World Taekwondo Gala Awards

Award ceremony

World Taekwondo Gala Awards

Presented by| World Taekwondo
First awarded| 5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)

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.

## Ceremonies

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The ceremonies are typically held one day after the annual Grand Prix final and hosted in the same city.

Edition  | Date  | Venue  | Ref

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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]

## Winners

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### Player of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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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

### Kick of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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2014  |
2015  |  Aaron Cook
2016  |  Cheick Sallah Cissé
2017  |  Aaron Cook
2018  |  Aaron Cook
2019  |  In Kyo-don

### Fair Play Award

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Year  | Winner(s)  | Event

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2014  |  |
2015  |  |
2016  |  |
2017  |  |
2018  |  |
2019  |  Mahama Cho and  Ruslan Zhaparov |  2019 Grand Prix Series 1 men's +80 kg semi-finals

### Coach of the Year

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Year  | Winner  | Team/Athlete(s)

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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

### Member National Association (MNA) of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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2014  |  Mexican Taekwondo Federation
2015  |  Russian Taekwondo Federation
2016  |  Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation
2017  |  Korea Taekwondo Association
2018  |

UAE Taekwondo Federation
Italian Taekwondo Federation

2019  |  Russian Taekwondo Federation

### Referee of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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Male  | Female
2014  |  Neydis Tavarez
2015  |  Tarik Benradi  |  Kalay Suddai
2016  |  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

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Year  | Winner

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2014  |
2015  |
2016  |
2017  |  Korea national taekwondo team
2018  |
2019  |

### Best Continental Union of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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2014  |
2015  |
2016  |
2017  |  World Taekwondo Africa
2018  |
2019  |

#### Most Improved MNA of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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2014  |
2015  |
2016  |
2017  |
2018  |
2019  |  Brazilian Taekwondo Federation

## References

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1. ^ "Find out who got the Awards at the Gala Awards Dinner". en.mastkd.com. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
2. ^ 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)
3. ^ 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)
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "OZ". www.oz.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
6. ^ "Walkden and Lee named Athletes of the Year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards". www.insidethegames.biz. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". en.mastkd.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-19.

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