WINNING THE WORLD

OVERThe World Federation at a glance Global Sport

MEMBER COUNTRIES AROUND the world Federation

International governing body recognized by the IOC * for the sport of taekwondo

Established on May 28, 1973 * European49 Taekwondo Union President: Dr. Chungwon Choue Secretary General: Mr. Jin Suk Yang

Asian41 Taekwondo Union 188 member countries (as of July 31, 2008) 70 million estimated practitioners worldwide

* * Pan 42American Taekwondo Union Oceania13 Taekwondo Union *

African43 Taekwondo Union

* countries Taekwondo in the Olympic Games

Taekwondo on the Olympic stage CountrY and Athlete participation Worldwide achievements COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE Taekwondo was a demonstration sport in the 1988 KEEPS INCREASING Korea 3 1 Olympic Games and the 1992 Barcelona Australia 1 1 Olympic Games. Since the 2000 Sydney Olympic 128 Cuba 1 1 Games taekwondo has been an official Olympic sport. China 1 124 1 Weight Categories EUR ASI U.S.A. 1 7 10 Chinese Taipei 2 1 PAN OCE 103 5 2 Norway 1 Russia 1 1 - 49 kg - 58 kg Vietnam 1 Canada 1 - 57 kg - 68 kg 1 Iran 1 - 67 kg - 80 kg World Medal Distribution in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Japan 1 Mexico 1 1 + 67 kg + 80 kg 64 Medal Tally by Country (2000 Sydney Olympic Games)

t hle es 60 a Beginning with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games each weight Korea 2 2 51 Chinese Taipei 2 1 category will be awarded a second bronze medal, increasing the China 2 total number of medals from 24 to 32. U.S.A. 1 1 EUR ASI 5 12 Iran 1 1 Greece 2

PAN AFR Mexico 1 1 6 1 France 1 1 Cuba 1 Turkey 1 Egypt 1 Thailand 1 Venezuela 1 C oun t ries 2000 sydney 2004 athens 2008 beijing World Medal Distribution in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Medal Tally by Country (2004 Athens Olympic Games) A Universal Sport Growing Fast

New International EVENTS Number of Countries at WORLD Sport for Life ARE INTRODUCED Championships Taekwondo is a lifetime pursuit to acquire beautiful World Taekwondo Championships and dynamic techniques and is loved by men and • 125 (since 1973) women of all ages. Many practitioners enjoy its non- World University Taekwondo Championships (FISU) sparring discipline, poomsae, which is a series of • 100 (since 1986) kicking, punching and blocking movements against an • World Cup Team Taekwondo 75 imaginary opponent. In addition to its annual World (since 1986) Championships more events are made available for • World Junior Taekwondo Championships 50 poomsae. It will be included in the official programme (since 1996) of the 2009 Belgrade Universiade and the 2013 • World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships 25 International Masters Games. (since 2006) 0

INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 ARE CONTINUOUSLY RISING Since the first World Taekwondo Championships in Sport for All 1973, the number of participating countries and Taekwondo is enjoyable for disabled athletes athletes has grown six and ten times respectively. Number of Athletes at WORLD and opportunities for international competitions Championships are created. International Paralympic Taekwondo Championships will be held in 2009 and 2010 and the 1000 WTF is accelerating its efforts to join the Paralympic Total MEN Games. 800 WOMEN

600 Taekwondo enjoys exciting participation among teens and the WTF has held a World Junior Championships

400 since 1996. The youth momentum continues to build with the inclusion of taekwondo in the official 200 programme of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010. 0

1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Moving Taekwondo Forward

DedicatED to improvING THE Reliable scoring with Electronic standard of refereeing Body Protectors Excellence in judging is one of the top priorities of the As part of its all-out commitment to fair judging the WTF. Regular educational programmes are organised for WTF has been working on the introduction of an international referees including seminars, training camps electronic system placed in the body protector that and refresher courses. The referees officiating at the measures the power of attack and automatically 2008 Olympic Games were selected through an objective scores. It improves accuracy in judging and makes the and transparent process that included a training camp game more transparent and interesting for the public. and the Olympic qualification tournaments. Tests at international competitions are in progress and the WTF anticipates official use of the technology Video Refereeing Support System in upcoming major international competitions and Olympic Games.. Fair judging is promoted by minimizing human error with support from video replay.

