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Ukraine's six-time Para-taekwondo world champion Vika Marchuk has added another award to her impressive résumé after receiving the prestigious Merited Master of Sport rank.
Para-taekwondo athlete Antonino Bossolo has been re-elected to the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) Athletes' Commission.
GB Taekwondo has launched a new talent search for Para-athletes, as it looks to scope out potential stars ahead of the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics.
Mexican taekwondo star Juan Diego García has been presented with a 2020 national sports award in the Paralympic category.
South Korean taekwondo fighter Jeonghun Joo has described the prospect of appearing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as a "second chance at life".
World Taekwondo has announced the creation of the Ad-Hoc Para Taekwondo Poomsae Committee to assist with the development of the discipline for athletes with impairments.
British Para-taekwondo athlete Amy Truesdale is determined to write her name in the history books when the sport makes its Paralympic Games debut next year.
The first series of online World Para Taekwondo classifier certification courses is to begin in September.
Para-taekwondo world champion Li Yujie says the sport has given her strength to live life confidently and embrace her disability.
Para-taekwondo athlete Elliott Loonstra discussed his experiences as the sole representative of Aruba at events such as the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima.
Para-taekwondo athletes from the Americas came together to take part in an online training event.
Bahrain has celebrated the country's first major Para-taekwondo gold medal.
Parapan American Games taekwondo champion Nathan Torquato revealed he is "confident" of a gold medal at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Para-taekwondo athlete Ayse Dudu Karatay has said the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has not affected her negatively during the COVID-19 pandemic.
British Para-taekwondo athlete Matt Bush has been working to keep the food supply running in his hometown of St Clears during the coronavirus pandemic - and training from home when the opportunity allows.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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