Master Rahel Azad (7º Dan)

Personal Information:

Name                           Rahel Azad

Nationality                    Swedish

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Work Experience:

IT - developer since 1999 and owner in 2 IT-consultant companies.

1^st Lieutenant Officer in reserve in the Swedish Army since 1996.

Taekwondo Experience:

Started training Taekwondo in 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden with Grandmaster Lim, Won-Sup

1^st Dan Kukkiwon promotion in 1992

Member of the Swedish national Kyorugi team 1992

Training at Seoul national sports high school 1993

Currently 7th Dan Kukkiwon in 2014

National Kyorugi referee since 1990

First IR Kyorugi seminar in 2005 in Rome, Italy

Referee at U21 European Championships, European championships, World championships etc.

National poomsae referee since 2002

First IR poomsae seminar in 2010 in Astana, Kazakhstan

Instructor for all age groups in Kyorugi, poomsae and technique training since 1992

Kukkiwon 3rd class instructor course in 2004 in Seoul, Korea
Kukkiwon 2nd class instructor course in 2014 in Seoul, Korea

Master Jessica B. Stenholm (7º Dan)

Personal:

Address                      Oslo, Norway

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Languages                  Norwegian, Swedish, German and English

Work                          Bioengineer

Dan-grade                  7^th (No 05004256)

• First and only female to be selected to 2 Olympic Games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and one of the “ Millenium24” for Sydney Olympics.
• Have since then trained and coached one more Norwegian referee to be selected to London 2012 Olympic Games and Best Referee Award at the 9^th WTF World Junior Championship 2012, Egypt.
• Pioneer Master Instructor in Norway. Chief Instructor in Oslo Taekwondo Club since 1982. The first and oldest taekwondo Club in Norway. All instructors with no exception work without pay. After years of hard work the club got the district to build an amazing new 13 million NOK 100 sqm big place for the club to be permanently. 
• Have coached 2 receivers of the Kings Trophy which is the highest honor a Norwegian athlete can achieve in competition. 3 of her students have been selected taekwondo person of the year (once in a lifetime award)
• A role model for women’s taekwondo in Norway for more than 30 years
• One of the first to sit in the official Norwegian Taekwondo Federation after being approved by the National Federation of Sports. Developed Norwegian Referees and responsible for all education since 1992 to 2011.
• Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame Induction as Outstanding Referee and Pioneer Instructor in 2017,

Taekwondo experience:

• Beginning to practice Taekwondo in 1979
• 1^st Dan in 1983, Kukkiwon no 5004256
• National team member (Kyoreugi)
• National referee since 1982 - 2010
• WTF IR 3^rd Class – November 20^th 1991
• WTF IR 2^nd Class – December 30^th 1995
• WTF IR 1^st Class since December 31^st 2000, IR-nr 025-0020
• National technical judge since 1997
• Referee at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
• (Center Referee for Women’s Heavy weight Final between China and Russia)
• Referee at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
• Referee at World Championships 93, 95, 99 Citation best referee
• Referee at World Cup for Teams 2006 - Best Referee
• European Championships since 1991 until 2010
• US open, Korea Open, Europe Cup and major open tournaments since 1991 until 2010

Taekwondo organization:

• Member of Government appointed “Approve committee for full contact sports”
• Member of Ex.Co. for 6 periods
• Norwegian Referee Director since 1992 until 2010
• Chief Instructor of Oslo Taekwondo Club since 1984
• Member and vice chairman of district ex.co for 3 periods
• Member of the first National Women’s committee
• International Representative, Taekwondo
• Member of ETU Referee committee
• Member of WTF Women’s committee

Taekwondo honors:

• Best Referee Award World Championship 1999 Edmonton, Canada
• Best Referee Award World Cup Teams 2006 Bangkok, Thailand
• Citation from WTF – January 6^th 1999
• Citation from Kukkiwon
• Citation from KTA
• Several Korean National Citations
• Taekwondo person of the year in Norway – 2000
• Referee of the year award US Open 2001
• ETU Honors in Gold 2003
• Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame Induction - 2017

Master Abílio Costa (6º Dan)

Personal:

Name                         Abílio Carlos Fernandes Costa

Nationality                  Portuguese

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Languages                  Portuguese, English and Spanish

Dan-grade                  6^th (June 20, 2011), KKW (September 5, 2014)

Education and work:

Education                    Bacharel, Computer Sciences

Work                           Consultor in Weesi, Soluções Informáticas

Taekwondo experience:

