Taekwondo champion Atul Pangotra, who is also a certified coach, has been selected referee at various Olympic ranking championships by the World Taekwondo (WT) for the first phase of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (TOG) international referee selection and training camp, which is to be held at Wuxi, China.
Recipient of Sher-I-Kashmir and state award, Atul Pangotra is the only player of Jammu And Kashmir who secured silver and bronze medal in commonwealth Taekwondo Championship respectively. He has participated in many international Olympic ranking championships.
Last year, Atul Pangotra represented Indian Taekwondo team in the 18th Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia as team coach. He is second from the country who has participated as a referee official in World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series at Manchester, 2018.