World Taekwondo Grand Prix

The World Taekwondo Grand Prix is a taekwondo competition introduced by the World Taekwondo Federation in 2013 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic taekwondo tournament. It consists of four competitions per year in each Olympic weight category event. Olympic events occur at approximately half the weight classes as WTF-organised tournaments.

World Taekwondo Grand Prix
Current event or competition:
2024 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
Competition details
DisciplineTaekwondo
Typekyourugui
OrganiserWorld Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition2013 in Manchester, United Kingdom
Editions10 (2024)
Most wins South Korea

Venues

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The most common format of the event has been a series of three Grand Prix, followed by a Grand Final. The first Grand Prix in 2013, and the event in 2016, were single leg competitions, while the 2018 edition had a 4th Grand Prix leg before the Grand Final. The original Grand Prix was held in Manchester, England, recognising the sport's popularity in the United Kingdom, and Manchester remains the most visited venue, with 5 Grand Prix events, while the United Kingdom is also the most visited country, with six events. Russia, Mexico and Italy have also hosted multiple legs.

The 2020 event was to be a single event in Cancún, but was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, while the 2021 event was abandoned for the same reason, without being officially arranged. The event returned in Rome for an eighth season in 2022.

Year GP 1 GP 2 GP 3 GP 4 GP Final
2013   Manchester
2014   Suzhou   Astana   Manchester   Querétaro
2015   Moscow   Samsun   Manchester   Mexico City
2016   Baku
2017   Moscow   Rabat   London   Abidjan
2018   Rome   Moscow   Taoyuan   Manchester   Fujairah
2019   Rome   Chiba   Sofia   Moscow
2020   Cancún(Canceled)
2022   Rome   Paris   Manchester   Riyadh
2023   Rome   Paris   Taiyuan   Manchester
2024   Taiyuan
2025   Charlotte   Bangkok   Muju tbd[1]

All-time medal table

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All-time medal count as World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final Manchester 2023

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea534152146
2  China28152871
3  Russia26172467
4  Great Britain24282880
5  Iran13132854
6  Turkey12113255
7  Thailand124319
8  Ivory Coast114924
9  Spain10202050
10  France891734
11  Jordan54716
12  Italy51612
13  Croatia481729
14  Uzbekistan461424
15  Serbia35917
16  Chinese Taipei34916
17  Tunisia34310
18  United States331723
19  Brazil25815
20  Sweden2338
21  Azerbaijan21710
22  Germany2169
23  Poland2136
24  Mexico1101324
25  Egypt16714
26  Belgium15511
27  Canada1359
28  Hungary1214
29  Gabon1124
  Netherlands1124
31  Isle of Man1113
  Norway1113
  Portugal1113
34  Cuba1102
35  Kazakhstan1012
  Individual Neutral Athletes a1012
36  Moldova0314
37  Morocco0123
38  Greece0112
  Slovenia0112
40  Puerto Rico0101
41  Japan0066
42  Argentina0055
43  Australia0044
44  Belarus0033
  North Macedonia0033
46  Ireland0022
47  Colombia0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Dominican Republic0011
  Latvia0011
  Mali0011
  Nigeria0011
  Panama0011
  Ukraine0011
  Vietnam0011
Totals (55 entries)250247427924

Multiple gold medalists

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The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals. As of World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final Manchester 2023

Men
Athlete Country       Total
Lee Dae-hoon   South Korea 12 3 2 17
Cheick Sallah Cissé   Ivory Coast 7 3 6 16
Vladislav Larin   Russia 7 3 0 10
Jang Jun   South Korea 7 2 2 11
Kim Tae-hun   South Korea 6 4 5 15
Aleksey Denisenko   Russia 6 3 1 10
Maksim Khramtsov   Russia 5 4 1 10
In Kyo-don   South Korea 4 6 1 11
Farzan Ashourzadeh   Iran 3 3 2 8
Mehdi Khodabakhshi   Iran 3 1 1 5
Simone Alessio   Italy 3 1 0 4
Women
Athlete Country       Total
Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand 12 2 1 15
Jade Jones   Great Britain 10 7 1 18
Zheng Shuyin   China 8 1 4 13
Luo Zongshi   China 6 1 1 8
Bianca Walkden   Great Britain 5 8 3 16
Kim So-hui   South Korea 5 6 1 12
Wu Jingyu   China 5 2 0 7
Lee Da-bin   South Korea 5 1 5 11
Eva Calvo   Spain 4 3 0 7
Ruth Gbagbi   Ivory Coast 4 1 3 8
Magda Wiet-Henin   France 3 1 4 8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Extraordinary World Taekwondo Council meeting hosted durin." m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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