Who is the current Tae Kwon Do world champion 2013?

Answer 1

• Roberto "Kitoy" Cruz is the most bemedalled Taekwondo player in international competition for the Philippines. He competed in the 1990s and was at the tail-end of a long illustrious career when he competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. (where Taekwondo first became a medal sport) This was before the onset of YouTube and Social Networking when very few videos were publicly shared. As such, a lot of the younger generation of Taekwondo Practitioners are unfamiliar with this player's many exploits. Long before John Paul "Japoy" Lizardo the Philippines was fortunate to have Roberto "Kitoy" Cruz. Listed are some of his international achievements:
  • 3 Time Silver Medalist - 12th, 13th & 14th - 1995, 1997 & 1999 World Taekwondo Championships
  • Bronze Medalist - 15th 2001 World Taekwondo Championships
  • Bronze Medalist - 1998 & 2001 World Cup Taekwondo Championships
  • 2 Time Silver Medalist - 11th, 12th: 1994, 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships
  • 6 Time Gold Medalist - South East Asian Games (Biennial Games 1991-2001)
• Monsour del Rosario (b. May 11, 1965) is a Filipino taekwondo champion who has also starred in several Filipino and international action films. He earned a gold medal in the 14th and 15th Southeast Asian Games (1987 & 1989).
• Arnold Baradi- Gold Medalist = 6th Asian Taekwondo Championships (1984)
• Arnold Ilagan Atienza (born September 29, 1972) (age 36) was appointed as Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2005. first gaining fame as a gold medalist for the Philippines taekwondo national team in the 1990s
• Donald David Geisler III (born October 6, 1978) is a Filipino taekwondo athlete of German-American descent, who represented thePhilippines in the Olympics in the years 2000 and 2004. His last international bout was in 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in Pasay City, Philippines winning him a gold medal in the men's lightweight category.
• Eufreshnee Charisse Catalan (US Open Taekwondo Championship Gold Medalist)

Answer 2

The taekwondo champions are the 16 men and women who won the final matches in their weight class at the most recent Taekwondo World Championship. The Taekwondo World Championships are held every two years. The most recent championship was held in Copenhagen in October 2009. The champions were:

Men

• Finweight (-54 kg) Choi Yeon-Ho
• Flyweight (-58 kg) Joel González
• Bantamweight (-63 kg) Yeom Hyo-Seob
• Featherweight (-68 kg) Mohammad Bagheri
• Lightweight (-74 kg) Kim Joon-Tae
• Welterweight (-80 kg) Steven López
• Middleweight (-87 kg) Bahri Tanrıkulu
• Heavyweight (+87 kg) Daba Modibo Keïta

Women

• Finweight (-46 kg) Park Hyo-Ji
• Flyweight (-49 kg) Brigitte Yagüe
• Bantamweight (-53 kg) Danielle Pelham
• Featherweight (-57 kg) Hou Yu
• Lightweight (-62 kg) Lim Su-Jeong
• Welterweight (-67 kg) Gwladys Épangue
• Middleweight (-73 kg) Hang Yingying
• Heavyweight (+73 kg) Rosana Simón

Answer 3

The most recent world championship was held October 9-19, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Ballerup Super Arena. Gold medals were awarded in 16 weight classes.

1. Men under 54 (finweight) - Yeon-ho Choi - Korea
2. Men under 58 (flyweight) - Joel Gonzalez Bonilla -Spain
3. Men under 63 (bantamweight) - Hup-seob Yeom - Korea
4. Men under 68 (featherweight) - Mohammad Bagheri Motamed- Iran
5. Men under 74 (lightweight) - Joon-tae Kim - Korea
6. Men under 80 (welterweight) - Steven Lopez - USA
7. Men under 87 (middleweight) - Bahri Tanrikulu - Turkey
8. Men over 87 (heavyweight) - Daba Keita - Mali
9. Women under 46 (finweight) - Hyo-ji Park - Korea
10. Women under 49 (flyweight) - Brigitte Yague Enrique - Spain
11. Women under 53 (bantamweight) - Danielle Pelham - USA
12. Women under 57 (featherweeight) - Yu Hou - China
13. Women under 62 (lightweight) - Su-jeong Lim - Korea
14. Women under 67 (welterweight) - Gwladys Epangue - France
15. Women under 73 (welterweight) - Ying Ying Hang - China
16. Women over 73 (heavyweight) - Rosana Simon Alamo - Spain
    

Team championships were awrded to the Korean men's team and the Chinese women's team.

Answer 4

Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo) won the world flyweight title in 1923.

Answer 5

Japoy lizardo,