Park Tae-joon (taekwondo)
South Korean taekwondo athlete (born 2004)
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Park Tae-joon (Korean: 박태준; born 6 June 2004) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete.[1][2] He won a gold medal in his World Taekwondo Championships debut in the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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| Nationality | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 2004 Ulsan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 54 kg, 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Kyung Hee University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Park participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, where he won the gold medal in the men's flyweight (-58 kg) event.[3][4][unreliable source?]
In the most recent 2024 March World Taekwondo ranking, Park is ranked 1st in the men's -54 kg (finweight) World Kyorugi Category, and is ranked 5th in the men's -58 kg (flyweight) Olympic Kyorugi Category.[3][5]
Career
Cadet
In 2016, Park won a gold medal at the Russian Open Tournament in the Cadet Male flyweight (-37 kg) event.[6]
Junior
In 2019, Park won a gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the Juniors Male finweight (-45 kg) event.[7] Wuhoo
Senior
In 2022, Park won his first gold medal in the Senior category at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in the Men's finweight (-54 kg) event. He also won gold medals that year at the Korea Taekwondo Open Tournament held in Chuncheon, in the men's finweight (-54 kg) event, and at the 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix held in Manchester, in the men's flyweight (-58 kg) event.
In February 2023, Park won a gold medal in the Canada Taekwondo Open Tournament held in Vancouver, in the men's flyweight (-58 kg) event.[8] In March, he won a gold medal at the US Taekwondo Open Tournament held in Las Vegas, in the men's flyweight (-58 kg) event.[9] He later won a gold medal at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in June, his first senior category World Championships in the men's finweight (-54 kg) event.[10] He was given the men's most valuable player award, as a recognition of his outstanding performance during the Championships.[11]
In October 2023, Park participated in Series 3 of the Grand Prix Series and won a bronze medal after losing a fight of 2-1 against Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi. In February 2024, he won a gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics dispatch national team selection, thus qualifying to compete in the Olympics in the men's flyweight (-58 kg) event.[12] He defeated a previous Olympic medalist, Jang Jun, 2-0 to qualify.[13][unreliable source?]
During the 2024 Summer Olympics, Park won a gold medal in the men's 58 kg category. He defeated Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia and Gashim Magomedov of Azerbaijan.[3] His win has been described as an upswing for South Korea, as it did not win any Taekwondo gold medals while participating in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14][15]
Park won gold in the men's -58 kg category for the 2025 Chuncheon Korean Open, defeating Yang Hui Chan.[16] He also won gold in the 2025 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Challenge in Wuxi after his opponent was forced to withdraw due to injury.[17] During the 2025 World Grand Prix Challenge in Bangkok, Park won bronze in the mens -58 kg weight class after his opponent pulled out of the fight due to an injury he had sustained earlier.[18]
In 2026, Park won back to back gold medals in the men's -58 kg category at the Altaic Taekwondo Championships and the men's -63kg category at the Kazakhstan Open. [19] He also fought at the Roma 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in the men's -58 kg division, going down in the quarter final to eventual gold medallist Vito Dell'Aquila. [20] However, later in the year at the Muju Taekwondowon 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix series, he defeated Vito in the semifinals of the men's -58 kg event, before losing by 1 point in the final match against two-time world champion, Bae Jun Seo. [21]
