The Belgian Taekwondo Federation selected the team for the European Championships Taekwondo 2018 in Kazan, Russia. Female: Class – 53 Ohiano Bruno Dufour (ABFT) Class – 57 Raheleh Asemani (VTB) Class -62 Laura Roebben (VTB) Men: Class -54 Martijn Willemsen (VTB) Class -58 Salaheddine Bensalah (VTB) Class -63 Jaouad Achab (VTB) Class -68 Si Mohamed […]
Badr Achab (16), the younger brother from reigning European Champion Jaouad Achab, won the bronze medal at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia. Achab’s adventure finished in the semi-finals after a dramatic one point loss against Iran. Nevertheless, Achab’s bronze medal was iconic in the history of Belgian taekwondo because it was the […]
Early december, only the best of the best gathered in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast, for the Super Grand Prix (G8) in Abdijan. Reigning European Champion Jaouad Achab reached the semi-finals in weightclass -68. In a tensed battle for a spot in the final Russian powerhouse Alexi Denisenko was the better fighter. Achab lost the […]
Raheleh Asemani (27) won a bronze medal in the -57 category at the first edition of the brand new G4 Grand Prix Series in Moscow. Asemani sparkled in the last day of competition in Moscow beating Garcia (Colombia) 25-11, British Rachelle Booth (9-7) and Latvian Inesa Tarvida (13-10). In the semis Korean sensation Lee took […]
NOT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WE HOPED FOR BUT A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR BELGIAN TAEKWONDO Not the results the growing Belgian taekwondo family hoped for at the World Championships Taekwondo 2017 in Korea. Two quarterfinals for Mourad Laachroui (-54) and Jaouad Achab (-63) were the best results for Belgium in Korea. But the future for […]
Team Belgium (men + mixed) won two bronze medals at the World Championship for teams in Baku. The Belgian men were represented by Sala Bensalah, Mourad Laachroui, Jaouad Achab, Si Mohammed Ketbi, Nicholas Corten and Marc-Andre Bergeron. The Canadian native could participate with team Belgium because each country could select one foreign athlete. Belgium won […]
Jaouad Achab won a silver medal in the World Grand Prix Final (G8) in Baku, Azerbeidzjan in weightclass -68. The Belgian superstar took revenge in the semis for his loss against Denisenko at the Rio Olympics. In the final Achab was confronted once again with Korean Lee Daehoon.After a fierce fight Achab lost 4-5 to […]
Belgium rules! After two days of taekwondo at the European Championships in Montreux Belgium is hot. Thursday Mourad Laachroui won gold in the category -54 and a day later Jaouad Achab won the gold in the category -63. Raheleh Asemani won the bronze medal in -57. Team Belgium won it’s first medal on the first […]
Raheleh Asemani qualified as 3th BTF athlete for the Olympic Games. Raheleh, a former national team member of Iran, currently fighting out of Belgium, defeated Finland’s Suvi Mikkonen in the final of the female -57kg category to secure herself a place at the Olympic Games. With Raheleh this is the third athlete who trains and […]
The BTF’s membership application has been received and reviewed by the WTF and from November 2, 2015, the WTF grants Belgian Taekwondo Federation a provisional membership. Belgian Taekwondo Federation now has the right to participate in all WTF events. The membership application for full membership will be put forward for approval of the General Assembly […]
