World Taekwondo Championships
Taekwondo competition
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The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.[1] In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships[2] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.[3]
| Current event or competition: 2025 World Taekwondo Championships | |
| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Taekwondo |
| Type | Kyorugi, biennial |
| Organiser | World Taekwondo (WT) |
| History | |
| First edition | 1973 in Seoul, South Korea |
| Editions | 27 (2025) |
Competitions
1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up hosting the World Taekwondo Championship. In Early 2022, Guadalajara, Mexico was selected as a replacement host and the 2025 championship was scheduled to be held in Wuxi, China, instead.
All-time medal table
Updated after the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.
- a^ At the 2023 and 2025 World Championships, athletes from Russia and Belarus in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), their medals were not included in the official medal table.
- b^ At the 2015 World Championships, athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.
Multiple gold medalists
The tables shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. Boldface denotes active taekwondo practitioners and highest medal count among all taekwondo practitioners (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Men
| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven López |  United States | 72 kg / 78 kg / 80 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 2 | Choi Yeon-ho |  South Korea | 54 kg | 2001 | 2009 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Jeong Kook-hyun | South Korea | 73 kg / 76 kg | 1982 | 1987 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahri Tanrıkulu |  Turkey | 78 kg / 84 kg / 87 kg | 1999 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lee Dae-hoon | South Korea | 63 kg / 68 kg | 2011 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jin Seung-tae | South Korea | 50 kg / 54 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Kim Je-kyoung | South Korea | +83 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Tae-hun | South Korea | 54 kg | 2013 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Kim Yong-ki | South Korea | 58 kg / 56 kg | 1977 | 1982 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Yang Dae-seung | South Korea | 70 kg | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Women
| Rank | Taekwondo practitioner | Country | Weights | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Yagüe |  Spain | 51 kg / 47 kg / 49 kg | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Cho Hyang-mi | South Korea | 65 kg / 63 kg | 1991 | 1999 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| Bianca Cook (Walkden) |  Great Britain | +73 kg | 2015 | 2023 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jung Myoung-sook | South Korea | +70 kg | 1993 | 1997 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
World Poomsae Championships
| Year | Date | City and host country |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | October 30 – November 2 |  Aguascalientes, Mexico |
| 2016 | September 29 – October 2 |  Lima, Peru |
| 2018 | November 15 – 18 |  Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2020 | November 15 – December 15 | online* |
| 2022 | April 21 – 24 | Goyang, South Korea |
| 2024 | November 30 – December 4 |  Hong Kong, China |
| 2026 | September 16 – 20 | Chuncheon, South Korea |
* The 2020 World Poomsae Championships were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The event was originally meant to be held in May in Herning, Denmark.[6]