# Taekwondo at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Taekwondo made its debut as an Asian Para Games sport during the 2022 version of the games, held in Hangzhou, China. 77 fighters from 17 nations took part in the competition, fighting in ten weight categories. Competitors qualified under the K44 designation, which includes athletes with unilateral arm amputation or similar imparemnet, or loss of toes affecting the ability to lift the heel.
Before the tournament, Uzbekistan, Iran and Mongolia were favourites to win medals. By the end of the tournament, Iran had won the most medals, followed by China and Uzbekistan, with Mongolia coming fourth. Nepal’s Palesha Goverdhan claimed her country’s first ever international medal in Taekwondo, winning a bronze medal in the women’s 57kg class.

## Gold medal matches

In the men’s K44 58kg final, Taiwan’s Xiao Xiang-wen defeated Japan’s Mitsuya Tanaka by 27-11.
In the men’s K44 63kg final Mongolia’s Ganbat Bolor-Erdene defeated Iran’s Saeid Sadeghianpour by 6-2.
In the men’s K44 70kg final, Iran’s Mehdi Pourrahnama defeated China’s Shihe Chen by 16-3.
In the men’s K44 80kg final, Korea’s Joo Jeong-hun defeated Iran’s Alireza Bakht.
In the men’s K44 +80kg final, Iran’s Hamed Haghshenas defeated Kazakhstan’s Nyshan Omirali.
In the women’s 47kg final, Thailand’s Khwansuda Phuangkitcha defeated Uzbekistan’s Ziyodakhon Isakova by 7-4.
In the women’s 52kg final, China’s Shao Qian defeated Mongolia’s Surenjav Ulambayar.
In the women’s 57kg final, Roza Ebrahimi defeated Kazakhstan’s Kamilya Dosmalova by 34-15.
In the women’s 65kg final, China’s Yao Yinan defeated Iran’s Romina Chamsouraki.
In the women’s +65kg final, Uzbekistan’s Guljonoy Naimova defeated Iran’s Leila Mirzaei.

## Nations

Source:
* Afghanistan (3)
* Bahrain (1)
* China (11)
* India (4)
* Iran (10)
* Iraq (2)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (9)
* South Korea (5)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Nepal (1)
* Mongolia (4)
* Philippines (1)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Thailand (4)
* Uzbekistan (9)
* Vietnam (1)

## Entries

Source:
| Events | M/W 1 | M/W 2 | M/W 3 | M/W 4 | M/W 5 |
| Men's | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Women's | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

## Athletes

Source:

## Medal table

Source:
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

## Medalists

Source:

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 58 kg | Xiao Xiang-wen Chinese Taipei | Mitsuya Tanaka Japan | Thanwa Kaenkham Thailand |
| 58 kg | Xiao Xiang-wen Chinese Taipei | Mitsuya Tanaka Japan | Sanjarbek Mukhtorov Uzbekistan |
| 63 kg | Ganbatyn Bolor-Erdene Mongolia | Saeid Sadeghianpour Iran | Tanapan Sotthiset Thailand |
| 63 kg | Ganbatyn Bolor-Erdene Mongolia | Saeid Sadeghianpour Iran | Kudratjon Haydarov Uzbekistan |
| 70 kg | Mahdi Pourrahnama Iran | Chen Shihe China | Shunsuke Kudo Japan |
| 70 kg | Mahdi Pourrahnama Iran | Chen Shihe China | Javokhir Alikulov Uzbekistan |
| 80 kg | Joo Jeong-hun South Korea | Alireza Bakht Iran | Nurlan Dombayev Kazakhstan |
| 80 kg | Joo Jeong-hun South Korea | Alireza Bakht Iran | Asadbek Toshtemirov Uzbekistan |
| +80 kg | Hamed Haghshenas Iran | Nyshan Omirali Kazakhstan | Alisher Garipollayev Kazakhstan |
| +80 kg | Hamed Haghshenas Iran | Nyshan Omirali Kazakhstan | Asadbek Anvarov Uzbekistan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 47 kg | Khwansuda Phuangkitcha Thailand | Ziyodakhon Isakova Uzbekistan | Aruna Tanwar India |
| 47 kg | Khwansuda Phuangkitcha Thailand | Ziyodakhon Isakova Uzbekistan | Maryam Abdollahpour Iran |
| 52 kg | Shao Qian China | Surenjav Ulambayar Mongolia | Narges Javadi Iran |
| 52 kg | Shao Qian China | Surenjav Ulambayar Mongolia | Mahdiyeh Sadat Hosseini Iran |
| 57 kg | Roza Ebrahimi Iran | Kamilya Dosmalova Kazakhstan | Li Yujie China |
| 57 kg | Roza Ebrahimi Iran | Kamilya Dosmalova Kazakhstan | Palesha Goverdhan Nepal |
| 65 kg | Yao Yinan China | Romina Chamsouraki Iran | Mariam Salimgereeva Kazakhstan |
| 65 kg | Yao Yinan China | Romina Chamsouraki Iran | Kim Won-seon South Korea |
| +65 kg | Guljonoy Naimova Uzbekistan | Leila Mirzaei Iran | Tang Qi China |
| +65 kg | Guljonoy Naimova Uzbekistan | Leila Mirzaei Iran | Pan Lianhua China |

## Ranking

Source: