Pan American Taekwondo Championships

Pan American Taekwondo Championships or simply Pan Am Taekwondo Championships are the American taekwondo senior championships, first held in 1978 in Mexico City.[1] The event is held every two years by the Pan American Taekwondo Union and it's considered by the World Taekwondo as the continental tournament and a Grade 4 tournament for the world and olympic rankings.[2]

Pan American Taekwondo Championships
Current event or competition:
2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
DisciplineTaekwondo
Typekyourugui, biennial
OrganiserPan American Taekwondo Union (PATU)
History
First edition1978 in Mexico City, Mexico
Editions20 (2018)

The championships should not be confused with:

  • the Pan American Games taekwondo competitions, which form part of a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition.
  • the ITF Pan American Taekwondo Championships, a championships organised by the International Taekwondo Federation.[3]

List of tournaments

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Number Edition Host city and country Men's champion Women's champion Events
1 1978 () Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico N/A 8
2 1982 () Ponce, Puerto Rico  United States  United States 16
3 1984 () Paramaribo, Suriname  United States N/A 8
4 1986 () Guayaquil, Ecuador  United States  United States 16
5 1988 () Lima, Peru  Canada  United States 16
6 1990 () Bayamón, Puerto Rico  Canada  United States 16
7 1992 () Colorado Springs, United States  Mexico  Mexico 16
8 1994 () Heredia, Costa Rica  Mexico  Mexico 16
9 1996 () Havana, Cuba  Cuba  United States 16
10 1998 () Lima, Peru  Mexico  United States 16
11 2000 () Oranjestad, Aruba  United States  United States 16
12 2002 () Quito, Ecuador  Mexico  United States 16
13 2004 () Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  Mexico  United States 16
14 2006 () Buenos Aires, Argentina  Mexico  Canada 16
15 2008 () Caguas, Puerto Rico  Argentina  Canada 16
16 2010 () Monterrey, Mexico  Mexico  Mexico 16
17 2012 () Sucre, Bolivia  United States  United States 16
18 2014 () Aguascalientes, Mexico  Mexico  Canada 16
19 2016 () Queretaro, Mexico  Mexico  Mexico 16
20 2018 () Spokane, United States  Mexico  Brazil 16
21 2020 () 16

References
  1. "Pan American Taekwondo Union History". Pan Am Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. "New Competition Grading to Obtain Ranking Points - en.mastkd.com". en.mastkd.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ITF is a smaller international federation unaffiliated to either WTF or IOC, and competing under slightly modified rules including the wearing of padded gloves and footwear.
  4. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
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