David Albert Coupar

Member: OFFICIAL TAEKWONDO HALL OF FAME® Bangkok August 2019
Taekwondo / Referee Biography
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Coupar David Albert
Male
Danish
030 – 0006 – S class

7th Dan Kukkiwon Black Belt No. 05022105 Danish, English, German
Function within National Body: Vice President of the Danish Taekwondo Federation and Referee Chairman in Denmark. Competition Management. Administration and Finance. Para Contact.
Taekwondo Career: I started Taekwondo in 1978. Taekwondo became quick a way of life. I have been National Referee since 1981 and International Referee since 1994, qualifying at the 30th International Referee seminar held in Porec, Croatia from October 22nd to 25th 1994.
Function within International Body: Vice-chairman of the WTE Referee Committee.

Profession: Schoolteacher for secondary school. Educated at the Aarhus University, major subject: Sport and German. Today I ́m working as a teacher for children with learning problems i.e. ADHD. I also have “normal” classes, where I ́m teaching different subjects.
I have two daughters.

Career Highlights:
2010 Youth Olympic, Singapore, Referee
2012 Olympic Games in London, Referee
2014 Youth Olympic, Nanjing, China, Referee
2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Referee
2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Competition Supervisory Board

IR experience:
Officiated as an International Referee in the following Championships:
European Championships G1 / G2 since 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, Fujairah Open, Sofia Open, etc.
WTE European Championships:
1996 11th Senior Championship, October, Helsinki, Finland
1997 European Cup, May, Porec, Croatia
1997 11th Junior Championship, September, Patras, 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
2010 8th World Junior Championships, March, Tijuana, Mexico,
Best Referee award
2018 Spanish Open G1 Tournament, March, Alicante, Spain,
Best Referee award
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
2019 -21 Championship, September, Helsingborg, Sweden 2021 Senior Championships, April, Sofia, Bulgaria
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 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 PanAm 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 PanAm 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 Traning Camp for Rio 2016, July, Moscow, Russia
2019 Referee Selection & Training Camp for Tokyo Paralympic
Games, May, 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
2020 1st World Para Taekwondo Coach Level I, September 2020 2nd World Para Taekwondo Coach Level II, November London OL 2012
3rd Para Kyorugi IR Seminar, Sept., Malmø, Swden
2020 1st WT Online IRRC, September, Paris time
Rio Olympics 2016