World Taekwondo Gala Awards
| World Taekwondo Gala Awards | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | World Taekwondo |
| First award | 5 December 2014 |
The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
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 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 (taekwondo) |
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 (taekwondo) |
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 (taekwondo) |
| 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 |
|
| 2019 | Russian Taekwondo Federation |
Referee of the Year
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 2014 |  Neydis Tavarez | |
| 2015 | Tarik Benradi |
Kalay Suddai |
| 2016 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
[1] |
| 2 | 7 December 2015 | Mexico National Theater, Mexico City |
[2] |
| 3 | 11 December 2016 | Badamdar Hotel, Baku |
[3][4] |
| 4 | 4 December 2017 | Radisson Blue Hotel, Abidjan |
[5][6] |
| 5 | 23 November 2018 |  Fujairah National Theater, Fujairah |
[7] |
| 6 | 7 December 2019 | Lotte Plaza Hotel, Moscow |
[8][9] |
References
- ↑ "Find out who got the Awards at the Gala Awards Dinner". en.mastkd.com. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ Dec 8, epau84 |; news 1 | 0 |, 2015 | Slide (2015-12-08). "WTF honors top athletes at 2015 Gala as announces Canada 2016 Junior Champs". WTM. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Dec 12, epau84 |; news 1 | 0 |, 2016 | Slide (2016-12-12). "Jones (GBR) and Abughaush (JOR) named Players of the Year". WTM. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "9-13 December 2016 World Taekwondo GP Final and WTF Gala Awards and World Taekwondo Team Championships Baku, Azerbaijan - Taekwondo WTF Centr-Vostok". centrvostok.wtf-vao.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ "OZ". www.oz.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ "Walkden and Lee named Athletes of the Year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards". www.insidethegames.biz. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ Dept, WT Communications (2018-11-24). "Yaman, Lee Named WT's 'Players of the Year' at 5th Annual Gala Awards". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ Dept, WT Communications (2019-12-08). "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ↑ "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". en.mastkd.com. 2019-12-12. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2019-12-19.