Along with PATU Council members, I am extremely proud of all MNA presidents
for demonstrating strong representation at the World Championships, and the WTF
General Assembly to elect the new leadership of the WTF in Copenhagen. It was by
far the most participation in the history of PATU, and I sincerely thank all of you for
your entrusting support and team work in that important venture.
I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation to all MNA presidents for showing
their concerns and offering support and assistance in times of urgency and hardship.
Many presidents extended their full support and provided intelligent solutions during
those stressful times, and with that unprecedented cooperation and progressive
leadership, we have completed 2009 with a great success.
As we begin another challenging year, I would like to ask everyones cooperation and
continued support for all PATU programs and events. We had started to reconstruct
and reorganize our organization in 2009, and I am confident that we are all on a
right track to make our PATU the best serving taekwondo organization in the world in
very near future.
In closing, PATU Council & I would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to all
of our friends and volunteers who has helped PATU through various PATU events in
2009, and looking forward to working with them with their continued support in the
New Year as well.
Again, my best wishes to all PATU Council Members, MNA presidents, athletes,
coaches, instructors and friends in 2010, and looking forward to working with you
again in coming months.
Hold the first PATU EXCO & Council Meeting in February prior to the U.S. Open
Continue to organize PATU Poomsae & Technical Seminars in all 4 regions
Organize 2010 1st Pan Am Poomsae Championships & 17 Pan Am Senior Championships in Ecuador
Organize PATU Statutes Revision Committee
Continue to Implement PATU Tournament & Athlete Ranking System
Attend WTF World Qualifying Tournament for the Youth Olympic Games in Mexico
Attend WTF World Junior Championships in Mexico
Organize WTF Kyoroogi IR Seminars
Attend South American Games in Medellin, Colombia
Attend Central American Games in Panama
Attend Central American & Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Organize PATU Sub Region Open Championships
Organize 2011 Guadalajara Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament
Support International Open Tournaments organized by PATU MNAs
Raise Funds to hold PATU MNA Presidents Conference & Seminars in Korea
Organize Instructor Development Plan for small countries
Set up Instant Video Replay System with Dartfish Company in PATU Events
2010 patu events Calendar

Dates
Feb. 6-7
Feb. 9
Feb. 10-14
March 6-9
April
April 9-11
May 29-30
June
July 8-18
July 8-18
July 17- Aug. 1
Rank
September
October
AA
AAA
November
AAA
AA
N/A
AA
TBA
TBD
AA
AA
Event
4th PATU Poomsae Referee Certification Course
2010 PATU EXCO & Council Meeting
2010 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships
8th World Junior TKD Championships
2010 South American Open Championships
1st Haiti Open International TKD Championships
2010 Canada Open TKD Championships
2010 Caribbean Open Championships
PATU MNA Presidents Conference & Seminar
PATU Coach, Instructor & Athlete Training
21st Central American & Caribbean Games
( Taekwondo Games/ July 27~30)
2010 Central American Open Championships
1st Pan Am Senior Poomsae Championships
17th Pan Am Taekwondo Championships
2010 Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament
Place
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Tijuana, Mexico
TBD
Port of Prince, Haiti
Montreal, Quebec
TBD
Seoul, Korea
Seoul, Korea
Mayaguez, PR
TBD
Guayaquil, Ecuador
TBD
* TBD: To Be Decided
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Oceania Taekwondo Union
President
Mr. Phil Coles

OUT Activities in 2009
and 2010
OTU Referee Seminars and WTF IR Refresher Course
The year 2009 was a period

of consolidation for the
Oceania Taekwondo Union
(OTU).
In 2009 the OTU was able to secure the support of the WTF in agreeing to conduct
an International Referee Seminar and Refresher Course in 2010. This will also be
held to coincide with the Oceania Championships in New Caledonia in December
2010.
Following the Beijing Olympic

Games, the OTU s challenge
was to consolidate on the
momentum from the 2008
Games and our significant
participation in the Games
by Australia, New Zealand, the Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea, given our
relatively small size as a Continental Union compared to others.
Oceania Championships
The 2008 Oceania Taekwondo championships held in Auckland New Zealand in
December 2008, saw a record number of Oceania nations participating in this event.
We were able to witness the rapid development of our sport in our region and the
tremendous progress of our Oceania athletes.
The year 2009 saw the conduct of various OTU referee seminars and further
seminars and refresher programs are planned for 2010.
Possible new WTF member Nations
Negotiations have progressed in 2009 with prospective new WTF member nations
from the Oceania region and in particular, the OTU is confident that in 2010 it will
introduce new WTF member nations from Palau, Federated States of Micronesia,
Papeete, Tuvalu and Cook Islands. The OTU is confident of introducing three new
WTF member nations in 2010. This will require the support of the WTF via its
Taekwondo Peace Corps initiatives which the OTU hopes to utilize to formally
establish these new member nations and to assist in the organization of new
National Sporting Organizations.
The OTU is a continental Union that represents many developing nations and the
future and strength of the WTF is that it enables broad representation in the sport
of taekwondo for even the most developing of nations. The challenge for the WTF is
to continue to reach out to these developing nations and to continue to develop our
great sport in new and untouched nations.
Tsunami 2009
Many of the Oceania countries experienced great damage and devastation in a
tsunami which hit the Pacific in 2009. Samoa in particular suffered great destruction
as did American Samoa. The OTU will work with the WTF to access solidarity support
to help rebuild taekwondo centers damaged by the tsunami.
Olympic Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO) and Oceania National Olympic
Committees (ONOC)
The 2010 Oceania Championships are now scheduled to take place in New
Caledonia on Dec. 4-5 where an even greater number of athletes and nations are
expected to participate. The event will be conducted as a test event for the South
Pacific Games scheduled to take place in New Caledonia in 2011. For our South
Pacific member nations, this represents one of the biggest events in the Oceania
region outside the Olympic Games with nearly all Oceania nations choosing to
participate in this most important event.
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The OTU as a member of the OSFO continued to take an active role in the 2009
OSFO conference held in Nadi, Fiji. As an organization, the OSFO meets annually
and its meetings coincide with the annual meeting of the ONOC. Consequently there
is an excellent working relationship the between the Oceania sports federations of
which the OTU is an active member and the Oceania National Olympic Committee
comprising all the NOCs in the Oceania region. The relationship is unique and is of
great benefit to the OTU which has direct access to all NOCs within the Oceania
region at an annual conference. The headquarters of the ONOC are located in Nadi,
Fiji.
New OTU Management structure
each WTF member nation. This will continue throughout 2010 and beyond.
Not all of the OTUs 2009 plans were realized due to a lack of financial resources,
but hopefully these will be realized in 2010.
In 2009, the OTU was able to implement its new management structure which
resulted from the General Assembly of the OTU held in December 2008 in Auckland,
New Zealand.
The establishment of a smaller council and the establishment of a Board of
Management are the key elements of the OTUs streamlined and effective
management reforms.
OTU and the WTF
Our excellent working relationships with the WTF have strengthened and there are
open lines of communication between the OTU and the WTF. Further, the OTU has
taken a leading role in many ad-hoc WTF committees throughout 2009, especially
the WTF Expansion Membership Project Committee, which was newly renamed to
the WTF Expansion Committee, which has examined ways in which the WTF is better
able to service its members worldwide and the provision of membership services to
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taeKWondo
is a Global sport
tHat develops
outstandinG
role models.
taeKWondo department
Gains popularity
at uZbeK university
abroad and I will do my utmost for the promotion
of taekwondo in Uzbekistan, he said.
The taekwondo department draws a very
positive response and it is sure to produce good
taekwondo athletes and masters, said Dr. Latipov
Abbos, the 1st vice president and secretary
general of the Uzbekistan Taekwondo Association.
He said, About 12,000 people practice
taekwondo in Uzbekistan and it is rapidly
increasing. There are about 40 taekwondo
masters, including two Koreans.
WTF President Choue first raised the idea
of establishing a taekwondo department in
Uzbekistan when he visited Uzbekistan State
Institute of Physical Education in 2007, Dr.
Abbos said.
The newly established taekwondo department at Uzbekistan State
Institute of Physical Education in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is gaining
high popularity among young students in the central Asian country.
The Uzbek state university started offering a four-year taekwondo
program in September 2008, with 24 students enrolling. The
number of students enrolled for the fall semester of 2009 jumped
to 40.
Taekwondo is one of the six sports which receive strong
government support and a growing number of students want
to enter the taekwondo department, said Dr. Baek Mun-jong, a
professor of the Department of Taekwondo at Uzbekistan State
Institute of Physical Education. The taekwondo department has one
professor and two instructors.
He said, Almost half of the taekwondo students are national
athletes and they are really good students.
Prof. Baek, who began teaching students in September 2009,
serves as the head coach of the Uzbek national junior and senior
teams.
Dr. Baek, 40, a sixth Kukkiwon Dan black-belt holder, is the first
Korean taekwondo professor who was dispatched abroad by the
Korea Foundation.
I am honored to be the first Korean taekwondo professor to teach
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He said Mr. Parpiev Batir Rakhmatovich, president of the Uzbekistan

