Photo by Ronja Rick

 

NUREMBERG, Germany (Apr 12, 2025) – Mr. Sakis Pragalos of Greece has been unanimously re-elected as President of the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) during the General Assembly held on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the Le Meridien Grand Hotel in Nuremberg, Germany.

 

The Assembly also oversaw elections for the renewal of the ETU Council. In addition to President Pragalos’ re-election, four Vice Presidents, 14 Council Members, and one Auditor were elected. 

 

Elected Vice Presidents:
     •   Angelo Cito (Italy)
     •   Slavi Binev (Bulgaria)
     •   Anna Vassalo (Malta)
     •   Metin Sahin (Türkiye)

 

Elected Council Members: 

• Martin Fleming (Ireland)
• Andrei Georgiev (Bulgaria)
• Alexander Hubl (Austria)
• Miklos Patakfalvy (Hungary)
• Noa Shmida (Israel)
• Maria Erenskjold (Norway)
• Jasnic Sinisa (Serbia)
• Jose Sousa (Portugal)
• Juanjo Padros (Andorra)
• Lesik Shamandziya  (Ukraine)
• Herman Mochalins (Latvia)
• Mireille Emgaard Kempf (Denmark)
• Samir Saric (Bosnia Herzegovina)
• Mihhail Kolvart (Estonia): 

 

Elected Auditor:

         K. Marton Zsolt. 

 

In addition to the elected members, President Pragalos appointed five additional Vice Presidents:

• Jesus Castellanos (Spain)                        
• Constantin Apostol (Rumania)
• Gerd Kohlhofer (Germany)
• Anatoly Terekov (Russia)
• Andri Hoxha (Albania)

and six appointed Council Members:

• Artur Chielarz (Poland)
• Bahri Tanrikulu (Turkey)
• Christos Manolis (Greece)
• Michalis Mouroutsos (Greece)
• Dr. Said Khelwatty (UK)
• Sarah Stevenson Jennings (UK)

 

He also appointed In Seon Kim (USA) as the Honorary Vice President of the ETU. Additionally, Antonio Barbarino (Germany) was reappointed as Secretary General, and Norbert Welu (Luxembourg) was appointed as Treasurer.

 

For more details, please visit the ETU website.