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Description

International governing body of sport taekwondo, founded in 1973 as the World Taekwondo Federation. Kim Un-yong was its president from 1973 to 2004. Its full-contact sparring taekwondo became an Olympic sport in 2000.

Also known as

WT · World Taekwondo Federation · WTF

Founded

1973

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“In 1973, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) was founded”

— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

Officers (1)

Lee Chong-woo

Secretary General
Probable

Probable

One academic history.

The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis
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One academic history.

“Lee Chong Woo, who later became the Secretary General and Vice President of the WTF”

— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

Vice President
Probable

Probable

One academic history.

The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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Frederico Muñoz

Researcher, Martialis
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fact_check

One academic history.

“Lee Chong Woo, who later became the Secretary General and Vice President of the WTF”

— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial Sport'link info

Sources

“From June 1973 to January 2004, the WTF president was Kim Un Yong (1931–).”

— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation link info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6T5MK4PF5SQ02QZ1R

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Cite and reuse

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Plain text

Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). World Taekwondo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6T5MK4PF5SQ02QZ1R - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

BibTeX

@incollection{martialis_01M6BQSYG6T5MK4PF5SQ02QZ1R, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {World Taekwondo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6T5MK4PF5SQ02QZ1R}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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