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2015 World Taekwondo Championships

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2015 World Taekwondo Championships
VenueTraktor Ice Arena
LocationRussia Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates12–18 May 2015
Champions
Men Iran
Women South Korea
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The 2015 World Taekwondo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 12 to May 18, 2015.[1] The decision to award the games to Russia was made in 2013 as they out-voted both Vietnam and Brazil.[2][3]

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−54 kg) details
Kim Tae-hun
 South Korea
Stanislav Denisov
 Russia
Venilton Teixeira
 Brazil
Ramnarong Sawekwiharee
 Thailand
Flyweight
(−58 kg) details
Farzan Ashourzadeh
 Iran
Si Mohamed Ketbi
World Taekwondo Federation
Ruslan Poiseev
 Russia
Zhao Shuai
 China
Bantamweight
(−63 kg) details
Jaouad Achab
World Taekwondo Federation
Joel González
 Spain
Abolfazl Yaghoubi
 Iran
Saúl Gutiérrez
 Mexico
Featherweight
(−68 kg) details
Servet Tazegül
 Turkey
Aleksey Denisenko
 Russia
José Antonio Rosillo
 Spain
Shin Dong-yun
 South Korea
Lightweight
(−74 kg) details
Masoud Hajji-Zavareh
 Iran
Nikita Rafalovich
 Uzbekistan
Albert Gaun
 Russia
Ismaël Coulibaly
 Mali
Welterweight
(−80 kg) details
Mehdi Khodabakhshi
 Iran
Damon Sansum
 Great Britain
Aaron Cook
 Moldova
Tahir Güleç
 Germany
Middleweight
(−87 kg) details
Radik Isayev
 Azerbaijan
Jasur Baykuziyev
 Uzbekistan
Vladislav Larin
 Russia
Rafael Alba
 Cuba
Heavyweight
(+87 kg) details
Dmitriy Shokin
 Uzbekistan
Firmin Zokou
 Ivory Coast
Anthony Obame
 Gabon
Robelis Despaigne
 Cuba

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−46 kg) details
Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
Iryna Romoldanova
 Ukraine
Lin Wan-ting
 Chinese Taipei
Iris Sing
 Brazil
Flyweight
(−49 kg) details
Ha Min-ah
 South Korea
Wu Jingyu
 China
Svetlana Igumenova
 Russia
Tijana Bogdanović
 Serbia
Bantamweight
(−53 kg) details
Lim Geum-byeol
 South Korea
Huang Yun-wen
 Chinese Taipei
Ana Zaninović
 Croatia
Andriana Asprogeraka
 Greece
Featherweight
(−57 kg) details
Mayu Hamada
 Japan
Eva Calvo
 Spain
Kimia Alizadeh
 Iran
Edina Kotsis
 Hungary
Lightweight
(−62 kg) details
İrem Yaman
 Turkey
Marta Calvo
 Spain
Viktoryia Belanouskaya
 Belarus
Rachelle Booth
 Great Britain
Welterweight
(−67 kg) details
Chuang Chia-chia
 Chinese Taipei
Nur Tatar
 Turkey
Paige McPherson
 United States
Katherine Dumar
 Colombia
Middleweight
(−73 kg) details
Oh Hye-ri
 South Korea
Zheng Shuyin
 China
Jackie Galloway
 United States
Iva Radoš
 Croatia
Heavyweight
(+73 kg) details
Bianca Walkden
 Great Britain
Gwladys Épangue
 France
Nafia Kuş
 Turkey
Olga Ivanova
 Russia

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea4015
2 Iran3025
3 Turkey2114
4 Uzbekistan1203
5 Chinese Taipei1113
 Great Britain1113
7 World Taekwondo Federation1102
8 Thailand1012
9 Azerbaijan1001
 Japan1001
11 Spain0314
12 Russia0257
13 China0213
14 France0101
 Ivory Coast0101
 Ukraine0101
17 Brazil0022
 Croatia0022
 Cuba0022
 United States0022
21 Belarus0011
 Colombia0011
 Gabon0011
 Germany0011
 Greece0011
 Hungary0011
 Mali0011
 Mexico0011
 Moldova0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (30 entries)16163264

Team ranking

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Participating nations

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A total of 872 athletes from 139 nations competed.[4]

  • a Athletes from Belgium competed as World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) due to the suspension of the country's Taekwondo Federation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2015 WTF WORLD TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS (Chelyabinsk, Russia / May 12-18, 2015)". www.worldtaekwondofederation.net. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Russia to Host 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk City". www.worldtaekwondoferderation.net. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ^ "List of All Athletes Ranking" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Belgian suspension from World Taekwondo Federation "nearly solved" reveals Choue". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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