The 2nd Korean American Adaptive Sports Festival (2024)
Dates: July 14-15, 2024
Venue : Elicott City, MD
Participation: Approximately 800 participants, including athletes from 14 regions across the Americas and the Gyeonggi Province Disabled Sports Association.
Key Contents
- Compete in 15 sports - 9 official sports (athletics, tennis, swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, golf, boccia, bowling, Korean archery)
6 demonstration sports (cornhole, frisbee, soccer long kick, shill, screen shooting, and 5-a-side soccer)
- Congratulatory messages from President Joe Biden, Ambassador to the U.S. Cho Hyun-dong, and others.
- Dallas won the overall championship, Maryland took second, and New Jersey took third (Dallas took first, Atlanta took second, and New Jersey took third in the standings).
- Player MVPs were selected for players 15 and under - Kim Min-jae (New Jersey), Lee Yu (Virginia), and for players 16 and over - Jang Jae-rud (San Francisco), Lee Dan-bi (Kansas).
The 1st Korean American Adaptive Sports Festival (2022)
June 19-20, 2022
New Century Fieldhouse, Kansas City, KS
Approximately 700 athletes, families, and officials participated (from 12 regions in the U.S.)
Sports: Compete in 15 sports - 9 official sports (athletics, tennis, swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, golf, boccia, bowling, Korean archery)
Five demonstration events (cornhole, frisbee, soccer ball kicking, screen shooting, arm wrestling), and family games (table tennis, arm wrestling, screen shooting)Main contents
- Maryland ranked first overall, Houston second, and Dallas third.
- It was the first festival in American immigration history where disabled people from the United States gathered together, and it contributed to the revitalization of disabled sports.
