Taekwondo

Taekwondo

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Hall of Fame

1996

1990

1992

1992

1986

Seo Sung-Kyo

Jae-Hoon Lee

Elena Benítez

Jung Myoung-sook

Chin Yu-Fang

Taekwondo

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Hall of Fame

2014

2023

Nafia Kuş

Merve Dinçel

Jae-Hoon Lee (CAN)

FISU Achievements:

• Won bronze at the 1992 FISU World University Games in Guadalajara City (Mexico)

Career Highlights:

• Won three gold medals at the Pan American Taekwondo Championships between 1988 and 1992
• Won a gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana (Cuba) in the –76 kg category

Jung Myoung-sook (KOR)

FISU Achievements:

• Won gold at the 1996 FISU World University Games in St. Petersburg (Russia)

Career Highlights:

• Won gold in heavyweight at the 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998 World Taekwondo Championships

Seo Sung-Kyo (KOR)

FISU Achievements:

• Won gold at the 1990 FISU World University Games in Santander (Spain)

Career Highlights:

• Won gold at the 1992 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in the –54 kg category
• Won gold at the 1994 World Cup in George Town (Cayman Islands) in the –54 kg category

Chin Yu-Fang (TWN)

FISU Achievements:

• Won bronze in 1986 at the FISU World University Games in Berkeley (USA)

Career Highlights:

• Won gold at the 1986 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Darwin (Australia) and silver in 1988 in Kathmandu (Nepal) in the –43 kg category
• Won gold medal in finweight at the 1989 World Taekwondo Championships in Seoul (Korea)

Nafia Kuş (TUR)

FISU Achievements:

• Won gold in 2014 at the FISU World University Games in Honhot (China)

Career Highlights:

• Won a lot of medals and several gold medals in different competitions over the past few years for example gold at the 2014 European Junior Championship in Innsbruck (Austria), gold at the 2015 Dutch Open Tournament in Eindhoven (Netherlands) and gold at the 2020 German Open Tournament in Hamburg (Germany) in the –73 kg category

Elena Benítez (ESP)

FISU Achievements:

• Won gold at the 1992 FISU World University Games in Guadalajara City (Mexico)

Career Highlights:

• Won gold in welterweight at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships
• Won bronze at the 1986 and 1990 European Taekwondo Championships, silver in 1994 and 2000, gold in 1996 and 1998

Merve Dinçel (TUR)

FISU Achievements:

• Won silver at the 2023 FISU World University Games in Chengdu (China)

Career Highlights:

• Won gold at the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in the –49 kg category
• Won gold in the 2022 European Championships held in Manchester (UK) in the –49 kg category
• Won gold at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Orran (Algeria) in the –49 kg category