Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Former World Taekwondo vice-president and World Taekwondo Africa head Ahmed Fouly has been posthumously awarded the Cheongryong Medal, the highest Order of Sports Merit honour available in South Korea.
The award is in recognition of Fouly s outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of taekwondo in Africa.
Hazem Mostafa Ibrahim Fahmy, Egypt s Ambassador to South Korea, accepted the Cheongryong Medal at a ceremony also attended by World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue.
Fouly s family were unable to travel to South Korea for the event because of the global health crisis.
The Egyptian official died in September 2020, age 70. Gen. Fouly was a great man of taekwondo, Choue commented.