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,