The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was held on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
Winners
Player of the Year YearWinnerMaleFemale2014 Lee Dae-hoon Jade Jones2015 Lee Dae-hoon Wu Jingyu2016 Ahmad Abughaush Jade Jones2017 Lee Dae-hoon Bianca Walkden2018 Lee Dae-hoon İrem Yaman2019 Jang Jun Panipak Wongpattanakit 2022 Simone Alessio Panipak Wongpattanakit 2023 Cheick Sallah Cissé Merve Dinçel 2024 Ulugbek Rashitov Viviana Márton 2025 Henrique Marques Rodrigues Fernandes Sarah Chaâri
Para Athlete of the Year YearWinnerMaleFemale2022 Mahmut Bozteke Meryem Betül Çavdar 2023 Antonino Bossolo Claudia Romero 2024 Imamaddin Khalilov Angélica Espinoza 2025 Ayoub Adouich Li Yujie
Coach of the Year YearWinnerTeam/athlete(s)2014Bang Young-in Mexico national taekwondo team2015 Gulash Alonso Egypt national taekwondo team2016 Reza Mehmandoust Azerbaijan national taekwondo team2017 Dragan Jović Milica Mandić, Tijana Bogdanović, Vanja Stanković (Taekwondo Club Galeb)2018 Ali Şahin Turkey national taekwondo team2019 Reza Mehmandoust Azerbaijan national taekwondo team2022 Dragan Jovic Serbia national taekwondo team2023 Rosendo Alonso France national taekwondo team2024 Yesbul Sultanov Tunisia national taekwondo team2025 Hechmi Jendoubi Tunisia national taekwondo team
Para Taekwondo Coach of the Year YearWinnerTeam/athlete(s)2022 Bobur Kuziev Uzbekistan national taekwondo team2023 Rodrigo Ferla Brazil national taekwondo team2024 Andrew Deer Great Britain national taekwondo team2025 Kabiraj Negi Lama Nepal national taekwondo team
Kick of the Year YearWinner20142015 Aaron Cook2016 Cheick Sallah Cissé2017 Aaron Cook2018 Aaron Cook2019 In Kyo-don 2022 Daniela Souza 2023 Ruth Gbagbi 2024 Park Tae-joon 2025 CJ Nickolas
Member National Association (MNA) of the Year YearWinner2014 Mexican Taekwondo Federation2015 Russian Taekwondo Federation2016 Azerbaijan Taekwondo Federation2017 Korea Taekwondo Association2018 UAE Taekwondo Federation Italian Taekwondo Federation2019 Russian Taekwondo Federation
Referee of the Year YearWinnerMaleFemale2014 Neydis Tavarez 2015 Tarik Benradi Kalay Suddai2016 Kim Song-chul Maria Merkouri2017 Abdelkhalek Chbibi Julie Dib2018 Mohamed Adel Abdelfattah Ksenia Choucha2019 Denis Kim Ksenia Levai
National Team of the Year YearWinner2014201520162017 Korea national taekwondo team20182019
Best Continental Union of the Year YearWinner2014201520162017 World Taekwondo Africa20182019
Most Improved MNA of the Year YearWinner201420152016201720182019 Brazilian Taekwondo Federation
Fair Play Award YearWinner(s)Event201420152016201720182019 Mahama Cho and Ruslan Zhaparov 2019 Grand Prix Series 1 men's +80 kg semi-finals
Ceremonies The ceremonies are typically held one day after the annual Grand Prix final, and hosted in the same city.
EditionDateVenueRef15 December 2014 Centro de Congresos Queretaro, Querétaro27 December 2015 Mexico National Theater, Mexico City311 December 2016 Badamdar Hotel, Baku44 December 2017 Radisson Blue Hotel, Abidjan523 November 2018 Fujairah National Theater, Fujairah67 December 2019 Lotte Plaza Hotel, Moscow
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