Taekwondo Association and chairman of the State Tax Committee of
Uzbekistan, built the Uzbekistan Taekwondo Association building, a
training center and a dormitory in May 2009 on a plot donated by
the president of Uzbekistan.
Several countries, including Iran, Venezuela, Turkey and Russia, are
considering establishing taekwondo departments.
Together with Prof. Khalmukhamedov Rustam Dakanovich, vice
president of Uzbekistan State Institute of Physical Education; and Mr.
Dmitriy Kim, chief referee at the Uzbekistan Taekwondo Association
and president of the Tashkent Taekwondo Federation, Dr. Baek and
Dr. Abbos visited the headquarters of the WTF in Seoul, Korea on
Jan. 21, 2010 to meet with WTF President Chungwon Choue.
The two sides exchanged opinions on how to develop taekwondo in
Uzbekistan.
Mainly thanks to the establishment of the taekwondo department,
we expect medals at major international competitions, such as the
Asian Games and the Olympic Games, Prof. Baek said.
Uzbekistan earned the silver medal in the taekwondo competition
during the 2006 Doha Asian Games, a bronze medal at the 2002
Busan Asian Games, and the silver medal at the 2001 World
Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, Korea.
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Wtf appoints
2009 miss tHailand World
as GoodWill ambassador
The World Taekwondo Federation appointed Miss Pongchanok Kanklab, the

Miss Thailand World 2009, as a Goodwill Ambassador of the WTF in a
ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan. 23, 2010.
For the WTF, it marked the second of its kind after the WTFs appointment of Mr.
Dave Mustaine, the leader of the U.S. legendary thrash metal bank Megadeth,
as the WTF Goodwill Ambassador in Seoul, Korea on Oct. 27, 2007.
Miss Pongchanok, 19, was crowned the Miss Thailand World in 2009. She is a
2nd Kukkiwon Dan black-belt holder and served as a national taekwondo team
member.
In the ceremony, WTF President Chungwon Choue delivered Miss Pongchanok a
plaque of appointment and an honorary 3rd WTF Dan certificate.
The ceremony drew such dignitaries as Mr. Coleman C. Y. Lee, a WTF Council
member from Chinese Taipei; Asst. Prof. Pimol Srivikorn, president of the
Taekwondo Association of Thailand; Mr. Milan Kwee, president of the Singapore
Taekwondo Federation; Mr. Chung Hae-Moon, Korean ambassador to Thailand.
For the participants in the ceremony, Miss Pongchanok performed a taekwondo
demonstration, followed by a demonstration by members of the Thail
taekwondo demonstration team.
Thailand shows a very exemplary model among WTF member national
associations in promoting taekwondo around the world and Thailand has
produced good results at major international taekwondo competitons, said WTF
President Choue during the ceremony.
Dr. Choue said, The appointment would greatly help upgrade the status of the
WTF and taekwondo in the international sports community, and also expand the
global taekwondo population.
On Jan. 24, the Taekwondo Association of Thailand organized the 2010
Invitational Taekwondo Demonstration Competition at a large shopping center
in downtown Bangkok, drawing a total of 11 demonstration teams from all over
Thailand.
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World taeKWondo peaCe

Corps foundation launCHed
The World
Taekwondo Peace
Corps Foundation
was launched in a
ceremony in Seoul,
Korea on Sept. 17,
2009, which is
expected to further
activate the WTF
Taekwondo Peace
Corps.
The ceremony, which
took place at the Plaza Hotel in downtown Seoul, drew about 700 people, including
48 members of the 2009 Summer WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps.
Among the dignitaries were Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myunghwan; and Mr. Kim Dae-ki, 2nd vice minister of the Culture, Sports and Tourism
Ministry, who read Korean President Lee Myung-baks congratulatory speech for the
participants.
Through taekwondo, the world has come to understand Korea and it has greatly
contributed to the formation of a global network. The Korean government has
designated taekwondo as one of Koreas 10 culture brands this year, said President
Lee. I hope the just-launched World Taekwondo Peace Corps Foundation to make
great efforts for global service.
Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu said in his congratulatory remarks that With
the creation of the foundation, the quality of the Taekwondo Peace Corps will be
further upgraded.
Grand National Party lawmaker Park Jin, who also serves as chairman of the
National Assembly Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee, said in his
congratulatory speech that On behalf of the National Assembly, I am here and the
National Assembly fully supports the foundation.
Also attending the ceremony were Gen. Ahmed Fouly, president of the African
Taekwondo Union and vice president of the WTF; and Mr. Ji-ho Choi, president of the
Pan American Taekwondo Union and WTF Council member; and Mr. Dai-soon Lee,
president of the Asian Taekwondo Union and vice president of the WTF.
The foundation, a non-profit organization, received a formal recognition from the
Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. WTF President Chungwon Choue
serves as chairman of the foundation, which will take over all the matters related to
the WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps. Mr. Lee Hyu-won, president and CEO of Shinhan
Investment Corp. assumed the presidency of the foundation.
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The foundation will launch a global taekwondo culture movement by establishing

local chapters at the WTFs 189 member nations and five continental unions and
networking them, said Mr. Lee in his inaugural speech.
At the ceremony, the 2009 Summer WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps was disbanded.
To take taekwondo beyond a mere sport, the WTF launched the Taekwondo Peace
Corps in the summer of 2008, and has since dispatched 107 Taekwondo Peace
Corps members to 25 countries on three occasions.
In the summer of 2009, a total of 48 members of the WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps
were dispatched to 12 countries for their voluntary service. The 12 countries were
El Salvador, India, Isle of Man, Samoa, Bhutan, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland,
Angola, the Philippines and Azerbaijan.
The foundation will greatly contribute to the promotion of world peace by giving the
youth worldwide dreams and hope, said WTF President Choue in his speech to mark
the launch of the foundation.
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Period of
Dispatch
Term
No. of Dispatched
Members and Countries
July - August
2008
2008 Summer
WTF Taekwondo
Peace Corps
(1st term)
27 members, 7 regions in 5 countries