Practice Taekwondo since 1986

1^st Dan in 1993

National referee since 1989, A-class since 1995

National technical judge since 1997

Taekwondo Monitor since 1993

Taekwondo Coach level III since 2001

WTF referee, November 2005 (048-0030) – 3^rd class

WTF technical judge, January 2006 (005-0011) – 3^rd class

WTF technical judge, October 2014 (005-0011) – 2^nd class

Taekwondo career:

Taekwondo Instructor in various clubs

Taekwondo Portugal Poomsae Coach from 2005 until 2012

Presence as Head of the team/Coach in:

2005 European poomsae Championship. Turku, Finland

2006 1st Poomsae World Championship, Seoul, South Korea

2007 European Poomsae Championship, Antalya, Turkie

2008 Iberia Cup, Vigo, Galiza, Spain 

2008 3rd World Poomsae Championship - Ankara, Turkie 

2009 European Poomsae Championship - Portimão, Portugal 

2009 4th World Poomsae Championship - Cairo, Egipt

2010 World University Championship - Vigo, Galiza, Spain

2010 5th World Poomsae Championship - Taskent, Ursbequistan

2011 European Poomsae Championship - Genova, Italia

2011 6th World Poomsae Championship - Vladisvostok, Russia

2012 7th World Poomsae Championship - Colombia

Vice Chairman of Poomsae ETU referee Comity, September 2010 – December 2011

Organizer of several International, national taekwondo events

Coach of several athletes that win medals in World, Europeans and Ranking championships.

Taekwondo Educator in several countries

Taekwondo honors:

Seixal City Medal of Merit 3rd Class 

Portugal Federation Medal of Merit 2013

2015 Personality of the Year By Confederação Desporto Portugal recommend by FPT

WTF Kyorugi referee:

Several European Open's

WTF Poomsae judge:

2^nd World Poomsae Championship 2007, Incheon, Korea

4^th World Poomsae Championship 2009, Cairo, Egypt

ETU Poomsae judge:

11^th European Poomsae Championship 2013, Benidorm, Spain

12^th European Poomsae Championship 2015, Serbia

Several ETU A-Class and others events

GM Ji Pyo Lim (7º Dan)

Personal competition results - Poomsae

International Referee Poomsae and Kyorugi

Participated at the first ever international poomsae referee seminar in Korea 2004.

Referee at the Nordic Championships, European Championships, British National Championships, Finnish Open and Belgium Open.

Also Kyorugi I.R. at the European Championships, Nordic Championships and several Europe A-Class

Teaching experience

Taekwondo instructor since 1986. I have teached in Korea, England, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Thailand and Australia with top credentials.

Results Kyorugi for my club

2008 Swedish Kyorugi National Championships - Best Children’s Team and total 3rd Best Team. Between 2007-2009 my club is the best team in East Swedish Federation.

Several national team players with several Swedish and Nordic champions.

Results Poomsae for my club

Poomsae competition in Sweden starts 2004.

My team is still (2015) undefeated champions in Sweden.

Several Swedish and Nordic Champions

My daughter is 5th place in European Championships in Serbia 2015 (In 4/1-final lost to winner Claudia Peters from Germany)

Head Coach Results:

Swedish Poomsae National Team Coach (Dec 2008-May2010)

During my 18 month as coach, the Swedish poomsae team participated in all the championships and did its best result ever in the Swedish history:

• 2009 Nordic Championships in Reykjavik/Iceland
  • 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze - Swedish Team NC best results ever
• 2009 World Championships in Cairo/Egypt
  • One 7th place & two 9th places – Swedish Team WC best result ever
• 2009 European Championships in Portugal
  • Two 7th places – Swedish Team EC best result ever
• 2010 Nordic Championships in Oslo/Norway
  • 5 Gold, 2 silver and three 4th places.
    • Swedish team grabbed the most gold medals of the Nordic countries

Finnish Poomsae National Team Coach (January 2013-July 2015)

• Belgium Open A-Class March 2013
  • Finnish Poomsae National Team does its best A-Class competition ever and win the Trophy as The Best Team
• Spanish Open A-Class April 2013
  • Finnish Poomsae National Team make new A-Class competition record results
• European Championships April 2013
  • New championships results for Finland with five finals
• Nordic Championships May 2013
  • Best Country and new NC record results for Finland
• World Championships Nov 2014
  • Bronze medal (3rd European Junior Male player to grab a WC medal) (Finland’s first ever WC medal in Taekwondo, inclusive Kyorugi)
  • Two 5th place
• European Championships June 2015 (Finland’s best ever Taekwondo results ever. In Poomsae from Rank 20 in Europe to Rank 7)
  • Gold (Frans who grabbed bronze as junior in WC2014 now grab gold as Senior) (Finland Taekwondo first ever championships gold medal in Taekwondo, inclusive Kyorugi)
  • 1 Silver and 2 Bronze (Total 4 medals)
  • Three 5th places

Master José do Carmo (5º Dan)

Personal:

Name                         José do Carmo

Nationality                  Portuguese

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Languages                   Portuguese and English

Dan-grade                   5^th Kukkiwon

Education and work:

Education                    High Scholl in Military Education

Work                           Portuguese Marine Military 1988-

Taekwondo experience:

Practice Taekwondo since 1984

1^st Dan in ??, Kukkiwon no ??

