The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1]
Current event or competition: 2023 World Taekwondo Championships | |
Competition details | |
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Discipline | Taekwondo |
Type | kyourugui, biennial |
Organiser | World Taekwondo (WT) |
History | |
First edition | 1973 in Seoul, South Korea |
Editions | 26 (2023) |
Most wins | South Korea (176 golds) |
1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship. In Early 2022, Guadalajara, Mexico was selected as a replacement host and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.
Updated after the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships.
The tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Steven López | United States | 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
2 | Choi Yeon-ho | South Korea | 54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
Jeong Kook-hyun | South Korea | 73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu | Turkey | 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Lee Dae-hoon | South Korea | 63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
6 | Jin Seung-tae | South Korea | 50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Kim Je-kyoung | South Korea | +83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kim Tae-hun | South Korea | 54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Kim Yong-ki | South Korea | 58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
Yang Dae-seung | South Korea | 70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brigitte Yagüe | Spain | 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Cho Hyang-mi | South Korea | 65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
Bianca Cook (Walkden) | Great Britain | +73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
4 | Jung Myoung-sook | South Korea | +70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |