Event Facts
Manchester: 19 May 2022
EVENT FACTS
- Manchester 2022 is the 25th edition of the European Taekwondo Championships
- The event sets a precedent for the sport as the first major competition with Para taekwondo categories fully integrated into the event programme
- 409 athletes from 51 counties
- 88 Para Taekwondo / 321 G4
- 36 weight categories to be contested
- Second time Manchester has hosted this event – first time in 2012
- 1480 medals awarded since the competition started in 1976
- Spain top the table with 192 medals (61 of these Gold)
- 14 athletes from Ukraine registered to compete in Manchester 2022
- 48 European medallists from Sofia 2021 hoping to retain their titles in 2022
- 15 Gold / 11 Silver / 22 Bronze
- Athletes with the most gold medals awarded in the history of the Championships
- Male – Geremia di Constanzo (ITA) and Joseph Salim (DEN)
- Female – Gwladys Epangue (FR)
- GB athletes Jade Jones is the most awarded athlete competing in this year’s Championships with six European Championship medals in total (3 Gold/1 Silver/2 Bronze)
