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Nepal Taekwondo Association - NTA
नेपाल तेक्वान्दो संघ (एन.टि.ए)
PurposeTaekwondo and Para Taekwondo
HeadquartersLalitpur Nepal, Satdobatol
Location
  • International Sports Complex, Satdobato Lalitpur, Nepal
Region served
Nepal wide
Membership
1983 in World Taekwondo, and NSC
Official language
Nepali and English
President
Prakash Shumsher Rana
Websitetaekwondonepal.org.np

The Nepal Taekwondo Association (NTA) (Nepali: नेपाल तेक्वान्दो संघ (एन.टि.ए)) is the governing body of Taekwondo and Para Taekwondo in Nepal. NTA Organizing national and international competitions and making national taekwondo players participate in international level competitions. Also, the Nepal Taekwondo Association will encourage the development and expansion of Taekwondo in the Schools and Dojangs of the districts under the provinces of Nepal. The organisation was founded in 1983 as the Nepal Taekwondo Association and became affiliated with National Sports Council (Nepal) and World Taekwondo in 1983. The current President of NTA is Prakash Shumsher Rana. Its current headquarters is located in the International Sports Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal.[1]

Nepali Taekwondo History[edit]

Nepal Taekwondo was also taken as a discipline in 1983 by the late Sharad Chandra Shah, member secretary of the National Sports Council (Nepal) under two Martial Arts Associations.

Before that, at the initiative of Grand Master Deep Raj Gurung, the founder of Taekwondo and currently the General Secretary of Nepal Taekwondo Association, he performed Taekwondo in public for the first time, and then he gave Taekwondo training to a group. At that time, martial arts were not widely available in Nepal.

Similarly, Taekwondo is a martial art and Nepali citizens were banned from practicing or training Taekwondo. Founder Taekwondo Grand Master Deep Raj Gurung, after the successful demonstration of Taekwondo, realized the beneficial aspect of training and introducing Taekwondo to the disciplinary forces ie Nepal Police and Nepal Army. Later it was accepted as a martial art sport discipline open to every Nepalese citizen. In 1983, Nepal Taekwondo Association was duly registered in National Sports Council (Nepal) and World Taekwondo (W.T).

Nepal Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics or Olympian[edit]

S.N Events Player's Name Remarks
1. 1988 Summer Olympics Bidhan Lama and Manbahadur Tamang Bronze Medal and Participated
2. 1992 Summer Olympics Narayan Gurung, Sita Rai and Pramila Thapa Participated
3. 2004 Summer Olympics Sangina Baidya Participated
4. 2008 Summer Olympics Deepak Bista Participated
5. 2016 Summer Olympics Nisha Rawal (taekwondo) Participated

Nepal Parataekwondo at the Summer Paralympics or Paralympian[edit]

S.N Events Player's Name Remarks
1. 2020 Summer Paralympics Palesha Goverdhan Won Repechage match against United States and Serbia athletes (5th Position)

Nepal Taekwondo achievements[edit]

In Olympic Games, World Taekwondo Championships, Asian Games and Asian Taekwondo Championships.

S.N Events Player's Name Remarks
1. 1988 Summer Olympics Bidhan Lama Bronze Medal
2. 1987 World Taekwondo Championships Bidhan Lama Bronze Medal
3. 1989 World Taekwondo Championships Sita Kumari Rai Bronze Medal
4. 1986 Asian Games Bidhan Lama, Raj Kumar Rai, Ram Bahadur Ghachhe and Raj Kumar Buchhe 4 Bronze Medals
5. 1994 Asian Games Man Bahadur Shahi Bronze Medal
6. 1998 Asian Games Sabita Rajbhandari, Sapana Malla and Kishor Shrestha 1 Silver Medal and 2 Bronze Medals
7. 2002 Asian Games Renuka Magar, Ritu Jimee Rai and Deepak Bista 3 Bronze Medals
8. 2006 Asian Games Deepak Bista, Manita Shahi and Ayasha Shakya 3 Bronze Medals
9. 1986 Asian Taekwondo Championships Mohan Kumar Rai Bronze Medal
10. 1988 Asian Taekwondo Championships Bidhan Lama, Sima Khadka, Sita Kumari Rai, Rita Shrestha, Mira Thapa, Laxmi Gurung and Manju Tuladhar 1 Silver Medal and 6 Bronze Medals
11. 1990 Asian Taekwondo Championships Narayan Gurung and Sita Kumari Rai 2 Bronze Medals
12. 1992 Asian Taekwondo Championships Sita Kumari Rai Bronze Medal
13. 1994 Asian Taekwondo Championships Sangina Baidya Silver Medal
14. 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships Sangina Baidya Gold Medal
15. 2000 Asian Taekwondo Championships Sangina Baidya and Renuka Magar 2 Bronze Medals
16. 2004 Asian Taekwondo Championships Renuka Magar Silver Medal

