The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
| World Taekwondo Gala Awards | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | World Taekwondo |
| First awarded | 5 December 2014 |
Ceremonies
editThe ceremonies are typically held one day after the annual Grand Prix final and hosted in the same city.
| Edition | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 December 2014 |  Centro de Congresos Queretaro, Querétaro
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[1] |
| 2 | 7 December 2015 | Mexico National Theater, Mexico City
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[2] |
| 3 | 11 December 2016 |  Badamdar Hotel, Baku
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[3][4] |
| 4 | 4 December 2017 |  Radisson Blue Hotel, Abidjan
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[5][6] |
| 5 | 23 November 2018 |  Fujairah National Theater, Fujairah
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[7] |
| 6 | 7 December 2019 |  Lotte Plaza Hotel, Moscow
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[8][9] |
Winners
editPlayer of the Year
edit| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2014 |  Lee Dae-hoon
|
 Jade Jones
|
| 2015 | Lee Dae-hoon
|
 Wu Jingyu
|
| 2016 |  Ahmad Abughaush
|
Jade Jones
|
| 2017 | Lee Dae-hoon
|
Bianca Walkden
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| 2018 | Lee Dae-hoon
|
 İrem Yaman
|
| 2019 | Jang Jun
|
 Panipak Wongpattanakit
|
Kick of the Year
edit| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 |  Aaron Cook
|
| 2016 | Cheick Sallah Cissé
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| 2017 | Aaron Cook
|
| 2018 | Aaron Cook
|
| 2019 | In Kyo-don
|
Fair Play Award
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Mahama Cho and  Ruslan Zhaparov
|
 2019 Grand Prix Series 1 men's +80 kg semi-finals
|
Coach of the Year
edit| Year | Winner | Team/Athlete(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bang Young-in
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Mexico national taekwondo team
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| 2015 |  Gulash Alonso
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Egypt national taekwondo team
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| 2016 | Reza Mehmandoust
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Azerbaijan national taekwondo team
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| 2017 |  Dragan Jović
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Milica Mandić, Tijana Bogdanović, Vanja Stanković (Taekwondo Club Galeb)
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| 2018 | Ali Şahin
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Turkey national taekwondo team
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| 2019 | Reza Mehmandoust
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Azerbaijan national taekwondo team
|
Member National Association (MNA) of the Year
edit| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Mexican Taekwondo Federation
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| 2015 | Russian Taekwondo Federation
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| 2016 | Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation
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| 2017 | Korea Taekwondo Association
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| 2018 |
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| 2019 | Russian Taekwondo Federation
|
Referee of the Year
edit| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2014 |  Neydis Tavarez
| |
| 2015 |  Tarik Benradi
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Kalay Suddai
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| 2016 |  Kim Song-chul
|
 Maria Merkouri
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| 2017 |  Abdelkhalek Chbibi
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 Julie Dib
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| 2018 | Mohamed Adel Abdelfattah
|
 Ksenia Choucha
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| 2019 | Denis Kim
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Ksenia Levai
|
National Team of the Year
edit| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | Korea national taekwondo team
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| 2018 | |
| 2019 |
Best Continental Union of the Year
edit| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 |  World Taekwondo Africa
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| 2018 | |
| 2019 |
Most Improved MNA of the Year
edit| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 |  Brazilian Taekwondo Federation
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References
edit- ^ "Find out who got the Awards at the Gala Awards Dinner". en.mastkd.com. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Dec 8, epau84 |; news 1 | 0 |, 2015 | Slide (2015-12-08). "WTF honors top athletes at 2015 Gala as announces Canada 2016 Junior Champs". WTM. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Dec 12, epau84 |; news 1 | 0 |, 2016 | Slide (2016-12-12). "Jones (GBR) and Abughaush (JOR) named Players of the Year". WTM. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "9-13 December 2016 World Taekwondo GP Final and WTF Gala Awards and World Taekwondo Team Championships Baku, Azerbaijan - Taekwondo WTF Centr-Vostok". centrvostok.wtf-vao.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ "OZ". www.oz.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ "Walkden and Lee named Athletes of the Year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards". www.insidethegames.biz. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Dept, WT Communications (2018-11-24). "Yaman, Lee Named WT's 'Players of the Year' at 5th Annual Gala Awards". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Dept, WT Communications (2019-12-08). "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". en.mastkd.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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