Formation 1978 Legal status Federation Region served United States | Type Sports association Location United States Founded 1978 | |
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Purpose Development of Taekwondo as a sport in United States Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Similar United States Olympic, United States Bobsled, United States Fencing, USA Volleyball, USA Softball Profiles | ||
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USA Taekwondo (USAT) is the national governing body (NGB) of Taekwondo for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and thus the United States's official Member National Association of the World Taekwondo Federation USAT has complete authority over all decisions regarding US national junior and senior team selections for World Taekwondo Federation events, including the Summer Olympic Games Taekwondo competition event.
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History
The group formed in the 1970s as the AAU National Taekwondo Association, but later broke away from the AAU and created the United States Taekwondo Union (USTU). In 2005, its name changed again to USA Taekwondo after the USOC took over the governance of the USTU in 2004. In 2006, the first USAT Board of Directors was elected by the membership.
The headquarters of USAT is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Leadership
USA Taekwondo in the Olympic Games
During its history many athletes representing the USAT at the Olympics have been successful at obtaining medals.
1988 – Seoul, South Korea (Demonstration Sport)
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1992 – Barcelona, Spain (Demonstration Sport)
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2000 – Sydney, Australia
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2004 – Athens, Greece
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2008 - Beijing, China
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2012 - London, England
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