MARGAO
Making Goa proud on the global stage, Grandmaster Angela De Abreu Naik has been selected as an International referee for the G2 Australia Open and G3 WT President Cup, prestigious international Taekwondo events to be held in Gold Coast, Australia, from August 13 to 17.
An International Referee since 2009, Angela has officiated at several World and Asian championships hosted by World Taekwondo and was part of the referee selection process for the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Most recently, she served at the 10th Asian Ju-jitsu Championship in Amman, Jordan, and the 2nd SETU Hapkido Championship in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Angela is the first Indian woman grandmaster to earn an 8th Dan Black Belt from Kukkiwon in Taekwondo, and the first International Referee Class 1 (Kyorugi & Poomsae) from India. She is also an International Gold Medalist and was inducted into the International Taekwondo Hall of Fame with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 at Croatia.
CREDENTIALS
8th Dan Black Belt, Kukkiwon (Taekwondo)
7th Dan Black Belt, Hapkido Korea
WT International Referee Class 1 (Taekwondo)
World B Ju-jitsu Referee
International Referee Hapkido Class 3
International Master Instructor, WTA
International Gold Medalist
State Sports – Jivbadada Kerker Awardee