Nepal ParaTaekwondo achievements[edit]

In Paralympic Games, World Para Taekwondo Championships, Asian Para Games and Asian Para Taekwondo Championships.

S.N Events Player's Name Remarks
1. 2013 World Para Taekwondo Championships, Switzerland Yadav Kunwar Bronze Medal
2. 2014 World Para Taekwondo Championships, Russia Yadav Kunwar Silver Medal
3. 2015 Asian Para Taekwondo Championships, Taiwan Arun Shakya Bronze Medal
4. 2016 Asian Para Taekwondo Championships, Philippines Ranjana Dhami, Sita Bhandari and Rohit Hang Rai 1 Silver Medal and 2 Bronze Medals
5. 2016 European Para Taekwondo Championships, Poland Sita Bhandari Bronze Medal
6. 2017 Asian Para Taekwondo Championships, South Korea Ranjana Dhami Bronze Medal
7. 2017 World Para Taekwondo Championships, United Kingdom Ranjana Dhami Bronze Medal
8. 2018 Asian Para Taekwondo Championships, Vietnam Palesha Goverdhan Bronze Medal
9. 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships, Turkey Bikram Shrestha -Poomsae Bronze Medal
10. 2021 Asian Youth Para Games, Bahrain Palesha Goverdhan, Shrijana Ghising, and Bishal Garbuja Gold Medal, Silver Medal and Bronze Medal
11. 2022 World Para Taekwondo Grand Prix, Saudi Arabia Shrijana Ghising Gold Medal
12. 2022 Asian Para Games Palesha Goverdhan Bronze Medal

Executive Board[edit]

Name Officers and members
Prakash Shumsher Rana President
Honorable Krishna Shrestha Vice President
Er.Sanjib Regmi
Harishwor Pokhrel
Dil Bahadur Woli
Nandu Kumar Rai
Bhan Bahadur Chand
Deep Raj Gurung General Secretary
Kasim Miya Treasurer
Shreeman Thapa Magar Member
Rabi Thapa
Koshish Khadka
Madan K.C
Samrajya Bikram Pandey
Nanda Basyal
Guru Prasad Gautam
Bijay Kumar Neupane
Ram Chandra Shrestha
Ram Giri
Maniraj Bista
Manish Joshi
Dwarika Khayargoli
Kumar Lama Ghishing
Sunil Rajkarnikar
Bablu Siwakoti
Rajendra Upreti
Suman Parajuli
Santosh Budhathoki
Hemant Dangi

District Associations[edit]

The following district taekwondo associations are affiliated to the Nepal Taekwondo Association.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "About Us – Nepal Taekwondo Association".


  1. ^ "Korean Ambassador Taekwondo from Tuesday". 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Taekwondo in Nepal is losing its force as players choose migration over medals - OnlineKhabar English News". 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "First phase of Taekwondo Cares Program held in Kaski". 2 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Nepal Taekwondo Association to host women's tournament". 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ "'NTA is the only authorised body in taekwondo'". 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ "'NTA is the only authorised body in taekwondo'". 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Dahal, Singh win NOC Awards". 24 June 2022.
  8. ^ "World Taekwondo opens Regional Training Centre". 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "WTF honours sports minister, others". 4 August 2019.
  10. ^ "NTA acquires land for high altitude training centre". 31 July 2019.
  11. ^ "NTA signs deal with UK Sports". 24 June 2018.
  12. ^ "We are authentic, say NTA officials". 23 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Asiad, SAG medallists rewarded". 27 April 2007.

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