2015 World Taekwondo Championships

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2015 World Championships
2015 World Championships
Host city Russia Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates May 12–18
Stadium Traktor Ice Arena
Champions
Men  Iran
Women  South Korea

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[edit]

Men[edit]

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

Women[edit]

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

Medal table[edit]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea 4 0 1 5
2  Iran 3 0 2 5
3  Turkey 2 1 1 4
4  Uzbekistan 1 2 0 3
5  Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3
 Great Britain 1 1 1 3
7  Belgium 1 1 0 2
8  Thailand 1 0 1 2
9  Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1
 Japan 1 0 0 1
11  Spain 0 3 1 4
12  Russia 0 2 5 7
13  China 0 2 1 3
14  France 0 1 0 1
 Ivory Coast 0 1 0 1
 Ukraine 0 1 0 1
17  Brazil 0 0 2 2
 Croatia 0 0 2 2
 Cuba 0 0 2 2
 United States 0 0 2 2
21  Belarus 0 0 1 1
 Colombia 0 0 1 1
 Gabon 0 0 1 1
 Germany 0 0 1 1
 Greece 0 0 1 1
 Hungary 0 0 1 1
 Mali 0 0 1 1
 Mexico 0 0 1 1
 Moldova 0 0 1 1
 Serbia 0 0 1 1
Total 16 16 32 64

Team ranking[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 WTF WORLD TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS (Chelyabinsk, Russia / May 12-18, 2015)". www.worldtaekwondofederation.net. Retrieved 17 March 2015. 
  2. ^ "Russia to Host 2015 World Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk City". www.worldtaekwondoferderation.net. Retrieved 17 March 2015. 
  3. ^ "List of All Athletes Ranking" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015. 
  4. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). worldtaekwondo2015.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015. 

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