Türkiye's history-making para taekwondo athlete, Mahmut Bozteke, is training hard in his hometown of Gaziantep as he eyes more glory at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games having made his country proud with a sensational Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer.
Nepal has given a warm welcome toPalesha Goverdhan after she secured the nation’s first Paralympic medal. The 21-year-old taekwondo star, who won bronze at the Paris Games on 30 August, was greeted with cheers, traditional music, and a festive atmosphere at Kathmandu airport.
Afghan taekwondo fighter Zakia Khudadadi, who escaped the Taliban and now lives in France, will be going for gold at the Paralympics in Paris, three years after competing for her native country.
The Para taekwondo competitions at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are scheduled for 29-31 August with 10 medal tournaments.
The World Taekwondo has decided to pursue the Los Angeles 28 Paralympic Games programme for Para Poomsae athletes with an intellectual impairment.
121 athletes from 52 nations, 2 refugee athletes and 2 Individual Neutral Athletes will compete in 10 medal events at Grand Palais at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Athletes will compete in 10 Kyorugi disciplines from 29-31 August.
Taekwondo competition made its debut in the South American Games for the deaf people. From 14-18 December, the 2nd Pan American Games for the deaf people is taking place in Ecuador’s Guayaquil.
Team Mexico secured five places from six for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Taekwondo tournament during the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final 2023 in Manchester. Jessica García (52 kg), Claudia Romero (47), Fernanda Vargas (+67), Luis Mario Nájera (80 kg) and reigning Paralympic champion Juan Diego García (70 kg) were among the best six athletes in their weight categories, which allowed them to qualify for Paris 2024.
On December 2-3 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final will be held in Manchester. A day earlier the 2023 World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals took place again in Manchester. World’s best para taekwondoins were competing for one of the prestigious titles of the year.
Brazil remains without a gold medal on the last day of the taekwondo tournament of 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago.
Brazil ended the second day of the para taekwondo tournament with three gold medals in Parapan American Games 2023. If the first day of the competition in Santiago brought only one gold medal, the second day was way better. Three Brazilian para taekwondoins went through preliminaries without defeat and reached the finals.
The first day of taekwondo in Parapan American Games 2023 in Santiago brought three gold medals for Mexico, Brazil and Peru.
Chinese Para-taekwondo athlete Shao Qian has hailed the sport's debut on the Asian Para Games programme as a pivotal moment for the sport.
A total of 77 fighters are set to feature as Para taekwondo prepares to make its Asian Para Games debut at Hangzhou 2022.
Mexican Para-taekwondo athlete Fernanda Vargas said she was happy to settle for a silver medal at her home World Championships in Veracruz.
