Registration for this year’s European Para-Taekwondo Championships in Warsaw is now open ©EPTU

Registration for this year’s European Para-Taekwondo Championships in Warsaw is now open.

The fifth edition of the event, scheduled to take place on September 16, will be open to athletes from across the world.

European participants in Kyorugi (K40) will have the opportunity to earn G4 world ranking points, while non-European participants will be awarded G2 world ranking points.  

For the first time, the Championships will feature a Poomsae programme with P20 (intellectually impaired) and P30 (motor impaired) athletes competing in Poland’s capital.

Organised by the Polish Taekwondo Federation and promoted by the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) and the European Para-Taekwondo Union, the Championships is recognised by the World Taekwondo Federation.

Para-taekwondo has been included on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme ©EPTU/Facebook
Para-taekwondo has been included on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme ©EPTU/Facebook

Registration is open until August 15 and can be accessed by clicking here.

Last month, ETU President Sakis Paragalos led a delegation to Ulyanovsk to discuss the development of Para-taekwondo in Russia and Europe.

He was joined by ETU vice-president Fred Buitenhuis and deputy secretary general Constantin Apostol on the trip to the city located on the Volga River, 893 kilometres east of Moscow.

Ulyanovsk may host the sixth edition of the European Para-Taekwondo Championships.

The sport is building to its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020.