PARA TAEKWONDO NEWS
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Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Hadi Hassanzada
Hadi Hassanzada will compete in Para taekwondo as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
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Amy Truesdale: "My biggest goal is to become Paralympic champion at Paris 2024"
Para taekwondo star Amy Truesdale has been named to Great Britain's squad for the Paris 2024 Paralympics
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Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in Para taekwondo
The 10 Para taekwondo athletes you should be looking out for when the next Paralympics kick off in Paris
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History-maker Garcia Quijano hopes to add Paralympic gold medal to world title
"I have had a dream since I was little, which was to attend the Paralympics. Now (I want to) go for that goal which is to obtain a good result.," Mexico's Para taekwondo athlete Jessica Garcia Quijano says.
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Naimova sees 'no obstacle' to repeating Tokyo triumph at Paris 2024
"Para Taekwondo has become the meaning of my life and has shaped who I am today," says Uzbekistan’s Paralympic champion Guljonoy Naimova
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Paris 2024: Introduction to Para taekwondo
Para taekwondo made its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020. There will be up to 120 athletes competing in the sport at Paris 2024
![Idrissa Keita, a Para taekwondo athlete from Senegal, and his coach pose for a photograph](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Idrissa%20Keita%20and%20coach%2C%20Senegal%20Para%20taekwondo.jpeg)
Para taekwondo athlete Idrissa Keita targets Senegal’s first Paralympic medal
Idrissa Keita shares his passion for Para taekwondo as he prepares for the Paris 2024 Paralympics
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Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less
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Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history, says IPC President
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone
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Rotterdam 2023: Top moments from the first European Para Championships
From hosts dominance to multiple world records, the first multi-sport Championships saw sporting history made
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Zakia Khudadadi: “I win for the women of Afghanistan”
Zakia Khudadadi, who was evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, pays tribute to her culture and her coach in France after claiming first Para taekwondo gold at the European Para Championships 2023
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Rotterdam 2023: European Para Championships open with spectacular celebration
The European Para Championships take place between 8 and 20 August 2023, featuring 1,500 athletes competing across 10 Para sports
![Lisa Gjessing of Denmark in action](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Lisa%20Gjessing%20of%20Denmark.jpg)
5 tips to get started in Para taekwondo from sport’s pioneer Gjessing
Denmark’s Lisa Gjessing, a gold medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and a four-time world champion, says finding a taekwondo club and communicating with your coach are important to succeed in Para taekwondo
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Nepal celebrates historic first thanks to Para taekwondo champion Shrijana Ghising
Nepal’s Para taekwondo team continues its history-making path as Shrijana Ghising becomes Nepal’s first-ever international champion at the season-ending Para Grand Prix Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Garcia Lopez’s award caps remarkable path to parity for Para taekwondo
Para taekwondo continued its remarkable path to parity with able-bodied taekwondo in November as Mexico’s Juan Diego Garcia Lopez and his coach Jannet Alegria picked up the most prestigious awards at the Pan American Taekwondo Union’s Gala Awards – in competition with able-bodied athletes – to cap a stunning year for the Paralympic champion
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Thailand’s Phuangkitcha overcomes poverty and family tragedy to become world's best
Extreme poverty, family tragedy, and personal disaster could not keep Thailand’s Khwansuda Phuangkitcha from becoming the best in the world – twice
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Ten years since London 2012: Games participants look back on decade of transformation
Athletes, spectators, officials, journalists and volunteers reflect on the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games