2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships

2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships
VenueMoi International Sports Centre
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Dates3-6 December
Competitors452 from 75 nations
Champions
Men Iran
Women Turkey

The 2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships, was the 1st edition of the World U21 Taekwondo Championships, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 6 December 2025.[1][2][3][4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Kenya)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey4206
2 Iran4138
 Individual Neutral Athletes2248
3 Kazakhstan2013
4 South Korea1405
5 Egypt1023
 Morocco1023
7 Tunisia1012
8 Spain0303
9 Greece0145
10 Bulgaria0112
 India0112
12 Haiti0101
13 Brazil0033
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina0022
 Jordan0022
 United States0022
17 Canada0011
 Montenegro0011
 Serbia0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (20 entries)16163264

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
−54 kg Moataz Bellah Asem
 Egypt
Ankit Mer
 India
Hristiyan Georgiev
 Bulgaria
Jaafar Al-Daoud
 Jordan
−58 kg Abolfazl Zandi
 Iran
Magomedgadzhi Magomedov
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Gabriel Fonseca
 Brazil
Konstantinos Dimitropoulos
 Greece
−63 kg Hamza Osman Aydoğan
 Turkey
Stanislav Mitkov
 Bulgaria
Nitesh Singh
 India
Tamirlan Tleules
 Kazakhstan
−68 kg Berkay Erer
 Turkey
Mun Jin-ho
 South Korea
Matin Rezaei
 Iran
Omar Muhamed Fathy
 Egypt
−74 kg Radin Zeinali
 Iran
Ömer Furkan Körpe
 Turkey
Benjamin Husić
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Victor Rodrigues
 United States
−80 kg Amir Reza Gholami
 Iran
Mikel Fernández
 Spain
Isaiah Young
 United States
Raman Turavinau
 Individual Neutral Athletes
−87 kg Batyrkhan Toleugali
 Kazakhstan
Mohammad Alizadeh
 Iran
Vladislav Budin
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Henrique Marques
 Brazil
+87 kg Beibarys Kablan
 Kazakhstan
Yang Jun-young
 South Korea
Amir Mohammad Ashrafi
 Iran
Motaz Ifaoui
 Tunisia

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
−46 kg Alisa Angelova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Lee Yu-min
 South Korea
Vasiliki Papadopoulou
 Greece
Júlia Nazário
 Brazil
−49 kg Milana Bekulova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Kim Hyang‐gi
 South Korea
Andrea Bokan
 Serbia
Nezha Elaasal
 Morocco
−53 kg Mobina Nematzadeh
 Iran
Sıla Uzunçavdar
 Turkey
Ada Avdagić
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Magdalini Klakala
 Greece
−57 kg Amina Dehhaoui
 Morocco
Carla Sesar
 Spain
Hasti Mohammadi
 Iran
Fadia Khirfan
 Jordan
−62 kg Wafa Masghouni
 Tunisia
Elsa Secanell
 Spain
Anastasiia Bannova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Ella Brewster
 Canada
−67 kg Kwak Min-ju
 South Korea
Valeriia Skaprovska
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Andrea Berišaj
 Montenegro
Styliani Marentaki
 Greece
−73 kg Sude Uzunçavdar
 Turkey
Ava Lee
 Haiti
Polina Shvedkova
 Individual Neutral Athletes
Malak El-Hosseiny
 Egypt
+73 kg Begüm Kavukçuoğlu
 Turkey
Agoritsa Kitsiou
 Greece
Imane Khayari
 Morocco
Mariia Kuts
 Ukraine

Team ranking

Awards

Source:[5]

  • Most Valuable Player Men – Abolfazl Zandi (Iran, M -58kg Champion)
  • ⁠⁠Most Valuable Player Women – Milana Bekulova (AIN, W -49kg Champion)
  • Active Participation Award – Kenya
  • ⁠⁠Good Fighting Spirit Award – India
  • ⁠⁠Best Team Coach Men – Majid Aflaki (Iran)
  • Best Team Coach Women – Suat Hastürk (Türkiye)
  • ⁠Best Referee Men – Yohannes Bogale Sima (Ethiopia)
  • Best Referee Women – Dania Gonzalez Cancino (Chile)

References

  1. ^ "World Taekwondo Under‑21 Championships". kenyau21wtchampionship2025.com. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  2. ^ "World Taekwondo U21 Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  3. ^ "Kenya selects squad for Worlds". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  4. ^ "Nairobi to Host the First-Ever World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  5. ^ "Inaugural World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships concludes with Closing Ceremony in Nairobi". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-06.