2026 World Junior Taekwondo Championships Conclude in Tashkent

In the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, at the modern “Martial Arts Sports Complex” in Olympic City, the 2026 World Junior Taekwondo Championships (G-4 category) have come to an end. The tournament took place from April 12 to 17 and brought together hundreds of the world’s strongest young athletes, showcasing a high level of competition and introducing new names of future stars.

Results of the 2026 World Junior Taekwondo Championships

Women -42 kg (49 participants)
LEE Geunmi (KOR)
KALOGIROU Paraskevi (GRE)
TAHMASEBI Bahar (IRI)
KASZKOWIAK Lena (POL)

Men -45 kg (47 participants)
PICHAISONGKRAM Kanbusakorn (THA)
KAMALOV Tamerlan (RUS)
KHOLMURATOV Sho (UZB)
KAP Utku (TUR)

Women -44 kg (45 participants)
SERIKBAYEVA Aiym (KAZ)
PONCE NUNEZ Darah Shirley (MEX)
UGLESIC Petra (CRO)
BEDOUEL Layna (FRA)

Men -48 kg (48 participants)
ODILOV Yosinbek (UZB)
AL-YUSUFI Dawood Fahad (OMA)
SHAHEEN Abdullah (JOR)
YERZAT Yerassyl (KAZ)

Women -46 kg (49 participants)
WANG Chieh-Ling (TPE)
BYSTROVA Elizaveta (RUS)
PEEVA Deya (BUL)
MALENKO Olha (UKR)

Women -49 kg (48 participants)
LEE Siwoo (KOR)
LI Mixue (CHN)
EBRAHIMIAN Helia (IRI)
NINIC Tina (SRB)

Men -55 kg (53 participants)
KHODAEI Mohammad Erfan (IRI)
SOKOLOWSKI Antoni (POL)
MEDETBAY Islam (KAZ)
KILIC Abdurrahman Yilmaz (TUR)

Men -59 kg (59 participants)
CORTES LABASTIDA Guillermo Manuel (MEX)
HA Ji Woong (KOR)
CHEBLI Zineddine (CAN)
HASNAOUI Adam (TUN)

Women -55 kg (47 participants)
LIU Zixuan (CHN)
UGLESIC Klara (CRO)
RAMAZANOVA Aminat (RUS)
HANY OMAR Hala (EGY)

Men -63 kg (53 participants)
HOUSHYAR Parsa (IRI)
ROSEMOND Nolhan (FRA)
IVANOVIC Sergej (SRB)
JI Youngjin (KOR)

Women -59 kg (39 participants)
REN Kunyue (CHN)
SEYHOGLU Cansu (TUR)
LOTFIZADEH Pinar (IRI)
MOHAMMED ESSAM EL DIN Salma (EGY)

Men -68 kg (44 participants)
ISMAILOV Ismail (RUS)
NABIEV Ayyubkhon (UZB)
HOLJEVIC Karlo (CRO)
ALIDAR Abdukarimov (KAZ)

Men -73 kg (45 participants)
SOLTANIAN Benyamin (IRI)
AHN Seung Min (KOR)
HODYMA Roman (UKR)
IMAMOGLU Ercan Berk (TUR)

Women -68 kg (36 participants)
SRHOJ Maja (CRO)
ZECIROVIC Ema (SRB)
MORA DOMINGUEZ Paula (ESP)
ABDULGALIMOVA Milana (RUS)

Men -78 kg (37 participants)
ADZHIEV Bashir (RUS)
ALADE Joshua (USA)
YANG Ren-You (TPE)
JANG Jun Won (KOR)

Women +68 kg (33 participants)
ZARRINKAMAR ROUDBARI Hana (IRI)
BINOVA Alice (CZE)
ZIZIC Sara (CRO)
ZHANG Zi Yun (TPE)

Men +78 kg (34 participants)
EOM Simok (KOR)
PAK Alisher (UZB)
GIANNOUCHIDIS Petros (GRE)
DAR ALI Mohmmad (JOR)

Performance of Armenian Athletes

The Armenian national team was represented by three athletes, but the tournament turned out to be unsuccessful for them. All participants were eliminated in the early stages, losing in their first bouts:

• David Danielyan (45 kg)
• Narek Mnatsakanyan (48 kg)
• Artur Parsadanyan (59 kg)