Choue Chung-won
Dr Choue Chung-won | |
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| President of the World Taekwondo Federation | |
| Assumed office 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Un Yong Kim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1947 |
| Education | Kyung Hee University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Occupation | Taekwondo Administrator |
Choue Chung-won (Korean: 조정원; Hanja: 趙正源), born December 20, 1947, is the President of the World Taekwondo Federation elected since 2004.[1][2]
Career
Choue had been in World Taekwondo since 1999. He started the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation project and had hold various position one as the chairman Board if Trustee of the foundation, he participate and sustained personal investment of international sports and currently he is the Honorary President of the Taekwondo Peace Corps and the Korea Olympic Committee advisor. Choue was since in 2006 president of the GCS International, UN ECOSOC and as the chairman of the Korea Fair Play Committee.[3]
Education
He graduated with a bachelor in Economics from the Kyung Hee University in 1970 and Masters from the Fairleigh Dickinson University for International Politics in 1974. In 1984, he obtained a PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.[4]
Notes
- ^ Matthews, Justin (2019-06-14). "What and who are we if the "Art" in "Martial Art" no longer exists?". TaeKwonDo Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ 유, 지호 (2017-06-23). "S. Korean Choue Chung-won elected to 4th full term as world taekwondo chief". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "Who we are - Dr. Chungwon Choue". THF - Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Chung Won Choue, president of the World Taekwondo Federation. Taekwondo Wiki. 25 November 2020
External links
- "World Taekwondo President Choue hails "historic" joint WT-ITF demonstration". www.insidethegames.biz. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- Seward, Zachary M. (24 June 2017). "World Taekwondo Federation is changing its name because the internet is mean". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-11-25.