ЧHonesty and professionalism are highly appreciated in judges of any kind of sports not only in Taekwon-do. Sparring is the most exciting part of the programme . It requires highly qualified referees, as the fair result of the fighting depends on them in many respects.
Igor Tscheglov was the chief umpire at the Open Europe Cup "Cup of Peter the Great". He was born on June 09, 1971 in the city of Leningrad. Igor has the titles of International Instructor, 5th Degree black belt holder, category "A" International Umpire.
Igor Tscheglov is the only Russian umpire with such a great experience of being the chief umpire of the tournaments.
He makes every effort in arranging and conducting annual (1990-2001) city Taekwon-do competitions for children, juniours and seniours. Since 1994 he has been the chief umpire of every St.-Petersburg seniour and juniour Taekwon-do championships.
In a 1998 he was the chief umpire of the Russian junoiur championships. In 1997 by solution of Russian Taekwon-Do Federation Presidium he was appointed as the chief umpire of the Russian Championships held in the city of Krasnoyarsk. In the same year, taking into account his experience, the executive committee of the International Federation appointed him as one of the assistants of the chief umpire at the World Taekwon-do Championships in St-Petersburg.
Since 1995 Igor has been the chief umpire of all international Taekwon-do tournaments, conducted in St.-Petersburg ( 1995 - the VI-th international tournament " Cup of Peter the Great ", 1996 - VII-th,
1999 - VIII-th, 2000 - IX-th).

Murat Sunetov from St-Petersburg, Russia is the International instructor, 6th Degree black belt holder, category "A" International Umpire. The way he performs his work on the ring became a model for many referees both in Russia and Europe. Since 1995 Murat has been the referee at
all " Cup of Peter the Great " tournaments. Several times he got the name of the best referee at European Championships. In the year of 2001 he was elected chairman of the Russian Taekwon-do Federation Umpire Committee.

Among leading referees of " Cup of Peter the Great " tournaments are: Iouri Zimakov, Alexander Dunbar, Oleg Petrovsky, Vladimir Dubtsov, Vladimir Egiazarian.
Iouri Zimakov from St-Petersburg, Russia is the category "А" International Umpire, the chief umpire of the " Cup of Peter the Great " in the year of 1994. He is one of the few Russian referees participated in the tournaments held abroad, including world championships.
Alexander Dunbar from Scotland is the category "А" International Umpire, in the years of 1994, 1995 and 1996 Alexander was a member of the "Cup of Peter the Great" Umpire Committee.
His professionalism is highly appreciated, so he deals with the most complicated fights of the winners.
Vladimir Egiazarian is President of the Taekwon-do Federation of Crimea, category "А" International Umpire, 5th Degree.
These people have participated as referees in almost all the "Cup of Peter the Great" tournaments since 1994. They are quite well known in Europe and are invited to judge at European and World competitions.
Oleg Petrovsky and Vladimir Dubtsov from Ukraine are category "А" International Umpires,
5th Degree black belt holders.

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