Jorge F. Ramos
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Master F.Jorge Ramos is an Olympic class taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

coach with 37 years of experience.

He has based most part of the time in France since 1997.
As athlete (fifteen years) he made his career between Spain, Portugal (four times national champion) and France.

His last official appearance as a fighter was the International Open of France in Anthony in 1997 (gold medal middleweight category and MVP of the tournament)

He is actually the first African Master to achieve two gold medals with an African team at two consecutives Taekwondo world championship (Copenhagen 2009 and Beijing 2007).

Almost without any resources but with an amazing determination he have manage with his student (since 2003) Daba Modibo to write a brilliant page of the World Taekwondo history in particular the African Taekwondo.

Awarded Best Coach by the World Taekwondo Federation at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championship in Copenhagen he become the first African coach in the Taekwondo history to win this reward.

On April 10, 2009 he was inducted to the Taekwondo Hall of Fame and rewarded World Coach of the year first time to for an African coach.

At the 2005 World Championship the Mali national team coached by Jorge Ramos was rewarded for the first time in is history by the WTF with the fighting spirit trophy.

J.Ramos teaches Taekwondo at the CSMG Genneviliers Club (France).

Together with Master Chindavong Valy (former member of the French national team) they train and coach the Paris region team (CRT Ile de France) a team that have won the Taekwondo Team French Cup several times and was rewarded in different European international tournaments.

Among former members of the "CRT Ile de France team" Daba Modibo Keita from Mali, heavyweight world champion 2009 and 2007; first African to become double Taekwondo World Champion.

As complement of information the gold medal of the First ParaTaekwondo World Championship Kong Bopha (-54) from the French National team is another student formed and trained by Master Ramos.

As coach he has participated at the World Championships 2009, 2007, 2005, the Beijing 2008 Olympic games, the 2007 Olympic World tournament (Manchester), the 2007 African Olympic qualification Tournament (Libya), the 2007 All African Games (Algeria), and different international A class tournaments all over the world (Paris International Tournament, Dutch Open, German Open, British open, Croatia, Us Open, Egypt International Port Said Open, China, etc.)

Among his students there are several French National Champions and members of the French national team (rewarded at European Championships, world championships and International A class tournaments) and other successful athletes from different countries such as Austria, Brazil, Mali, Portugal, etc.

Fernando Jorge G. Ramos was born in Guinea-Bissau (Ouest Africa) He is part of a new generation of African Taekwondo Masters that despite all the material difficulties and other
factors work together to confirm the place of Africa on the modern Taekwondo.
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