PARA TAEKWONDO NEWS
Medell named Allianz Athlete of the Month for May
US taekwondo athlete upset No. 1 fighter in his class.
![Taekwondo men standing on podium](/sites/default/files/images/170518144816042_Evan%2BMedell%2BIvan%2BMiculic.jpg)
Updated taekwondo world rankings released
France’s Alain Akakpo was amongst the biggest movers following the Oceania Open, rising 19 places to No.13.
![Taekwondo men standing on podium](/sites/default/files/images/170518144816042_Evan%2BMedell%2BIvan%2BMiculic.jpg)
Medell upsets No. 1 at Oceania Open
Australian Steven Currie also won the men’s under 75kg K42 at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open.
![The 2nd Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships were held in Suva, Fiji, and featured 12 athletes from six countries from four continents](/sites/default/files/images/161212112022796_IMG_20161127_123521.jpg)
Currie leads field at Taekwondo Oceania Open
Fighters will look to garner world ranking points ahead of October’s World Championships.
![Man in taekwondo uniform at a competition](/sites/default/files/images/170509121531913_Jean%2BClaude%2B2.jpg)
Niringiyimana receives Allianz Athlete of the Month for April
The Rwandan taekwondo athlete took silver at his first international competition.
Multi-champion Gjessing gears up for Worlds
After some personal time off, the three-time Danish taekwondo athlete is preparing to ramp up her training schedule.
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WTF release updated world rankings for May
Performances from the African Open in April shook up the rankings.
![Collage of the five nominated athletes of the month](/sites/default/files/images/170502133029559_Athlete%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bmonth%2B-%2BApril%2B2017.jpg)
Vote now for Allianz Athlete of the Month – April 2017
The public has until 9 May to vote for their favourite of the five athletes.
![Para taekwondo seminar held in Peru](/sites/default/files/images/170424113810026_Para%2Btaekwondo.jpg)
Para taekwondo seminar held in Peru
The Peruvian capital of Lima staged the first international Para taekwondo seminar in the Americas on 11 April.
![African Para Taekwondo Open](/sites/default/files/images/170407133219292_African%2BPara%2BTaekwondo%2BOpen.jpg)
Rwanda tops podium at African Open
Top-ranked Para taekwondo athlete Mohammed Aatif was stunned in the semifinal.
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IWAS World Games 2017 host named
The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.
![Four men stand on the podium](/sites/default/files/images/170317143739196_Mohammed%2BAatif.jpg)
Aatif seeks ‘good omen’ at African Open
Morocco’s Mohammed Aatif hopes success in Rwanda will carry over to October’s World Championships.
![Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo](/sites/default/files/images/170118093909457_Lisa%2BGjessing%2B5.jpg)
Para taekwondo rankings updated following US Open
Ten athletes entered the world rankings for the first time.
![Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo](/sites/default/files/images/170118093909457_Lisa%2BGjessing%2B5.jpg)
London to host Para taekwondo Worlds
WTF President says 2017 World Championships expected to be the biggest Para taekwondo event to date.
Ones to watch for 2017 for taekwondo and triathlon announced
Six taekwondo athletes and 14 triathletes have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
![The 2nd Oceania Para Taekwondo Open Championships were held in Suva, Fiji, and featured 12 athletes from six countries from four continents](/sites/default/files/images/161212112022796_IMG_20161127_123521.jpg)
Para taekwondo December world rankings updated
Following the Oceania Open Championships, Enkhtuya Khurelbaatar and Corbin Stacey were among those to move into the top five.
![No. 40 Para taekwondo athletes make history](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/lxMPnqNpE_Z_vxqz9OV1AHhdLB0uU5jr1XwIZRfPq6Q.jpg?itok=Cro9xgqa)
No. 40 Big year for Para taekwondo athletes
This year was huge for athletes such as Amy Truesdale and Mahdi Pourrahnama, and also saw the first refugee athlete compete.
![Jan Matousek and Zdenek Safranek at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.](/sites/default/files/images/150503012858391_web%2B20150502%2BJPN%2Bv%2BCZE_0243.jpg)
Monthly preview: November 2016
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.