(Qingdao and Urumqi in China; Moscow,
Russia; Islamabad, Pakistan; Goa and
Mumbai in India; Asuncion in Paraguay)
January February 2009
2008 Winter
WTF Taekwondo
Peace Corps (2nd term)
32 members, 8 countries
(Greece, Russia, Morocco, Bolivia,
Uzbekistan, Egypt, China, Kyrgyzstan)
July - August
2009
2009 Summer
WTF Taekwondo
Peace Corps (3rd term)
(El Salvador, Mexico, India, Angola,
Samoa, Bhutan, Mongolia, Isle of Man,
Nigeria, Poland, the Philippines,
Azerbaijan)
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peaCe Corps in aCtion
Russia
The 2009/2010 Winter WTF Taekwondo Peace Corps was launched

in a ceremony in Seoul, Korea on Jan. 14, 2010.
Poland
Mongolia
The launching ceremony, which took place at the Shinhan

Investment Tower in Yeoido, was jointly organized by the WTF
and the World Taekwondo Peace Corps Foundation, which was
established by the WTF on Sept. 17, 2009. The foundation is
headed by Hyu-won Lee, president and CEO of Shinhan Investment
Corp. WTF President Chungwon Choue serves as chairman of the
foundation.
Greece
Iran
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Panama
Suriname
Ecuador
Brazil
Sri Lanka
Egypt
DR Congo
Angola
Laos
Cambodia
Philippines
Singapore
Timor-Leste
Paraguay
Chile
New Zealand
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Period of
Dispatch
January February 2010
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Term
2009/2010 Winter
WTF Taekwondo
Peace Corps
(4th term)
No. of Dispatched
Members and Countries
(Angola, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile,
DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece,
Iran, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia,
New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay,
Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico,
Russia, Samoa, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Suriname, Timor-Leste )
Samoa
The ceremony drew 100 members of the 2009/2010 Winter

Taekwondo Peace Corps, all university students, who will be
dispatched to 24 countries in 27 teams for about one month
starting in mid-January until the end of February.
The 24 countries are Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Egypt, Cambodia, Iran, Laos, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Singapore, Timor-Leste, Greece, Poland, Russia, New Zealand,
Samoa, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto
Rico, and Surinam.
Given the growing popularity of the Taekwondo Peace Corps
abroad, we will increase both the number of Peace Corps members
to be dispatched and the number of countries which receive the
members, said Dr. Chungwon Choue in his speech during the
activation ceremony.
Mr. Hyu-won Lee, president of the World Taekwondo Peace
Corps Foundation said in his speech, it is my strong belief that
Taekwondo Peace Corps members voluntary service abroad will
greatly help taekwondo take root around the world, and also help
promote world peace.
To take taekwondo beyond a mere sport, the WTF launched the
Taekwondo Peace Corps in the summer of 2008, and has since
dispatched 107 Taekwondo Peace Corps members to 25 countries
on three occasions.
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1st World youtH taeKWondo Camp

PROMOTES FRiEndShiP And PEAcE
The inaugural World Youth Taekwondo Camp wrapped

up its six-day event in Seoul and Muju, Korea on Aug.
11, 2009 in a resounding success for good reasons.
The camp, which was jointly promoted by the World
Taekwondo Federation, led by Dr. Chungwon Choue,
and the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, headed by
Mr. Dai-soon Lee from Korea, drew about 260 athletes
and officials from 33 countries.
to participate in next years camp. I am confident to

win the gold medal at the 2nd World Para-Taekwondo
Championships next year.
Another highlight of the camp was the Friendship
Kyorugi Competition held on Aug. 9 at the Banditbul
Gymnasium in Muju. The friendly kyorugi competition
served as a rehearsal for the taekwondo competition
at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games. A total
of 100 athletes are to compete in the taekwondo
competition at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic
Games.
Through the camp, we emphasized that taekwondo

is part of the Olympic Movement and we are the
Olympic family, said WTF President Choue. Under
the taekwondo spirit, we contribute to the promotion of
peace and harmony and help facilitate friendship and a
special bond among the taekwondo family.
As part of our efforts for youth education, the WTF will
continue to promote the practice of the Olympic Values
Education Program among taekwondo practitioners
around the world, he said.
The camp featured a forum on the practice of the
Olympic Values Education Program (OVEP) in Seoul on
Aug. 6.
The 2009 WTF OVEP Forum, the first of its kind among
International Sports Federations, took place at the
Olympic Parktel in Seoul. Dr. Wu Ching-kuo, the IOC
member from Chinese Taipei, and Dr. Tomas Ganda
Sithole, director of the IOC International Cooperation
and Development Department, delivered their key-note
speeches at the forum.
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Under the topic The Educational Values of Olympism,

Dr. Sithole said, It is important to note that the WTF is
the first of the recognized International Federations to
consider formal adoption of the OVEP, a very important
step indeed, considering that the IOC has launched the
Youth Olympic Games, whose first edition will be held
in Singapore next year, and whose main element is
education.
The young camp participants, aged 14 and 17, also
had a precious time with four Olympic gold and
silver medalists on Aug. 8, while receiving intensive
training on kyorugi, or sparring, and

poomsae, or a fixed form of movements from Korean
taekwondo masters on Aug. 7 and 8.
Highlighting the camp, four Olympic taekwondo
medalists delivered their experience and thoughts on
taekwondo in Muju. The four were Prof. Jung Kuk-hyun
of Korea, a four-time gold medalist at World Taekwondo
Championships and the gold medalist at the 1988
Seoul Olympic Games; Mr. Hadi Saei Bonehkohal from
Iran, the gold medalist at both the 2004 and 2008
Olympic Games; Mr. Huang Chih Hsiung of Chinese
Taipei, the silver medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games; and Ms. Wu Jingyu from China, the gold

medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
practicing taekwondo, Dr. Choue said.
Prof. Jung, Mr. Hadi and Mr. Huang received the

Outstanding Taekwondoian Awards for their
contribution to the promotion of taekwondo around the
world.
Two athletes with a disability, who competed in the 1st

WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships in Baku,
Azerbaijan on June 10, 2009, were also invited to the
camp. They were Mr. Gersson Josue Mejia Alvarez from
Guatemala and Irans Mehdi Pour Rannama.
Under the topic Projecting the Olympic Spirit through