National Coach 2^nd Degree, 2000-

SFOA – Amora, Coach 1990-2004

GDCFF – Fernão Ferro, Coach 2005-2013

CCRVA – Quinta do Conde, Coach 2010-

Associação Taekwondo Setúbal Regional Coach, 1992-2001 with several National Champions.

Associação Taekwondo Lisboa Regional Coach, 2001-2002 Vive National Champion

National Kyorugi Coach 2002-2003

Several National and Regional Champions 1992-2018

Taekwondo career:

Kyorugi Athlete 1986-1996

Kyorugi Athlete in the World Taekwondo Championship Filipinas 1995

Kyorugi Athlete in the European Taekwondo Championship Finland 1996

National Kyorugi Champion 1987-1992-1994-1995-1996

Master Carlos Esteves (4º Dan)

Personal Information:

            Name                         Carlos Esteves

            Nationality                  Germany    

Education and Work:

            Former Taekwondo Coach German Female Selection

Taekwondo Experience:

Practice Taekwondo since 1982

Actually 4^th Dan

Prizes in European Championships (Junior and Senior):

8 Gold medals

3 Silver medals

Olympic Coach in Beijing 2008

Olympic Coach medalist in London 2012

1 Bronze medal with Helena Fromm

Olympic Coach in Rio 2016

IR Olivia Ortiz

IR OLIVIA ORTIZ LEAL

Personal:

Name                    Olivia Ortiz Leal

Nationality            Spanish

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Languages             Spanish, English and French

Dan-grade             3^rd Kukkiwon

Education and Work:

Education             Law Bachelor (Criminology)

                            Business Administration Bachelor

Work                    International Referee World Taekwondo Federation

                            Educational department HanKuk International School

                            International Affairs department Taekwondo Alliance

                            Referee Commission Madrid Federation (Spain)

                           Cofounder FIRST

Taekwondo experience:

Practice Taekwondo in Madrid since 1979

Begin as Referee in Madrid since 1990

Youngest national referee in Spain 1993

Taekwondo Player, 1994-2004

WTF International referee, 2005 – P class

Technical assessor for Finland Olympic delegation, 2011-

Taekwondo career:

Education department and referee committee in Madrid Federation, 1997-

Taekwondo honors:

Awarded best referee of the year in Madrid Federation, 1994

Awarded best referee in Iran Open, 2016

Kyorugi Referee:

Over 300 international events attended including European Championships, G1 and G2 all over the world.

        2016: Awarded best referee in Iran Open

       2017: Member of the referee committee

       2018: Best Referee Award in Korea

Master Raul Passos (5º Dan)

Mestre Raul Passos

Personal:

Name                    Raul Passos

Nationality             Portuguese

Date of birth          March 1^st, 1971

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Languages              Portuguese, Spanish and English

Dan-grade              5^th (June 15^th, 2017)

Education and work

Education               

Taekwondo Professional in Education

Work

Colégio Infantil Circo Mágico, Centro Social São Cristóvão,Escola Primaria EB1Sobral, Escola Primaria EB1 de Lobão, Jardim Infantil Patronato São João de Ver, Escola Primaria EB1 de São João de Ver, Infantário Nossa Senhora do Sameiro, Associação Desportiva de Grijó.

Taekwondo experience:

National 3rd Level Coach FPT – IPDJ

4th Dan Kukkiwon - 2013

3^rd Class Taekwondo Master Qualifying Course of the WTA 2013 (Vienna)

Coach in “Campamento Sueño Olímpico Galicia” in Spain, 2009 – 2017

Portuguese Invited Coach in “Convenção Mundial de Taekwondo” in México (Merida – Yucatan) 2016 / 2017 / 2018

Co-Author of “ABC do Taekwondo” (2 to 6 years)

Certified Representative and Trainer of “101 Jogos Aplicados ao Taekwondo” in Portugal

Oporto Association Cadets Coach, 2015 - 2017

Oporto District Poomsae Champion, 2014 / 2015 / 2016

National Poomsae Bronze Medallist, 2015