British Taekwondo are pleased to announce the Great Britain National Poomsae squad selected for the upcoming European Poomsae & Para Poomsae Championships, which will take place at the Unibet Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 16-17th April.
The event will be the 17th hosting of the competition, while it marks the second European Para Poomsae Championships, after a successful debut event in Innsbruck, Austria in 2023.
The British team thrived in the previous hosting of the event, with an eleven-medal haul highlighting their strength in depth across the board, with two golds, four silver and five bronzes across the competition.
That performance saw the Great Britain squad record their finest ever performance at the event, and achieve an overall position as the fourth best team in Europe, with hopes of repeating that success this time around.
There was also success in the inaugural Para Poomsae Championship, with three golds, two silvers and a bronze helping Great Britain rank in third place overall,
Zaw Torley was among the medallists back in 2023, as he made history by becoming the first ever British European Champion in the Individual U17 Male event, and will be back competing in the O17 Freestyle in Tallinn.
Para Poomsae athletes Bradley Brockies and Summer Waheed will also be back in action next week, with the pair claiming gold in the Male and Female Senior 1 P21 division respectively.
With teams travelling from all across the continent, the two days of competition will be a huge celebration of inclusion, excellence and martial arts tradition, with plenty of hope of repeating the success of previous years.
A team of 55 athletes, coaches and support team members from 21 British Taekwondo clubs will be represented in the 2025 European Poomsae & Para Poomsae Taekwondo Championship, with athletes named below.
Poomsae
Individual
Eddie Sobiecki (Total) – U14 Male
Naomi Lam (Total) – U14 Female
Louis Exton (PremierKi) – U17 Male
Adrianna Beard (PremierKi) – U17 Female
Nino Ontoy (Manx) – U30 Male
Renee Marshall (Nomad) – U30 Female
Ajay Singh Rawat (LTA) – U40 Male
Georgina Ingram (Aquila) – U40 Female
Laura Muzeja (Kang Han) – U50 Female
Simon Negus (PremierKi) – U60 Male
Maria Pieri (UKMAAFA) – U60 Female
Gerry Reilly (Bluewave) – U65 Male
Jenny Furness (PremierKi) – O66 Female
Ali Pourtaheri (PremierKi) – O66 Male
Pair
Naomi Lam (Total) & Eddie Sobiecki (Total) – U14 Pair
Adrianna Beard (PremierKi) & Louis Exton (PremierKi) – U17 Pair
Natasha Wilson(Central) & Maximo Libid (PremierKi) – U30 Pair
Laura Muzeja (Kang Han) & Ajay Singh Rawat (LTA) – U50 Pair
Jenny Furness (PremierKi) & Mike Pejic (Pejic) – O60 Pair
Team
Fearne Corkish (Kang Han), Bethany Smith (Gajok), Vi Ho Ha (Nomad) – U14 Female Team
James Sau (Loughton), Akinfolajinmi Akinrele (Nomad) & Ethan Wan (Gajok) – U14 Male Team
Evie Co (Stevenage), Kaitlin Hoang (Nomad), Cuba Wilson (NTC) – U17 Female Team
Peter Sellwood (Central), Kieran Owen (Gajok), Jai Hao Yu (Nomad) – U17 Male Team
Renee Marshall (Nomad), Natasha Wilson (Central), Olivia McGeoch (Gajok) – U30 Female Team
Nino Ontoy (Manx), Maximo Libid (PremierKi), Oluwatimilehin Akinrele (Nomad) – U30 Male Team
Georgina Ingram (Aquila), Sheena Au-Yeung (NTC), Ling Tze Tan (Arumchan) – U50 Female Team
Maria Pieri (UKMAAFA), Gillian Fitzpatrick (NTC), Juliette Williams (NTC) – U60 Female Team
Simon Negus (PremierKi), Wayne Nicklin (Shins), Mark Pawlett (Sanshin) – U60 Male Team
Ali Pourtaheri (PremierKi), Michael Pejic (Pejic), Gerry Reilly (Bluewave) – O60 Male Team
Freestyle
Katie Vaughan (JEM) – O17 Freestyle Female
Zaw Torley (Arumchan) – O17 Freestyle Male
Para-Poomsae
Iona Craig (Elite) – P21 Female
Summer Waheed (NTC) – P21 Female
Miriam Lowe-Ullah (Loughton) – P23 Female
Bradley Brockies (Polaris) – P21 Male
Peter Sellwood (Central) – P21 Male
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