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 […]
The G1 Belgian Open Kyorugi and Poomsae & Free Style 2017 took place from March 17th – 19th in Lommel. Thank you to all the teams, athletes, coaches and staff for coming and hope to see you again next year! Information RESULTS G1 KYORUGI – SENIORS (Saturday 18/3) G1 KYORUGI – CADETS & JUNIORS(Sunday […]
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 Taekwondo Federation athletes Raheleh Asemani, Jaouad Achab and Si Mohamed Ketbi participated in their first olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Si Mohamed Ketbi (18) was one of the youngest athletes in his category (-58). Against the much more experienced Safwan Khalil, Ketbi didn’t find the answers and lost 1-8. No chance at repechage because Khalil was […]
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 […]
Next big tournament for the Belgian Taekwondo Federation athletes are the European Championships in Montreux, Switzerland. Nine athletes will respresent Belgium in the battle of the best from Europe. The tournament will start Thursday, 19th of May at the hall Omnisports in Pierrier, Montreux. The tournament will finish Sunday, 22nd of May. LIVE RESULTS Athletes in alphabetical order: Name: Jaouad Achab Weightclass: Men […]
Thanks for coming to the 37th Belgian Open Poomsae & Free Style! This A Class tournament took place in Hasselt on the 1st of May. We guaranteed high quality organization and competition – with only the best international referees worldwide – and high level transparency, fair play & impartiality for the athletes. RESULTS Contact E-mail: belgianopen@taekwondo.be
THANK YOU to all the participating teams, athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors, supporters, volunteers and referees! We hope you had a great tournament and that all the teams reached home safely. Your feedback is always welcome: belgianopen@taekwondo.be You can find all the RESULTS on www.tpss.eu RESULTS This tournament is […]
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 […]
Belgium proved to be taekwondo’s finest at the G8 tournament in Mexico City. The country earned two quotaplaces for the Olympic taekwondo-tournament in Rio De Janeiro 2016. On the first day of this Super Grand Slam in Mexico City Si Mohamed Ketbi (17) got off to a fantastic start in the flyweight-division (-58). The 17-year […]
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 […]
