David Coupar

Folkeskolelærer i Esbjerg.

Uddannet på Århus Seminarium.

Jeg startede Taekwondo i Berlin i 1978. Min første træner var Kim Bo Young fra Korea.

I 1980 blev jeg gradueret til 1. dan af GM Ko Tae Jeong. Senere blev jeg gradueret af GM Choi Kyoung An og GM Momme Knudsen.

Nuværende grad: 6. Dan Kukkiwon

Taekwondo har været en stor del af mit liv og bidraget til den fysiske og mentale udvikling jeg har gennemgået, siden jeg startede i 1978.

Jeg har været national dommer siden 1981 og international dommer siden 1994, hvor jeg deltog i 30th ”International Referee seminar” i Porec, Kroatien, 1994.

International dommer: 1 class no. 030-0006

Kampdommerformand i Danmark siden 2015.

Medlem af: WTE Dommerkomiteen udnævnt af præsidenten af WTE Mr. Sakis Pragalos.

IR erfaring:

Europæiske stævner siden 1995:

Turkish Open (Referee Chair 2016 & 2017), Paris Open, British Open, Italian Open, Dutch Open, Croatia Open, German Open, Belgium Open, Polish Open, Bulgaria Open, Spanish Open, Austrian Open, Sofia Open. Nordiske stævner på Island, Sverige og Norge.

(1st Fujairah Open)

WTE Europæiske stævner:

1997 European Cup, May, Porec, Croatia

1997 11th Junior Championship, September, Patra’s, Greece

2001 Junior Championship, April, Pamplona, Spain

2003 14th Junior Championship, February, Athens, Greece

2008 10th World University, July, Belgrade, Serbia

2008 4th Team Championship, November, Konya, Turkey

2008 Senior Championship, Roma, Italy

2009 -21 Championship, Vigo, November, Spain

2009 Cadet Championship, June, Zagreb, Croatia

2010 Senior Championship, May, St. Petersburg, Russia

2011 Master Games, September, Lignano, Italy (Referee Chair)

2011 Cadets Championship, July, Tbilisi, Georgia

2011 18th Junior Championship, October, Pafos, Cyprus

2015 1st Olympic Weight classes, March, Nalchik, Russia

2015 Cadets Championship, July, Schiltigheim, France

2015 Junior Championship, October, Daugavpils, Latvia

2016 President Cup, April, Bonn, Germany

2016 Senior Championship, May, Montreux, Switzerland

2016 -21 Championship, July, Grozny, Russia

2017 4th Islamic Solidarity Games, May, Baku, Azerbaijan

2017 WTE OL Weight Categories, December, Sofia, Bulgaria

2018 3rd President Cup, April, Athens, Greece

2018 Senior Championships, May, Kazan, Russia

2019 4th President Cup, February, Antalya, Turkey

WT Grand Prix´s:

2013 Manchester, Great Britain

2014 Suzhou, China, July

2015 Moscow, Russia, August

2015 Samsun, Turkey, September

2015 Manchester, Great Britain, October

2016 GP Final, Baku, Azerbaijan, December

2017 Moscow, Russia, August

2017 Rabat, Morocco, September

2017 London, Great Britain, October

2018 Manchester, Great Britain, October

WT Junior World Championships:

1998 2nd Junior World Champ. September, Istanbul Turkey

2008 7th Junior World Champ. May, Izmir, Turkey

2010 8th Junior World Champ, March, Tijuana, Mexico

2012 9th Junior World Champ. April, Sharm El Sheik, Egypt

2014 10th Junior World Champ. March, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

2016 Junior World Champ. November, Burnaby, Canada

Senior World Championships:

2001 World Championship, October, Jeju, Korea

2007 World Championship, May, Beijing, China

2009 World Championship, October, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011 World Championship, May, Gyeongju, Korea

2013 World Championship, July, Puebla, Mexico

2015 World Championship, May, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Para Championships:

2010 2nd WT World Para Champ. May, St. Petersburg, Russia

2012 3rd WT World Para Champ. Sept. Santa Cruz, Aruba

2013 4th WT World Para Champ. June, Lausanne, Switzerland

2015 6th WT World Para Champ. September, Samsun, Turkey

2017 World Para Champ. October, London, Great Britain

2017 Iwas World Games, December, Vila Real, Portugal

2017 WTE 6th Para Champ. December, Sofia, Bulgaria

2018 Africa Taekwondo Para Open, March, Agadir, Morocco

2019 8th WT World Para Champ. February, Antalya, Turkey

WT Team Cups:

2006 1st Team World Cup, September, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 Team World Cup, July, Urumqi, China

2012 Team World Cup, November, Santa Cruz, Aruba

2016 Team World Cup, December, Baku, Azerbaijan

Qualification Championships for the Olympic Games:

2004 African Tournament for Athens 2004 OL, January, Cairo, Egypt

2010 For 2010 Youth OL Singapore, March, Tijuana, Mexico

2011 World Qualif. for London 2012 OL, June, Baku Azerbaijan

2011 Pan Am for London 2012, November, Queretaro, Mexico

2011 Test Event for London 2012, December, Olympic Games

2012 African Taekwondo for London OL, 2012January, Cairo, Egypt,

2014 For Youth Olympic Nanjing, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

2016 African Tournament for the Rio 2016, February, Agadir, Morocco

2016 Pan Am Tournament OL, March, Aguascalientes, Mexico

2016 Asian Tournament for the Rio 2016, April, Manila, Philippines

2011 Selection and Training Camp, January, Baku Azerbaijan

2012 Olympic Referee Training Camp 1 for London, February, Baku, Azerbaijan

2012 WTF Referee Coach Joint Training Camp for London OL, June, Suzhou, China,

2015 WTF Referee Training & Selection Camp 2 for Rio, April, Moscow, Russia

2016 Rio Olympic Coach & Referee Joint Training Camp, May,

Mujo, Korea

2016 Referee Joint Training Camp for Rio 2016, July, Moscow, Russia

WT International Kyorugi Referee Refresher Courses:

1998 23rd IRRC, June, Sindelfingen, Germany

2002 40th May IRRC, May, Ankara Turkey

2003 46th IRRC, November, Paris, France

2004 49th IRRC, April, Beijing, China

2005 54th IRRC, November, Rome, Italy

2017 105th IRRC, January, Trelleborg, Sweden

2018 3rd Para Kyorugi IR Seminar, Sept., Malmö, Sweden

Højdepunkter:

2010 Youth Olympic Games, Singapore

2012 Olympic Games in London

2014 Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, China

2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Modtaget æresbevisning som bedst dommer:

2010 8th World Junior Championships, March, Tijuana, Mexico,