Taekwondo, WTF President Choue made a special
lecture for the camp participants on Aug. 7 in Muju.
Olympism is similar to the taekwondo spirit. So you
are practically learning the Olympic values while
I am so happy to be invited to the camp and I had

precious time with youth athletes from all over the
world, said Mr. Gersson, who won the silver medal
at the 1st World Para-Taekwondo Championships. I
attended all of the camp programs and I am willing
The competition featured five weight categories

for each male and female division, just as at the
2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games. The weight
categories for the male division are -48kg, -55kg,
-63kg, -73kg, and +73kg, while those for the female
division are -44kg, -49kg, -55kg, -63kg and +63kg.
In the male category Afghanistan, Iran, Greece, Turkey,
Korea and Jordan won one gold medal each, showing
an even level of taekwondo techniques. In the female
division, Korea and China clinched two gold medals
each and Thailand won one gold medal.
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speCial leCture on ovep
WTF President Chungwon Choue
delivered a special lecture on the
Olympic Values Education Program
(OVEP) in Muju, North Jeolla
Province in Korea on Aug. 7, 2009.
The special lecture, which took
place at the Yeche Cultural Center
in the county of Muju, drew
more than 300 people, mostly
participants in the inaugural World Youth Taekwondo Camp. The camp is jointly being
organized by the WTF and the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation.
Under the topic Projecting the Olympic Spirit through Taekwondo, WTF President
Choue said, Olympism is similar to the taekwondo spirit. So you are practically
learning the Olympic values while practicing taekwondo.
Taekwondo as a martial art is not just fighting or self-defense. But it is training
of your body, mind and spirit. It is a sport of peace and harmony, Dr. Choue said.
While meditation and training, you learn virtues such as self-reflection, selfdiscipline, confidence, courtesy, patience, and respect for others, especially for your
parents and elders.
Through taekwondo training, Dr. Choue said, you can learn how to overcome
yourself. He cited the case of the American legendary thrash metal band Megadeth
leader, Dave Mustaine.
Mr. Mustaine, who now serves as a WTF goodwill ambassador of the world, told
Korean journalists years ago that Taekwondo is a great discipline and the source
of confidence it helped me eliminate a bad lifestyle of drug and
alcoholism. It helped me believe in myself and find the strength in
myself that I never knew that I possessed.
Like the Olympic values, the martial art-sport of taekwondo places
great value on etiquette, respect among practitioners, fair play and
excellence, Dr. Choue said.
No matter whether you win or lose, you should be able to embrace
your opponent, Dr. Choue said. He cited the Korean athlete Moon
Dae-sung, who won the gold medal in the mens +80kg at the
2004 Athens Olympic Games by knocking out his final opponent
from Greece.
After the match, Moon hugged his opponent, and ran around the
gymnasium together with his opponent, their arms around each
others shoulders and their respective national flags in hand,
he continued. From Moons gesture, we could see core values
of Olympism: friendship and fair play spirit. Such sportsmanship
increased the great strength of our sport, and demonstrated strong
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points of takwondo discipline and manners to the world.

He said that another example of taekwondo spirit comes from Hadi Saei Bonehkohal
who won the World Fair Play Award in 2005. Hadi won the gold medal at both the
2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Hadi received the award because he decided to auction off all of his medals
those he won from the Olympics and various taekwondo tournaments to raise
money for the victims of a massive earthquake in Iran in December 2003, Dr.
Choue said. His act of donating those proceeds to the people devastated by the
earthquake won him enormous praise.
As such, taekwondo is much more than a martial art. It is attracting attention from
people all over the world because it combines the three key elements of Olympic
sport, training, and a persons spirit, he said. Through taekwondo training,
practitioners learn the importance of fair play. Remember that fair judging and model
behavior by athletes and coaches based on fair play is greatly helping enhance the
image of taekwondo in international sports circles.
Dr. Choue said, Under the taekwondo spirit, we contribute to peace and harmony
of the world and facilitate friendship and a special bond among the taekwondo
family.Dont forget that you are part of the Olympic Movement. If you live on the
taekwondo spirit, you are a walking example of the Olympism. Be proud and be
confident. Because you have the amazing spirit and values in you as a taekwondo
person.
Dr. Choues special lecture was followed by an introduction of OVEP (Olympic Values
Education Program) by Dr. Ju-ho Chang, president of the Korean Olympic Academy.
Wtf demonstration team 2009

tours span tHe Globe
Wtf taeKWondo demonstration team aCtivities in 2009
Period of Dispatch
Place
Events
April 23-May 1
Mexico City, Mexico
Demonstration tour
May 2-12
Dallas, USA
Texas Taekwondo Championships
Aug. 19-24
Berlin, Germany
Demonstration tour
Sept. 25-30
Helsinki, Finland
Demonstration tour
Oct. 1-5
Trelleborg, Sweden
Demonstration tour
Oct. 5-9
Oslo, Norway
Demonstration tour
Oct. 9-14
Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships
Nov. 8-14
Mexico City, Mexico
World Taekwondo Tour 2009 Mexico
Nov. 15-19
San Salvador, El Salvador
5th PanAm Junior Taekwondo Championships
Nov. 28-Dec. 3
Cairo, Egypt
4th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
10
Wtf taeKWondo
demonstration
team
The WTF Taekwondo Demonstration Team shows off their demonstration skills at
major competitions abroad. It made a series of demonstration tours abroad on
10 occasions in 2009.
Wtf anti-dopinG eduCation

top priority in 2010
Anti-dOPinG
The WTF has strengthened its anti-doping efforts over the past several years in
compliance with the WADA Code and it plans to expand the education in the year
2010.
In 2009, the WTF offered a series of anti-doping education opportunities for
officials of national teams at major events. A series of anti-doping education in
2009 were aimed at providing general information about anti-doping and updated
Anti-doping Administration Management System (ADAMS) to officials and
coaches of member national associations.
On May 2008, the WTF General Assembly unanimously accepted the 2009 World
Anti-Doping Code, thus becoming only the second international federation to do
so.
In 2009, the WTF invited Dr. Kyu-Hwan Lee, Director of International Cooperation
of the Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA), and Dr. Paul Viscogliosi, WTF
Medical Committee Chairman and WTF TUEC (Therapeutic Use Exemption
Committee) Chairperson, to provide a comprehensive anti-doping knowledge
and worldwide anti-doping efforts initiated by WADA to the participants in WTF
anti-doping education held in conjunction with Head of Team Meeting on Oct.
13 at the Scandic Copenhagen Hotel on the occasion of the 2009 WTF World
Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen and on Nov. 29 at the Cairo Stadium
in Cairo, Egypt on the occasion of the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae
Championships.
In addition to these programs, the WTF also provided the same education on
Aug. 8 to officials and coaches of WTF member national associations who
participated in the World Youth Taekwondo Camp held in Muju, Korea, the site of
the Taekwondo Park, in commemoration of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in
Singapore in 2010.
Dr. Paul Viscogliosi, WTF Council Member and Chairperson of the WTF TUE
Committee and Doping Review Panel, attended the TUEC Chair Symposium
organized by WADA in Strasbourg, France on Dec. 11, 2009.
Now all the international taekwondo athletes, who are included in the Registered
Testing Pool (RTP) set by the WTF based on the WTF World Ranking System, are
required to file their whereabouts information in detail for out-of-competition
testing on ADAMS associated with WADA by online and the failure to do so is
considered a violation of anti-doping rules.
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2010 Wtf rtp list

