Kunwar has been credited for the development of Para-taekwondo in Nepal, with the nation having recently secured medals at a series of international events.

Under Kunwar’s tutelage his brother Yadav has won silver and bronze medals at World Championships.

Sita Bhandari also secured a bronze medal at the Open European Para-taekwondo Championship in Poland last year.

Kunwar is optimistic the progression will continue towards the Paralympic Games, with his primary aim to assist the country’s athletes to qualify.

"My main target is to get my players selected for the Tokyo Paralympic Games through qualification and guide at least one of them to a medal," he told the Himalayan Times.

"And that will be the best moment of my life as well as for the players and the nation."

Kunwar added: "If players do hard work, they can achieve accolades in the discipline as Nepali players have high chances of playing in international events.

"Actually, Nepali players need to beat four to five opponents to get selected for the international events as there are few players in the country.

"Similarly, players can win international medals by winning a couple of fights."

The sport was added to the Paralympic Games programme in 2015, with taekwondo joining badminton in making their debuts in the Japanese capital.

It was confirmed last month that taekwondo will have six Paralympic medal events at Tokyo 2020.