Canada’s taekwondo team unveiled for 2025 FISU Summer World University Games

U SPORTS, the Canadian representative of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), and Taekwondo Canada have announced the roster of Team Canada taekwondo athletes set to compete at the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games.

The team is headlined by Paris 2024 Olympian Josipa Kafadar who will compete in Kyorugi and Kai-Hsin Chang, a silver medalist at the 2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.

The athletes are:

Athlete Name	Hometown	University/College	Event(s)
Leonarda Andric	Ottawa, Ont.	Ottawa	W 67 kg, W Team Kyorugi
Ayoub Bouriel	Quebec City, Que.	TELUQ	M 74 kg
Nithan Brindamohan	Vaughan, Ont.	Toronto Metropolitan	W 46 kg
Sarangi Brindamohan	Vaughan, Ont.	Toronto	M 54 kg
Kai-Hsin Chang	Toronto, Ont.	Western	M Individual Poomsae, M Team Poomsae
Yohan Chang	Vaughan, Ont.	York	M 63 kg
Emma Chau	Markham, Ont.	Toronto	W Individual Poomsae, W Team Poomsae
Gordon Cheuk	Richmond, B.C.	Simon Fraseer	M Team Poomsae
Sophia Fokas	Richmond Hill, Ont.	Humber	W 53 kg
Rachel Fountain	Wellesley, Ont.	Laurier	W +73 kg
Valerie Ho	Red Deer, Alta.	Calgary	W Team Poomsae
Josipa Kafadar	Burnaby, B.C.	Simon Fraser	W 49 kg, W Team Kyorugi
Sofie Nicholson	Surrey, B.C.	Simon Fraser	W 73 kg, W Team Kyorugi
Ethan So	Richmond Hill, Ont.	McMaster	Mixed Team Poomsae, M Team Poomsae
Evelyn Wu	North York, Ont.	Toronto	Mixed Team Poomsae, W Team Poomsae

Team Canada is making its return to the FISU Summer World University Games, after missing the 2023 event. The 2025 edition will be staged in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany, with Taekwondo taking place July 17-23 in Essen.

Team Canada has won one medal (a bronze by Ivett Gonda in 2011) in Taekwondo at the FISU Summer World University Games.

This summer’s team will be led by the following coaches and support staff.

• Team Leader: Allan Wrigley (Sooke, B.C.)

• Coach - Poomsae: Ri Seong Kang (Aurora, Ont.)

• Coaches – Kyorugi: George Koh (Ottawa, Ont.), Daniel Thornton (Abbotsford, B.C.)

All team lists are subject to change prior to the Games start date and all nominations are subject to approval by the U SPORTS International Department.