Para taekwondo
Taekwondo adapted for participants with disabilities
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Para taekwondo is an adaptation of taekwondo for disabled sportspeople. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT). New disciplines such as kyorugi and poomsae, both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes. On 31 January 2017, Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC.
Notable Para taekwondo athletes and practitioners
- Ali Can Özcan Turkey
- Fatih Çelik Turkey
- Parfait Hakizimana Burundi
- Juan Diego García López Mexico
- Juan Samorano Argentina
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Facts from Wikidata Q4345014 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.