reGistered testinG pool - Male
reGistered testinG pool - FeMale
SHERIF
SHAABAN
EGYPT
M-54
Male
HYOJI
PARK
KOREA
F-46
Female
REMZI
BASAKBUGDAY
TURKEY
M-54
Male
BUTTREE
PUEDPONG
THAILAND
F-46
Female
YEONHO
CHOI
KOREA
M-54
Male
YVETTE
YONG
CANADA
F-46
Female
MEISAM
BAGHERI
IRAN
M-54
Male
YEON JOO
SIM
KOREA
F-46
Female
GUILLERMO
PEREZ
MEXICO
M-58
Male
JINGYU
WU
CHINA
F-49
Female
JOEL
GONZALEZ BONILLA
SPAIN
M-58
Male
SANAA
ATABROUR
MOROCCO
F-49
Female
YULIS
GABRIEL MERCEDES
DOMINICAN REP
M-58
Male
BRIGITTE
YAGUE
SPAIN
F-49
Female
MOHAMED
BELGASSEM FARAJ
LIBYA
M-58
Male
ANNA
SOBOLEVA
RUSSIA
F-49
Female
REZA
NADERIAN
IRAN
M-63
Male
LAMYA
BEKKALI
MOROCCO
F-53
Female
10
CEM
ULUGNUYAN
TURKEY
M-63
Male
10
DANIELLE
PELHAM
USA
F-53
Female
11
RAFIK
ZOHRI
NETHERLANDS
M-63
Male
11
EUN SUK
JANG
KOREA
F-53
Female
12
HYOSEOB
YEOM
KOREA
M-63
Male
12
SARITA
PHONGSRI
THAILAND
F-53
Female
13
SERVET
TAZEGUL
TURKEY
M-68
Male
13
AZIZE
TANRIKULU
TURKEY
F-57
Female
14
TAEJIN
SON
KOREA
M-68
Male
14
BINETA
DIEDHIOU
SENEGAL
F-57
Female
15
MOHAMMAD
BAGHERI
IRAN
M-68
Male
15
YU
HOU
CHINA
F-57
Female
16
BALLA
DIEYE
SENEGAL
M-68
Male
16
VERONICA
CALABRESE
ITALY
F-57
Female
17
MARK
LOPEZ
USA
M-74
Male
17
SUJEONG
LIM
KOREA
F-62
Female
18
ALIREZA
NASR AZADANY
IRAN
M-74
Male
18
ESTEFANIA
HERNANDEZ
SPAIN
F-62
Female
19
JOONTAE
KIM
KOREA
M-74
Male
19
KARINE
SERGERIE
CANADA
F-62
Female
20
MAXIME
POTVIN
CANADA
M-74
Male
20
HUA
ZHANG
CHINA
F-62
Female
21
STEVEN
LOPEZ
USA
M-80
Male
21
GWLADYS PATIENCE
EPANGUE
FRANCE
F-67
Female
22
MAURO
SARMIENTO
ITALY
M-80
Male
22
KYUNG SEON
HWANG
KOREA
F-67
Female
23
RASHAD
AHMADOV
AZERBAIJAN
M-80
Male
23
HAKIMA
MESLAHY
MOROCCO
F-67
Female
24
NICOLAS
GARCIA HEMME
SPAIN
M-80
Male
24
KHAOULA
BEN HAMZA
TUNISIA
F-67
Female
25
BAHRI
TANRIKULU
TURKEY
M-87
Male
25
MARIA DEL ROSARIO
ESPINOZA
MEXICO
F-73
Female
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YOUSEF
KARAMI
IRAN
M-87
Male
26
YING YING
HANG
CHINA
F-73
Female
27
CARLO
MOLFETTA
ITALY
M-87
Male
27
HEYRI
OH
KOREA
F-73
Female
28
JAMEL
NOUREDDINE
LIBYA
M-87
Male
28
SARAH
STEVENSON
GREAT BRITAIN
F-73
Female
29
DONGMIN
CHA
KOREA
M+87 Male
29
ROSANA
SIMON
SPAIN
F+73 Female
30
DABA
MODIBO KEITA
MALI
M+87 Male
30
NATALIA
FALAVIGNA
BRAZIL
F+73 Female
31
ARMAN
CHILMANOV
KAZAKHSTAN
M+87 Male
31
WIAM
DISLAM
MOROCCO
F+73 Female
32
ALEXANDROS
NIKOLAIDIS
GREECE
M+87 Male
32
NOHA
ABD RABO
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F+73 Female
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Wtf anti-dopinG rules for

out-of-Competition testinG
The following explains that you are
required, under the Anti-Doping
Rules of the WTF, to provide us
with information about where
you can be found for purposes of
out-of-competition testing during
the following period: April 1, 2010March 31, 2011.
3. You must give us the name and address of any place where you will be training,
working, or conducting any other regular activity during the relevant quarter
(including weekends), as well as the usual time-frames for such regular activities.
Repeated failure without proper

excuse to provide this information,
or to be available for testing at
the location(s) you specify, will
constitute an anti-doping rule
violation under the Anti-Doping
Rules, the sanctions for which are
a period of ineligibility to participate
in sport for 12-24 months (first offence) or more (for second and subsequent
offences). It is therefore important that you read this letter very carefully and take
great care to comply with its requirements.
However, if you simply change your regular schedule on an occasional basis, e.g.
one Monday you decide as a one-off to train in the gym rather than the pool, but
next Monday you plan to go back to your regular schedule of training in the pool,
then you do not have to make any change to your whereabouts filing to reflect that
one-off change.
If your regular activities change, e.g. if you stop training in the mornings and train
in the afternoons instead, or if you train at the gym on Mondays and Thursdays then
move to Tuesdays and Fridays, you must update your whereabouts filing to reflect
that change.
4. You must tell us your competition schedule for the following quarter, including
the date(s), time(s) and venues (name and address) where you are scheduled
to compete during the quarter. Again, if this changes, you must update your
whereabouts filing to reflect the change.
How to Provide the Required Information to Us
Information Required
You are one of the athletes designated for inclusion in the Registered Testing Pool
(RTP) of the WTF based on the WTF Ranking system. You must therefore comply with
the following requirements.
You must notify us of where you will be for each day of the next quarter, is for
each day of the period from (1 April, 2010 to 30 June, 2010/1 July, 2010 to 30
September, 2010/1 October, 2010 to 31 December, 2010/1 January, 2011 to 31
March, 2011) by providing the following information:
1. For each day during the forthcoming quarter (including weekends), you must tell
us one specific location and one specific 60-minute time-slot between 6 a.m. and
11 p.m. where you will be available for testing at that location.
If your plans change so that you will not longer be at the specified location during
the specified time-slot, you must update your whereabouts filing prior to that
time-slot either to provide a new location for that time-slot or to provide a different
time-slot and location.
Our preferred method for providing

whereabouts information is WADAs on-line
whereabouts management system, called the
Anti-Doping Administration and Management
System, or ADAMS. ADAMS allows you to
enter your whereabouts information directly
and accurately in an easy, secure and
convenient manner. Instructions on how to use
ADAMS are enclosed with this letter.
Deadline
You must enter the required whereabouts
information using ADAMS no later than April
1, 2010.
Updating Whereabouts Information
2. For each day during the forthcoming quarter (including weekends), you must give
us the full address of the place where you will be residing, i.e., staying overnight
(e.g., home, hotel, temporary lodgings).
It may be that you do not know at this time your exact whereabouts on each day
in the next quarter. Nonetheless, you should be sure to meet the filing deadline
specified above, and provide the required details for each day to the best of your
knowledge. You should then update them as and when the details change.
If your plans change so that you will be staying at a different place on a particular
night, you must update your whereabouts filing prior to that night to provide the new
address where you will be staying that night.
Alternatively, your current plans may subsequently change after you make your initial
filing, in which case you should immediately update the information directly using
ADAMS.
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The important thing is that the information that is filed is accurate at

all times.
In case you cannot access the ADAMS program, follow the process below:
1. If ADAMS is not available online due to technical
problems at the ADAMS side, please contact ADAMS
<adams@wada-ama.org>
2. If You cannot file on update your Whereabouts information
on ADAMS system due to the other reasons please
contact Anti-Doping manager of WTF, Seung
Min Lee <sport@wtf.org> or by fax at 82 (0)2 553 4728.
Confidentiality
We will maintain the confidentiality of the whereabouts information that you
provide. It will only be used to facilitate Out-of-Competition testing by us under
the Anti-Doping Rules or by another competent anti-doping authority that has
accepted the same confidentiality obligations.
Please note that any other anti-doping authority with the requisite authority under
the World Anti-Doping Code may test you Out-of-Competition at any time, whether
using the whereabouts information that you are providing or otherwise.
Sanctions for Non-Compliance
It is very important to ensure that you file the required whereabouts information
by the deadline specified above. A failure to do so without adequate excuse will
constitute a Filing Failure under the Anti-Doping Rules.
It is also very important that you file accurate information about your whereabouts,
and that you update this information as soon as you know of any change of plans,
so that you are available for testing at the declared whereabouts if an ADO seeks
to test you. A failure to be available at the whereabouts you specified for the 60minute time-slot without adequate excuse is a Missed Test under the Anti-Doping
Rules.
If you commit three Filing Failures and/or Missed Tests in one 18-month period,
that constitutes an anti-doping rule violation under the Anti-Doping Rules, for
which the sanction is a ban of between 12 and 24 months (first offence) or more
(for second and subsequent offences).
Personal Responsibility
You may wish to have your coach or agent assist you in complying with these
whereabouts requirements. That is permitted. However, please note that you
remain personally responsible for any failure to comply with the requirements of
the Anti-Doping Rules. As with any other anti-doping rule violation, a tribunal would
not accept a plea that you delegated the task to someone else and should not be
blamed for his or her failure to carry it out properly.
If you have any concerns about the contents of this letter, please contact Ms.
Seungmin LEE at the following telephone number: 82-2-566-2505.
A duplicate copy of this letter is enclosed. Please sign and date it in the space
provided below and send it back to us at the following address to confirm receipt
of this notice no later then March 1, 2010.
Sports Division
4th Fl, Jayang Bldg. 113 Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu,
Seoul 135-090 Korea
Tel. +82 (0)2 566-2505/ 557-5446
Fax. +82 (0) 2 553-4728
E-mail. sport@wtf.org
anti-dopinG History in sHort

The practice of enhancing performance through foreign substances or other artificial means is as old as competitive sport itself. Ancient Greek athletes are known
to have used special diets and stimulating potions to fortify themselves. Strychnine, caffeine, cocaine, and alcohol were often used by cyclists and other endurance
athletes in the 19th century. An athlete named Thomas Hicks ran to victory in the 1904 Olympic Marathon in Saint Louis, with the help of raw egg, injections of
strychnine and doses of brandy administered to him during the race.
1920s
1990s
First Attempts
A new Agency for a new Mission
By the 1920s, it had become evident to sport officials and federations that
restrictions regarding drug use in sports were necessary. In 1928, the IAAF
(International Amateur Athletic Federation, now the International Association of
Athletics Federations) became the first International Sport Federation (IF) to ban the
use of stimulating substances. Many other IFs followed suit, but restrictions remained
fundamentally ineffective over the years as no tests were performed.
Doping became more prevalent with the onset of synthetic hormones. These were
invented in the 1930s but became used more and more frequently for doping
purposes during the 1950s. In 1966 UCI (cycling) and FIFA (football) were among the
first IFs to introduce doping tests in their respective World Championships.
In the next year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) instituted its Medical
Commission and set up its first list of prohibited substances. Doping controls were
first introduced at the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble and at the Summer
Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968. The deaths, from doping-related causes, of two
high-profile athletes during the 1960s led to the intensification of these activities.
1970s
Tests Begin to Show Results
Most IFs introduced drug testing by the 1970s. A reliable anabolic steroid test
method was introduced in 1974, resulting in a marked increase in the number of
drug disqualifications in the late 1970snotably in strength-related sports such as
throwing events and weightlifting.
While the fight against stimulants and steroids was producing results, the main front
was rapidly shifting to blood doping. The IOC banned blood doping as a method in
1986 and included erythropoietin (EPO) in its list of prohibited substances in 1990.
An EPO detection method (approved by WADA) was first implemented at the 2000
Summer Olympic Games in Sydney.
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In 1998, a large number of prohibited medical substances were found by police in a

raid during the Tour de France. The scandal led to a major reappraisal of the role of
public authorities in anti-doping affairs.
The Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) was developed for
this purpose. It is a Web-based database management system that simplifies the
daily activities of all stakeholders and athletes involved in the anti-doping system.
The Tour de France scandal highlighted the need for an independent international
agency that would set harmonized standards for anti-doping work and coordinate
the efforts of sports organizations and public authorities. The IOC took the initiative
toward this goal by convening the First World Conference on Doping in Sport, in
1999 in Lausanne, which resulted in the Lausanne Declaration on Doping in Sport.
Registered Testing Pool (RTP)

The pool of top-level athletes established separately by each International Federation
and National Anti-Doping Organization who are subject to both In-Competition and
Out-of-Competition Testing as part of that International Federations and National
Anti-Doping Organizations test distribution plan. Each International Federation shall
publish a list which identifies those Athlete included in its Registered Testing Pool
either by name or by clearly defined, specified criteria.
The Lausanne Declaration called for the creation of a global anti-doping agency,
composed and funded equally by the IOC and governments. In November 1999,
WADA was established to fill this role with temporary headquarters in Lausanne.
1980s
Tests Begin to Show Results
In 1963, France became the first state to enact anti-doping legislation. While other
countries followed suit, international anti-doping cooperation during ensuing years
was mainly conducted through activities within the Council of Europe.
During the 1980s, there was a marked increase in cooperation between international
sports authorities and various governmental agencies; however debate regarding
definitions, policies and sanctions was still taking place in several disparate forums.
One result of this disharmony was that doping sanctions were often disputed and
sometimes overruled in civil courts.
In 2002, following a Foundation Board vote in Tallinn, Estonia, in August 2001,

