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The record

Medals are the by-product.

We do not train for the podium. But training properly puts you on it often enough that somebody had to start keeping a list.

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Years on the mat

Teaching in Chandragiri since 2007.

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Students trained

From four-year-olds to grandparents.

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Black belts promoted

Every one certified by Kukkiwon, Seoul.

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National medals

Across kyorugi and poomsae divisions.

2007 — 2025

Everything worth hanging on a wall.

Newest first. The last entry is the only one that made the others possible.

  1. 2025Gold

    Two golds, one silver

    National Taekwondo Championship, Kathmandu

    Our strongest national showing yet. Sujata took the −57 kg title without conceding a round, and Nabin's −68 kg final was decided by a body kick in the final nine seconds.

    Sujata Rai, Nabin Thapa, Kritika Basnet

  2. 2024Milestone

    Best Club, Bagmati Province

    Provincial Taekwondo Association Awards

    Awarded on aggregate medal count and junior development across the province's forty-one registered clubs.

    Chandragiri Tigers

  3. 2024Gold

    Gold — Junior Poomsae

    South Asian Open, Pokhara

    At fifteen, Kritika became the youngest Tiger to win an international title, taking the junior individual poomsae division.

    Kritika Basnet

  4. 2023Milestone

    200th black belt promoted

    Dojang milestone

    Sixteen years after the first promotion, Aayush Karki became the two-hundredth student to earn a Kukkiwon-certified 1st Dan at Chandragiri Tigers.

    Aayush Karki

  5. 2023Silver

    Silver — Men's −68 kg

    National Games, Birgunj

    A first National Games medal for the club, decided in golden point after three level rounds.

    Nabin Thapa

  6. 2022Bronze

    Bronze — Women's −53 kg

    National Taekwondo Championship, Kathmandu

    Sujata's first senior podium, eleven months after moving up from the junior squad.

    Sujata Rai

  7. 2021Gold

    Gold — National Poomsae

    National Poomsae Championship, Lalitpur

    Now a coach at the club, Pratik won the senior individual division with the highest technical score of the tournament.

    Pratik Lama

  8. 2019Bronze

    Bronze — Women's −49 kg

    South Asian Championship, Colombo

    The club's first international medal, and the reason the competition squad exists in its current form.

    Sabina Gurung

  9. 2016Gold

    Gold — Men's −74 kg

    Nepal National Games, Kathmandu

    Rajan's national title, won in his final season as a competitor before moving full-time into coaching.

    Rajan Shrestha

  10. 2007Milestone

    Chandragiri Tigers founded

    Naikap, Kathmandu

    Nine students, one rented hall, and a set of borrowed kick pads. The first grading was held four months later.

    Bikash Tamang

Next season

Someone on this list started last month.

Every athlete above walked in as a beginner who could not touch their toes. The list has room.