Archive · 12 Dec 2025
Rupa Bayor reaches career-best 8th in Taekwondo world rankings
Rupa Bayor is a Taekwondo player from India who has reached the 8th position in the world rankings.
She is really good at a part of Taekwondo called Poomsae, where people do special moves like in gymnastics and are judged by experts.
Rupa won bronze medals in two big competitions this year: one in Austria and another in Australia.
She trains in Mumbai and is the only Indian in the top 100 of the world rankings.
The Indian government's sports ministry is supporting her to do well in the Asian Games.
Rupa Bayor, 24, from Arunachal Pradesh, is India's first Taekwondo player to reach 8th in world rankings.
She won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo President Cup Europe in Austria in November 2023.
Bayor also secured a bronze at the Australia Open Taekwondo Tournament in August 2023.
She specializes in Poomsae, a non-combative form of Taekwondo featured in the Asian Games but not in the Olympics.
Bayor is the only Indian in the top 100 of the world rankings across all Taekwondo categories.
- Who
- Rupa Bayor, a 24-year-old Taekwondo athlete from Arunachal Pradesh
- What
- Achieved a career-best 8th rank in the world Taekwondo rankings
- When
- Recent ranking update, with notable performances in 2023
- Where
- India, with recent competitions in Austria and Australia
- Why
- Due to her consistent performances and medal wins in international competitions
- Athlete
- Rupa Bayor
- Age
- 24
- Discipline
- Poomsae
- Current Ranking
- 8th
- Recent Medal
- Bronze at World Taekwondo President Cup Europe
- Training Location
- Indo Korean Taekwondo Academy, Mumbai
- Sports Ministry Group
- Target Asian Games Group (TAGG)