Strong Anti-Doping Stance In a strong commitment to keeping drugs out of taekwondo competition, the WTF has been taking a series of key actions. In early May 2008, the WTF adopted The sensor measures power of attack and automatically scores WADA’s 2009 Anti-Doping Code and introduced ADAMS, and displays on the board a Web-based database management tool that will help keep anti-doping operations in full compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code. The WTF has also been conducting out-of-competition tests on national teams since June 2008. Sport for Hope and Inspiration

A STRONG PRESENCE IN UNDERPRIVILEGED Number of athletes receiving training programme for young hopefuls in cooperation REGIONS scholarships (2008) with key stakeholders such as Korean governmental From the early 1960s taekwondo masters went to organisations, universities and member countries. every corner of the world to introduce taekwondo to More recently, it has launched the ”Taekwondo Peace local people and inspire them with its philosophy and Corps,” a program to send abroad a group of highly spirit. Their dedication contributed to the globalisation qualified volunteers to teach taekwondo and provide of taekwondo and its expansion to underprivileged service for local communities of regions in need. The EUR (5) ASI (13) regions of the world. Today, we see taekwondo 6 21 first teams left for mission in July 2008. athletes from small and little known countries PAN (6) AFR (11) securing places and winning medals in the Olympic 10 21 EXPANDING TRAINING FACILITIES Around Games. It is a phenomenal achievement. THE WORLD The WTF has developed a master plan to build BENEFITTING FROM OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY regional training centers worldwide. Each project ( ) = Number of countries of ( ) = Number The inclusion of taekwondo in the Olympic of the plan will be carried out in cooperation with programme contributes greatly to developing the member countries. Currently three centers are under sport, athletes and coaches in underprivileged ATHLETE PARTICIPTION IN THE WTF development in China, South Africa and Germany. regions of the world. An average of 12 countries each TAEKWONDO HOPEFULS TRAINING PROGRAM year participate in technical courses for coaches A FANTASTIC VENUE FOR YOUTH education sponsored by the IOC Olympic Solidarity. Projects Taekwondo is not merely a sport but encompasses 44 developing national sport structures are supported exceptional cultural values and spirits that cannot be 35 in Yemen, Mali, Laos and Madagascar. A total of 58 34 learned from textbooks. Taekwondo training teaches athletes received a scholarship related to the 2008 youth about justice, morality, cooperation, love for one 29 Olympics Games and 18 of them earned a spot in the another and respect for the universal values of fair T S T ICIPAN PAR Beijing Olympic Games. 24 play. Through such learning, along with its mental and 22 physical discipline, taekwondo helps young people COMMITMENT OF THE WTF TO SUPPORT ALL to stay away from delinquency, drugs, alcohol and In response to the desperate need for sport violence. programmes to address social problems and facilitate development, the WTF has employed multi-pronged efforts for years. It runs a global donation programme C oun t ries of equipment and uniforms as well as an invitation- 2005 2006 2007 Competition Rules

Competition Area Permitted Techniques Scoring and Areas for Scoring + - Area permitted for in case of attack in case of penalty attack by foot only RECORDER J udge J udge CO m MISSION DOC T OR (2 points) 1p on trunk protector 1p Gam-jeom (deduction penalty) (by both foot and fist attack) 2 Kyong-gos (warning penalty) COACH COACH 2p on face (by foot attack only) Area permitted for REFEREE attack both by foot and J udge J udge fist (1 point) 1p Additional point earned when opponent is knocked down and referee counts Match Duration 1 Match: 3 rounds (2 min. each) + additional round in case of a tie score after 3 rounds (sudden death) Decisions

Win by

KO (Knock Out) RSC (Referee Stops Contest)

Score or Superiority Final score Point gap (7 points) Point ceiling (12 points)

Withdrawal Disqualification Referee’s Punitive Declaration Reaching New Audiences

Greater Visibility on TV The WTF is determined to improve its worldwide presence on television by expanding the production of highlights of all major events for distribution to the major networks. News packages on medal winners 188 countries will also be produced for distribution to their home are represented at the World Taekwondo Federation country’s networks. 70 million people Capitalizing on new media TO practice taekwondo worldwide reach all fans - worlDwide The WTF is developing its own Web TV channel to reach its global audience. The channel is available 2000 saw Taekwondo become an official Olympic sport at the Sydney Games under www.wtf-taekwondo.tv. Free access to all games is provided and the experience of the viewer is optimized through the use of the latest Web technologies. The same Web TV channel is also used to provide video of matches 58 athletes to coaches, referees and athletes to improve their received scholarships related to the 2008 Olympic Games performance. 1973 was the year of the first World Taekwondo Championships Since then, its participation has grown 10 times World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)

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