2015 World Taekwondo Championships

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]

2015 World Taekwondo Championships
VenueTraktor Ice Arena
LocationRussia Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates12–18 May 2015
Champions
Men Iran
Women South Korea
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Medal summary

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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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