Historic result at the TI World Championships

An 8-person Krakowskie Centrum Taekwon-do team achieved the best result in its history at the Tae Kwon-Do International World Championships, held on 16 and 17 July 2016 in Birmingham, England. Karolina Nowak, Jakub Włodarz and Mateusz Kucharz individually won the titles of World Vice-Champions!

The Tae Kwon-Do International World Championships are the most difficult event in which our club’s competitors take part. They are held every 2 or 3 years. More than 2,000 competitors took part in this year’s edition, including a Polish team numbering several dozen people. Our club was represented by 8 competitors under the leadership of coach Mikołaj Kotowicz.

Each of our competitors put in an excellent performance. In addition to individual successes, we also won medals in the tag team events. In the most important event—the national team fights—the core of both the men’s and women’s Polish teams consisted of our competitors. Here are all the results of our club team:

Individually:

Jakub Włodarz

– 2nd place, senior black belt point stop sparring -76 kg

Karolina Nowak

– 2nd place, senior black belt continuous sparring -55 kg

Karolina Czech

– 3rd place, senior black belt continuous sparring -67 kg

Mateusz Kucharz

– 2nd place, junior blue/red belts point stop sparring +152 cm

Dobrochna Dolicka

– quarter-final, senior black belt continuous sparring -55 kg

Mateusz Dylawerski

– quarter-final, senior black belt continuous sparring -70 kg

Mateusz Kopciński

– quarter-final, senior red belt continuous sparring +80 kg

Tag team

Adam Zięba, Jakub Włodarz, Mateusz Dylawerski

– 3rd place, senior black belt tag team sparring

Mateusz Kucharz

– 3rd place, junior blue/red belt tag team sparring

National teams

Poland (KCT representatives: Adam Zięba, Mateusz Dylawerski, Jakub Włodarz)

– 2nd place, senior black belt sparring

Poland (KCT representatives: Karolina Nowak, Karolina Czech)

– 3rd place, senior black belt sparring.