WADA established its headquarters in Montreal. The Montreal headquarters were
inaugurated in April 2002, with the formal opening of the Agencys European
Regional Office that same year. Additional Regional Offices were opened in 2003 in
Tokyo (for Asia/Oceania) and Cape Town (for Africa), followed by Montevideo in 2005
(for Latin America).
Athlete Whereabouts
The ADAMS allows athletes to enter their information from anywhere in the world.
Those without internet access may designate a representative such as their AntiDoping Organization (ADO) to enter their information on their behalf. This function
also helps stakeholders share whereabouts information, crucial for maximizing the
element of surprise and the efficiency of unannounced out-of-competition testing.
WADA has effectively promoted, coordinated and monitored the global fight against
doping in sport since its inception, and to this day it continues to take advantage of
its global presence and unique international mandate to strengthen and expand all
areas of anti-doping activity.
Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE)

Athletes, like all others, may have illness of conditions that require them to take
particular medications. If the medication an athlete is required to take to treat an
illness or condition happens to fall under Prohibited List, a TUE may give that athlete
the authorization to take the needed medicine.
ADAMS
Under the World Anti-Doping Code(Code), WADA has an obligation to coordinate
anti-doping activities and to provide a mechanism to assist stakeholders with their
implementation of the Code.
Athletes who have been identified as included in the WTFs RTP or who is entered
in an international event which is approved by the WTF may only obtain TUE in
accordance with the WTF anti-doping rules. The current International Standard for
TUE went into force on Jan. 1, 2010.
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taeKWondo parK in muju, Korea

to House World taeKWondo
aCademy
The Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea, whose ground-breaking ceremony took place
on Sept. 4, 2009, will house the World Taekwondo Academy, a global taekwondo
education and research center designated by the World Taekwondo Federation.
On the occasion of the 2009 Taekwondo Day, I would like to offer my

congratulations on the ground-breaking of the Taekwondo Park, said WTF President
Choue in a video-taped message for the participants in the event.
The Taekwondo Park, which will serve as the mecca of takwondo worldwide, is
scheduled to open in 2013, with a total construction cost of $185 million.
The World Taekwondo Academy, which will be located in the Taekwondo Park, will
serve as an international academic center of the WTF for studies, education and
research of taekwondo, he said.
The ground-breaking ceremony drew about 1,500 people from at home and
abroad, with the attendance of WTF President Chungwon Choue and Mr. Dai-soon
Lee, chairman of the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, which is in charge of the
construction and operation of the Taekwondo Park.
Among the dignitaries were Korean Prime Minister Seung-soo Han; Mr. Wan-joo
Kim, governor of North Jeolla Province; Mr. Dae-ki Kim, the second vice minister of
the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Mr. Yong-sung Park, president
of the Korean Olympic Committee; and Mr. Sye-kyun Chung, chairman of the main
opposition Democratic Party.
The event, which took place on the 2009 Taekwondo Day, also attracted four
members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC): Mr. Ivan Dibos from Peru,
Mr. Phillip Walter Coles from Australia, Mr. Samih Moudallal from Syria, and Mr. Daesung Moon from Korea.
Dr. Choue said, The WTA, the Korean version of the International Olympic Academy
(IOA) for the Olympic sport of taekwondo, will be the home of about 70 million
taekwondo practitioners around the world.
The WTF Rules and Regulations stipulates, The WTF designates the World
Taekwondo Academy in Korea to function as an international academic center of the
WTF for studies, education and research of taekwondo.
On Aug. 15, 2009, an international symposium on the development of taekwondo
curriculum for the WTA was held at the University of Berkeley in the United States.
The results of the symposium will be presented at the 2nd International Symposium
on Taekwondo Studies on Oct. 12 and 13, 2009 on the occasion of the 2009 WTF
World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
About 650 taekwondo leaders, including 70 foreign taekwondo masters, attended

the ceremony. Eight taekwondo grandmasters, who are over the age 70 and have
served abroad over 30 years, received citations from the Korean culture, sports and
tourism minister. 18 other taekwondo masters also received citations.
To meet the growing educational demands worldwide, a new educational system is

required. That is WTA. WTA is an educational institute, where leaders from all social
standings, students and professionals related to taekwondo spread taekwondo spirit
and Olympic spirit, and study taekwondo philosophy, said a participants in the
symposium.
Taekwondo Promotion Foundation Chairman Lee, who also serves as a vice

president of the WTF, made a brief history of the Taekwondo Park project, followed
by congratulatory speeches by Korean Prime Minister Han and North Jeolla Province
Governor Kim.
The WTF designated Sept. 4 as Taekwondo Day at its General Assembly in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam in 2006, and has since marked the day. On Sept. 4, 1994, the
IOC decided to adopt taekwondo as an official sport of the 2000 Sydney Olympic
Games.
During the ceremony, VIPs wrote some congratulatory words on Korean paper
to mark the occasion, which will be later inscribed on the cornerstone of the
Taekwondo Park. The highlight of the event was when VIPs pushed the button to
ignite the blast to break the ground for the Taekwondo Park.
In 2007, the Korean government enacted a law on taekwondo promotion and the
establishment of the Taekwondo Park. On Sept. 4, 2008, the Korean government
and the four taekwondo organizations, the WTF, the Kukkiwon, the Korean Takwondo
Association, and the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, jointly celebrated the
Taekwondo Day.
taekwondo park
(A Birds-Eye View)
hiSTORy OF ThE
World TaekWondo FederaTion

From 1973 To 2009
Magazine
WTF GlObAl SpONSOrS &

rEcOGNizED cOmpANiES
2010, Issue No.97

ISSN 1599-3779
* Global Sponsor: Macquarie Group of Companies

- WTF signed 5-year global partnership agreement (March 31, 2008)
* Recognized Companies (As of February 2010)

Xintian Korea
- mat: until Nov. 17, 2010
President: Mr. Pongcheol Yon
Address: Sejin C-301, 20-31, Shinweol-dong, Yangcheon-Ku, Seoul , Korea 158-090
Tel: 82 2 338 0101 Fax: 82 2 338 2030 E-mail: pcyon@dreamwiz.com
Qindao Xintian Industrial Co., Ltd
Shangwangbu Vilalge, Lichang-Qu
Qindao , Shandong , China
Tel: 86-532-8779 8408 Fax: 86-532-8779 8407
E-mail: pcyon@unitel.co.kr
Daedo International
ASL Electronics
Twin Tower (brand name:WACOKU)
- all protective equipment, including hand protector: until Dec 31, 2010
- mats: until Dec 31, 2010
- uniforms (dobok): Dec. 31, 2010
- Electronic body protector and its related system (TK-Strike): until January 31, 2013
- judges electronic scoring system (FMS) until Feb. 13, 2010
- All protective equipment including hand protector: from April 1,

2009 March 31, 2010
- Uniforms(Dobok): from April 1, 2009 March 31, 2010
(All the WTF recognized products with the brand name of WACOKU are exported from
Twin Tower in Taiwan.)
Address: No. 168-13, Chyuan-Shing Lii, Shin-Huah, Tainan, Taiwan
Tel: 886 6 598 2133 Fax: 886 6 597 0840/886 6 598 2148
E-mail : twitower@ms43.hinet.net
Website:www.twintower.com.tw / www.wacoku.com
President: Mr. Eliot Chen
President: Mr. Chuen Wook PARK

