Taekwondo

Korean martial arts

태권도 · 跆拳道 · テコンドー

Country of origin

Korean Empire, South Korea, North Korea

Type

martial arts, Olympic sport, type of sport

Styles and branches of Taekwondo

• Para taekwondo

Notable Taekwondo athletes and practitioners

• Chuck Norris United States
• Patrick Swayze United States
• Dev Patel United Kingdom
• Donnie Yen People's Republic of China
• Brenda Song United States
• Joe Rogan United States
• Ke Huy Quan United States
• Scott Adkins United Kingdom
• Katheryn Winnick Canada
• Ariel Winter United States
• Kimia Alizadeh Iran
• Lorenzo Lamas United States
• Mirko Cro Cop Croatia
• Milica Mandić Serbia
• Arden Cho United States
• Rohullah Nikpai Afghanistan
• Cynthia Rothrock United States
• Caity Lotz United States
• Anderson Silva Brazil
• Pita Taufatofua Tonga
• Nur Tatar Turkey
• Linden Ashby United States
• Hadi Saei Iran
• Natasha Liu Bordizzo Australia
• Zoë Bell New Zealand
• Noah Ringer United States
• Erik Sullivan United States
• Choi Hong-hi North Korea
• Ulugbek Rashitov Uzbekistan
• Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand
• Ahmad Abughaush Jordan
• Sasha Mitchell United States
• Valentina Shevchenko Soviet Union
• Servet Tazegül Turkey
• Ruth Gbagbi Ivory Coast
• Radik Isayev Azerbaijan

1329 people in this reference practise Taekwondo.

Taekwondo competitions

• taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 57 kg
• 2023 World Taekwondo Championships
• 2022 World Taekwondo Championships
• 2022 European Taekwondo Championships
• 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
• taekwondo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – men's 80 kg
• taekwondo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – women's +67 kg
• 2022 World Taekwondo Championships – women's heavyweight
• taekwondo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – women's 67 kg
• 2022 World Taekwondo Championships – women's welterweight
• taekwondo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – women's 49 kg
• 2022 World Taekwondo Championships – men's flyweight
• taekwondo at the 2022 South American Games
• 2021 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 49 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 57 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 58 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 68 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's +80 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 80 kg
• 2021 European Taekwondo Championships
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's +67 kg
• taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 67 kg
• 2019 World Taekwondo Championships

88 competitions in total.

Rules, ranks and training

• Weight classes: Olympic taekwondo (men)
• Weight classes: Olympic taekwondo (women)
• Calories burned: Taekwondo, combat simulation

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q36389 (CC0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.