Back الاتحاد العالمي للتايكوندو Arabic World Taekwondo German Monda Federacio de Tekvondo Esperanto Taekwondo Mundial Spanish Maailma Taekwondo Föderatsioon Estonian فدراسیون جهانی تکواندو Persian Fédération mondiale de taekwondo French ההתאחדות העולמית לטאקוונדו HE WTF Croatian Federasi Taekwondo Dunia ID
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| Abbreviation | WT |
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| Formation | May 28, 1973 |
| Purpose | Martial art and sport |
| Headquarters | Sejongdaero 55, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 213 national associations |
Official language | English, Korean, French and Spanish |
President | Choue Chung-won[1] |
| Website | worldtaekwondo.org |
World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).[2]
The World Taekwondo Federation was established on May 28, 1973, at its inaugural meeting held at the Kukkiwon with participation of 35 representatives from around the world. As of April 2022[update] there are 212 member nations.[3] Since 2004, Choue Chung-won has been the president of World Taekwondo, succeeding the first president, Kim Un-yong.
On July 17, 1980, the International Olympic Committee recognized World Taekwondo at its 83rd Session in Moscow, Russia. Taekwondo debuted as a demonstration sport of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. On September 4, 1994, Taekwondo was adopted as an official Sport of the 2000 Summer Olympics at the 103rd IOC Session in Paris, France.[4]
The body was renamed World Taekwondo in June 2017 to avoid the "negative connotations" of the acronym associated with the common internet slang WTF.[5][6]
- ^ "Choue re-elected as head of taekwondo federation". USA Today. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- ^ "Breakthrough deal to allow N. Koreans to compete in Olympic taekwondo competitions". English.yonhapnews.co.kr. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Ar, Claudio (20 April 2022). "Maldives becomes 212th member of World Taekwondo". masTKD.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "introduction". World Taekwondo Federation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "WTF Rebrands to World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo Federation. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Greg Hadley (24 June 2017). "The World Taekwondo Federation was forced to change its name, thanks to the internet". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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