World Taekwondo Gala Awards
Award ceremony
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The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was held on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
PresentedbyWorld Taekwondo
Firstaward5 December 2014
| World Taekwondo Gala Awards | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | World Taekwondo |
| First award | 5 December 2014 |
Winners
Player of the Year
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2014 |  Lee Dae-hoon |
 Jade Jones |
| 2015 | Lee Dae-hoon |
 Wu Jingyu |
| 2016 |  Ahmad Abughaush |
Jade Jones |
| 2017 | Lee Dae-hoon |
Bianca Walkden |
| 2018 | Lee Dae-hoon |
 İrem Yaman |
| 2019 | Jang Jun |
 Panipak Wongpattanakit |
| 2022 |  Simone Alessio |
Panipak Wongpattanakit |
| 2023 |  Cheick Sallah Cissé |
Merve Dinçel |
| 2024 |  Ulugbek Rashitov |
 Viviana Márton |
| 2025 |  Henrique Marques Rodrigues Fernandes |
 Sarah Chaâri |
Para Athlete of the Year
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2022 | Mahmut Bozteke |
Meryem Betül Çavdar |
| 2023 | Antonino Bossolo |
 Claudia Romero |
| 2024 |  Imamaddin Khalilov |
 Angélica Espinoza |
| 2025 |  Ayoub Adouich |
Li Yujie |
Coach of the Year
| Year | Winner | Team/athlete(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bang Young-in |
Mexico national taekwondo team |
| 2015 |  Gulash Alonso |
Egypt national taekwondo team |
| 2016 | Reza Mehmandoust |
Azerbaijan national taekwondo team |
| 2017 |  Dragan Jović |
Milica Mandić, Tijana Bogdanović, Vanja Stanković (Taekwondo Club Galeb) |
| 2018 | Ali Şahin |
Turkey national taekwondo team |
| 2019 | Reza Mehmandoust |
Azerbaijan national taekwondo team |
| 2022 | Dragan Jovic |
Serbia national taekwondo team |
| 2023 |  Rosendo Alonso |
France national taekwondo team |
| 2024 |  Yesbul Sultanov |
Tunisia national taekwondo team |
| 2025 | Hechmi Jendoubi |
Tunisia national taekwondo team |
Para Taekwondo Coach of the Year
| Year | Winner | Team/athlete(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bobur Kuziev |
Uzbekistan national taekwondo team |
| 2023 | Rodrigo Ferla |
Brazil national taekwondo team |
| 2024 | Andrew Deer |
Great Britain national taekwondo team |
| 2025 |  Kabiraj Negi Lama |
Nepal national taekwondo team |
Kick of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 |  Aaron Cook |
| 2016 | Cheick Sallah Cissé |
| 2017 | Aaron Cook |
| 2018 | Aaron Cook |
| 2019 | In Kyo-don |
| 2022 | Daniela Souza |
| 2023 | Ruth Gbagbi |
| 2024 | Park Tae-joon |
| 2025 |  CJ Nickolas |
Member National Association (MNA) of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Mexican Taekwondo Federation |
| 2015 |  Russian Taekwondo Federation |
| 2016 | Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation |
| 2017 | Korea Taekwondo Association |
| 2018 |
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| 2019 | Russian Taekwondo Federation |
Referee of the Year
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2014 |  Neydis Tavarez | |
| 2015 | Tarik Benradi |
Kalay Suddai |
| 2016 |  Kim Song-chul |
 Maria Merkouri |
| 2017 | Abdelkhalek Chbibi |
 Julie Dib |
| 2018 | Mohamed Adel Abdelfattah |
 Ksenia Choucha |
| 2019 | Denis Kim |
Ksenia Levai |
National Team of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | Korea national taekwondo team |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 |
Best Continental Union of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 |  World Taekwondo Africa |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 |
Most Improved MNA of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | Brazilian Taekwondo Federation |
Fair Play Award
| Year | Winner(s) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Mahama Cho and  Ruslan Zhaparov |
2019 Grand Prix Series 1 men's +80 kg semi-finals |
Ceremonies
The ceremonies are typically held one day after the annual Grand Prix final, and hosted in the same city.
| Edition | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 December 2014 | Centro de Congresos Queretaro, Querétaro |
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| 2 | 7 December 2015 | Mexico National Theater, Mexico City |
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| 3 | 11 December 2016 | Badamdar Hotel, Baku |
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| 4 | 4 December 2017 | Radisson Blue Hotel, Abidjan |
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| 5 | 23 November 2018 |  Fujairah National Theater, Fujairah |
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| 6 | 7 December 2019 | Lotte Plaza Hotel, Moscow |
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