Para taekwondo

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Para taekwondo

World Para Taekwondo Logo
Highest governing body	World Taekwondo (WT)
First World Para Taekwondo Championship	2009
Characteristics
Contact	WT Lausanne Office
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide
Paralympic	2020 Tokyo Paralympic

Para taekwondo is an adaptation of taekwondo for disabled sportspeople. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT). New disciplines such as kyorugi and poomsae, both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes.^[1] On January 31, 2017, Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly^[2] the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC.