On January 26, 2018, elections for the new board of Romanian Taekwon-do ITF Federation have been held in the city of Baia Mare, Romania.

President Cosmin Oprescu has been re-elected for the term 2018-2022.

The board members are (from left to right):

• Marcel Miron (4 dan) – board member,
• Romeo Petre (2 dan) – board member,
• Alin Lazurca (5 dan) – board member,
• Marius Ionicescu (4 dan) – vice-president,
• Master Alexandru Muresan (7 dan) – technical director
• Cosmin Oprescu (3 dan) – president
• Mihai Hondru (5 dan) – general secretary
• Ciprian Banea (5 dan) – vice-president
• Dan Goron (5 dan) – board member
• Florin Birlut (4 dan) – board member
• Cristian Popa (3 dan) – federal secretary.

With this occasion, the Sporting Club Dragonul – Baia Mare in collaboration with our Federation organized a National Seminar for instructors, coaches, umpires and sportsmen where 290 athletes attended, from 9 Gup to 5 dan. It has been the largest national seminar in Romania and the Technical Committee formed by Master Alexandru Muresan, Alin Lazurca and Marius Ionicescu put a lot of energy in teaching everybody new techniques or perfecting the sportsmen’s taekwon-do skills.

We have been honored by the visit of Ministry State Secretary, Mr. Cosmin Butuza, who re-assured us of the Ministry of Youth and Sports’ support in achieving our objectives.

New goals have been set for the development of our martial art in Romania and in the region. We have ambitious plans for this year and organizing the European Cup in October 2018 in Sibiu is one of the greatest opportunities to strengthen relationships with taekwon-do practitioners from all over Europe whom we are warmly inviting them to visit our country.

Cristian Popa
Federal Secretary