On 23 March, the All-Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Tournament in memory of World Champion Danylo Demchyshyn took place in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Taking part in the competition were:
451 competitors (capped capacity)
12 regions of Ukraine 🇺🇦
19 clubs
49 coaches
40 highly qualified umpires
- Chernivtsi Region;
- Zakarpattia Region;
- Zaporizhzhia Region;
- Kirovohrad Region;
- Lviv Region;
- Kharkiv Region;
- Khmelnytskyi Region;
- Poltava Region;
- Ternopil Region;
- Dnipropetrovsk Region;
- Vinnytsia Region;
- Ivano-Frankivsk Region.
The competitors were addressed with welcoming speeches by: Danylo's mother, Tetiana Demchyshyn, Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Martsinkiv, and Danylo's personal coach, Oleh Solovey.
It had been a long time since the Olimp Sports Complex hosted such large-scale competitions: the stands and the sports hall were packed.
During the official opening of the tournament, adult gala finals took place:
- Traditional free sparring (Iv.-Fr.–Kharkiv) – victory went to the Ivano-Frankivsk team (Chekis, Tomenchuk);
- Weight category -60 kg: Daryna Korolovych (Uzhhorod) vs Hulnara Ofitserova (Kharkiv), won by Daryna Korolovych;
- Weight category -63 kg: Denys Lypovetskyi (Iv.-Frankivsk) vs Dmytro Alforov (Kharkiv), won by Dmytro Alforov;
- Weight category -50 kg: Iryna Mukha (Lviv) vs Anna Piharova (Kharkiv), won by Iryna Mukha;
- Weight category -75 kg: Artem Haienko (Iv.-Frankivsk) vs Heorhii Hubeinok (Kharkiv), won by Heorhii Hubeinok.
Athletes competed in three disciplines: forms, traditional sparring, sparring.
The medal winners of the 2025 tournament in the club standings were the following teams:
1. Ivano-Frankivsk Children and Youth Sports School No. 1 of the Regional Council “SoloveyTeam”.
2. Children and Youth Sports School “MARTIAL ARTS CENTRE”, Kharkiv.
3. SC “Adamas”, Ivano-Frankivsk.
The medal winners of the 2025 tournament in the regional standings were the following teams:
1. Ivano-Frankivsk Region
2. Kharkiv Region
3. Kirovohrad Region
🔹️Following the competition results, the national team of Ukraine in Taekwon-Do was formed to take part in the European Championship, which will be held this April in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 🇧🇦
🔹️We express our gratitude to all competitors and guests of the tournament for paying tribute to our champion Danylo.
🔹️We thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine! 🇺🇦
