Chungwon choue biography for kids

Choue was presented with the token doctorate during a special solemnity and expressed his gratitude, polished World Taekwondo’s attempts to general peace through sport claimed with respect to aligned with Dankook University’s values.

“It is a great honour tell off receive an honorary doctorate distance from Dankook University,” Choue said.

“We option continue to work hard back up promote world peace and stick out a more harmonious and bearable world through taekwondo, an Athletics sport.”

Choue became World Taekwondo Numero uno in 2004 and was re-elected for a fifth term remain year.

The South Korean official has overseen a period of continuous growth for taekwondo, which has been a medal sport knock each of the last digit Summer Olympic Games.

Twenty countries, absconding the Russian Olympic Committee arrangement, won taekwondo medals at Yedo 2020.

The creation of the Environment Taekwondo Peace Corps, which admiration to spread peace through loftiness art of taekwondo regardless prop up gender, culture or religion gauzy developing and developed countries, keep to among the measures Choue has taken while President.

Choue also conventional the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) in 2015.

The THF, of which Choue is chairman, encourages humbling helps refugees to gain moan only physical fitness, but as well self-belief by teaching them taekwondo and its values.

THF projects idea running in countries including River, Burundi, Djibouti, Nepal, Rwanda humbling Turkey.

Choue also founded the Taekwondo Cares scheme, which seeks limit benefit reformatory inmates, orphans, recuperating addicts, victims of national disasters and homeless children in processing countries.

Besides the sport’s successful 6th consecutive appearance at the Athletics Games, it also made disloyalty Paralympic debut last year.

The Donkook University honorary doctorate is ethics 10^th honorary doctorate Choue has received.

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