Choue Chung-won
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Preceded byUn Yong Kim
Born20 December 1947
EducationKyung Hee University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
OccupationTaekwondo Administrator
Dr Choue Chung-won | |
|---|---|
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| President of the World Taekwondo Federation | |
| Assumed office 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Un Yong Kim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1947 |
| Education | Kyung Hee University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Occupation | Taekwondo Administrator |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조정원 |
| Hanja | 趙正源 |
| RR | Jo Jeongwon |
| MR | Cho Chŏngwŏn |
Choue Chung-won (Korean: 조정원; born December 20, 1947) is a South Korean taekwondo practictioner. He has been President of the World Taekwondo Federation since 2004.[1][2]
He graduated with a bachelor in Economics from the Kyung Hee University in 1970 and Masters from the Fairleigh Dickinson University for International Politics in 1974. In 1984, he obtained a PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.[3]