The Olympic Dictionary 198 TABLE TENNIS Governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF, an Olympic S
The Olympic Dictionary T TABLE TENNIS Governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF, www.ittf.com). An Olympic sport since 1988. TAEKWONDO Governed by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF – www.wtf.org), it has been an Olympic sport since Sydney 2000. TAIWAN (Republic of Taiwan, Asia, capital Taipei, area 36.188 km2, 22.858.872 inhabitants). 15 medals: 2 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze. Best Olympics: Athens 2004 with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze. Best sport: taekwondo with 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. Most decorated athlete: the two golds for taekwondo were won in 2004 by Mu Yen Chu (58 kg man) and Shih Hsin Chen (49 kg woman). There was also Chen Jing, who won the silver in 1996, and the bronze in 2000 in the women’s singles in table tennis, after winning the gold in the singles and the silver in the doubles in 1988, competing for China, with a personal total of one gold, 2 silvers and one bronze. The Olympic Committee was formed in 1960 and recognised the same year by the IOC. Taiwan competed in the Games as the Republic of China in 1956, then as Taiwan between 1960 and 1972. The 1976 Olympics were forfeited, refusing the stipulation of the IOC to compete again as Taiwan (wanting to use the name Republic of China again). They returned to the 1984 Games, with the name Chinese Taipei. TAJIKISTAN (Republic of Tajikistan, Asia, capital Dusanbe, area 143.100 km2, population 6.735.996). From 1952 to 1988 there were Tajikistani athletes in the USSR team, and in 1992 in the Unified Team.
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