Address: C/Botanica 116 nave, 08908 Hospitalet de LL, Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 34 93 454 1514/ 451 2308 Fax: 34 93 453 52 51
E-mail: park@daedosport.com
Website: http://www.daedosport.com
* Worldwide distributor: CK Sports Management Systems Inc

Contact person: Betsy Kreisberg
10325 SW 90 Street, Miami, FL 33176, U.S.A.
Tel: 1 786 497 0387
E-mail: cksmsystem@gmail.com
JEWOO SPORTS CO., LTD. (Adidas Korea)
LaJUST
Nike Sports Korea Co., Ltd.
- uniforms (dobok): until March 30, 2010

- hand protector: until Sept. 29, 2010
- protective equipment: until Dec. 31, 2010
- Electronic impact detection & scoring system body protector : until 17 May 2012
- uniforms (dobok): until May 31, 2010
Address: Daeyoung B/D, 1623-1, Secho-Dong, Secho-Ku, Seoul, Korea

Tel: 82 2 3019 3832 Fax: 82 2 3471 9762
1. Contact person: Mr. Gilseo Kim / Managing Director (Mobile: 82 11 9195 0558 )
E-mail: gilseo.kim@jewoosports.com
LaJUST International HQ
Address: 10567 E. Bellavista Dr. Scottsdale, AZ, 85258, U.S.A.
LaJUST KOREA Inc.
Vice Chairman: Jonathan Kim
Address : 104-403, SK VENTIUM, Dangjeong-dong, Gunpo-si,
Gyeonggi-do, 435-776, Korea
Tel: 82 31 436 0880 Fax: 82 31 436 0881
E-mail: Lajust@hanmail.net Website: www.lajustsports.com, www.lajust.com
President: Mr. Timothy F. Sheerin

Address: 30th Fl. Gangnam Finance Center 737, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul,
Korea
Fax: 82 2 557 6661
Contact person: Mr. Hyun Woo Chung, Team manager(82-17-690-4225)
E-mail: hyunwoo.chung@nike.com
Hyunsun Suhr, TKD specialist(82-10-2737-0468)
E-mail : hyunsun.suhr@nike.com
Schramm Sport GmbH (KWON)
MIZUNO Corporation
MSL Software, S.L.
- all protective equipment, excluding hand protector: until Jan.2, 2012

- mat: until Jan. 2, 2012
- uniforms (dobok): until July 22, 2010
- Poomsae judges electronic scoring system (TKPoomsae): until May 26, 2011
- Kyorugi Competition scoring system(TK_Pulse) : until July 16,2010
CEO: Mr. Edmund Schramm

Address: Unterfeldring 3, 85256 Vierkirchen, Germany
Tel: 49 81 39 88 300 Fax: 49 81 39 88 702
E-mail: e.schramm@kwon.de , info@kwon.de
Website:
http:// www.kwon.net (Europe) http://www.kwonusa.com (USA)
http://www.kwon.com.cn (China)
Address: 1-12-35, Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku

Osaka, 559-8510 JAPAN
Tel: 81 6 6614 8334 Fax: 81 6 6614 8496
Contact person: Mr. Jotaro Ueji, Senior Managing Director
Ms. Chika Shibata E-mail: cshibata@mizuno.co.jp
Mooto Korea (MTX)

- All protective equipment including hand protector: Dec.31,2010
- Uniforms(Dobok): Dec.31,2010
Address : Esco building 3rd Fl.Yeoksam-dong 649-5, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea,
135-912
Tel: 82 2 70 7727 9989 / 82 2 1577 9989 Fax: 82 2 567 0222
CEO : Mr.Seung Hwan Lee
E-mail : sj@mooto.com
Contact information : International Sales Department of MOOTO
E-mail : international1@mooto.com / international2@mooto.com
Website : www.mooto.com
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Contact person: Mr. Raoul Martin

Address: C/ Conde de Vilches Street, 16, 28028 Madrid, Spain
Tel: 34 91 724 92 00 Fax: 34 91 724 92 06
E-mail:rmartin@msl.es;msltkd@gmail.com
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Publisher / Dr. Chungwon Choue, President

Editor-in-Chief / Mr. Jin Suk Yang, Secretary General
Magazine Director / Mr. Eil-chul Kim, Deputy Secretary General,
Mr. Seok-jae Kang, PR Director
Editors / Mr. Olof Hansson, Mr. Stephen Kyle Donnell
Contributing Photographer / Seuk-je Lee
Designed by / GG Company
The WTF is delighted to bring you the official publication of the federation. The WTF Taekwondo magazine
epitomizes our enthusiasm and progressive mindset in leading taekwondo and the WTF in the new century.
The WTF Taekwondo is published annually. It is a summary of the previous years events, competition
results and happenings throughout the world of taekwondo. It provides the events of this year, interviews
with taekwondo stars and the useful information on taekwondo.
2010 World Taekwondo Federation

This publication and its contents may not be reproduced, even in part, in any form, without the written permission of the WTF.
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We are one family sharing the same

Dear global taekwondo family members,

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD TAEKWONDO FEDERATION

2009 World Taekwondo Championships

2016 BRAZIL RIO

2009 World Taekwondo Championships

Taekwondos Inclusion in Major Multi-sport Games Broadens its Future

2009 World TaekWondo Championships

4th World TaekWondo poomsae Championships

3rd World TaekWondo poomsae Championships

1st WTF World para-TaekWondo Championships

2009 World Cup TaekWondo Team Championships

1st World TaekWondo Tour 2009 mexiCo

smaller CompeTiTion area, neW poinT sysTem add neW dynamiC

inTroduCTion oF eleCTroniC proTeCTors

WTF evenTs Calendar 2010-2013

meeT The WTF Family

2009 COPENhAgEN WORLd

grabbed the overall womens title.

A record number of TV broadcasters showed the

In the womens category, China took home two gold

Korea managed to clinch the overall mens title at the

Mr. Steven Lopez of the United States was chosen as

World Taekwondo Federation

Continuous efforts to increase TV and new media exposure succeed

The World Taekwondo Federations TV-media strategy came to fruition at the

MEdAL TALLY BY NATION

Steven Lopez of the United States became the

History of World taekWondo CHampionsHips

May 25-27, 1973

Aug. 28-31, 1975

Sept. 15-17, 1977

Oct. 26-28, 1979

Feb. 24-27, 1982

Oct. 20-23, 1983

Sept. 4-8, 1985

Oct. 7-11, 1987

Oct. 9-14, 1989

Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 1991

New York, U.S.A.

Aug. 19-21, 1993

Nov. 17-21, 1995

Hong Kong, China

Nov. 19-23, 1997

June 2-6, 1999

Jeju City, Korea

Nov. 1-7, 2001

Sept. 24-29, 2003

April 13-17, 2005

May 18-22, 2007

Oct. 14-18, 2009

He won the World Championships titles in

World Taekwondo Federation

History of World taekWondo poomsae CHampionsHips

Olympic Gymnasium in Seoul, Korea

Sept. 4-6, 2006

Samsan Gymnasium in Incheon, Korea

Nov. 4-6, 2007

Aski Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey

Dec. 16-18, 2008

Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt

Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2009

Nazari Gharehchomagh, Ali Salmani