Following the enactment of a para-taekwondo bylaw in May this year, the WTF has appointed eight members of the WTF Para-Taekwondo Governing Board, including two athlete representatives.
The Para-Taekwondo Governing Board will be chaired by Mr. Koos Engelbrecht. Mr. Engelbrecht was the chairman of the WTF Para-Taekwondo Committee that worked on WTF's successful bid for the inclusion on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic programme.
Under the WTF Statutes, the chairman of the Para-Taekwondo Governing Board will automatically be an ex-officio WTF Council member.
In his acceptance letter, Mr. Engelbrecht said :
"It is an honour for me to be appointed as Chairman of the Para-Taekwondo Governing Board. This is a task I will take up to serve WTF and its members to the best of my ability. I am looking forward to working with the Para-Taekwondo Governing Board and continuing the development of para-taekwondo to become a leading sport in the Paralympic family."
The Para-Taekwondo Governing Board is composed of the following members:
Mr. Koos Engelbreacht, Chairman, South Africa
Dr. Gabriel Fife, Member, USA
Dr. David O'Sullivan, Member, Ireland
Ms. Terrie Moore, Member, Canada
Prof. Fernando Akilian, Member, Argentina
Mr. Aleksandr Shlychkov, Member, Russia
Mr. Steven Currie, Athlete Member, Australia
Mrs. Lisa Standeven, Athlete Member, Canada
WTF President Chungwon Choue said :
"The Para-Taekwondo Governing Board has been carefully selected to ensure that the WTF has a solid base to develop taekwondo as an all-inclusive sport and expand the competition formats to include athletes of all disabilities. Thier work will also be to perfect all aspects of the para-taekwondo kyorugi dicipline that will be featured on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games programme."
For more information, contact:
Justin Shea
+44 7917 825412
sg@wtf.org
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