The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1] In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships[2] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.[3]
| Current event or competition: 2023 World Taekwondo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Taekwondo |
| Type | kyourugui, biennial |
| Organiser | World Taekwondo (WT) |
| History | |
| First edition | 1973 in Seoul, South Korea |
| Editions | 26 (2023) |
| Most wins |  South Korea (176 golds) |
Competitions
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1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship. In Early 2022, Guadalajara, Mexico was selected as a replacement host and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.
All-time medal table
editUpdated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
- a^ At the 2023 World Championships, athletes from Russia and Belarus in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
- b^ At the 2015 World Championships, athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.
Multiple gold medalists
editThe tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Men
edit| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven López |  United States |
72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 2 | Choi Yeon-ho | South Korea |
54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Jeong Kook-hyun | South Korea |
73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu |  Turkey |
78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lee Dae-hoon | South Korea |
63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jin Seung-tae | South Korea |
50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Kim Je-kyoung | South Korea |
+83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Tae-hun | South Korea |
54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Yong-ki | South Korea |
58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Yang Dae-seung | South Korea |
70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Women
edit| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Yagüe |  Spain |
51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Cho Hyang-mi | South Korea |
65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| Bianca Cook (Walkden) |  Great Britain |
+73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jung Myoung-sook | South Korea |
+70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
World Poomsae Championships
edit| Year | Date | City and host country |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | October 30 – November 2 |  Aguascalientes, Mexico
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| 2016 | September 29 – October 2 |  Lima, Peru
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| 2018 | November 15 – 18 |  Taipei, Taiwan
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| 2020 | November 15 – December 15 | online*
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| 2022 | April 21 – 24 | Goyang, South Korea
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| 2024 | November 30 – December 4 |  Hong Kong, China
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* The 2020 World Poomsae Championships were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The event was originally meant to be held in May in Herning, Denmark.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WTF Medal Winners". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] Goyang 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "World Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2020-12-14). "Ernesto Guzman regains Poomsae World title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "[World Taekwondo] The World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Cancelled". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.