摘要：Questionnaire was applied to a total of eighty elite athletes whose mean age was 21.4,consisting of 15 females and 65 males.All the subjects who participated in the study filled the questionnaire voluntarily.83.7% of the athletes pointed out that they first started taekwondo in private schools.As the reason for this,57.5 % stated that it was their special interest,26.3% stated that they chose to defend themselves.During their sport life,56.3% of the athletes had injuries,43.7% told they had no injury at all.36.7% of the injuries took place in training activities,58.3 % in competition.The main reason for injuries in training activities was 26.8% because of the partner's unconscious behaviour,24.1% the non-use of protective material.30.4 % stated that the main reason leading to injuries in competitions was the irregular behaviors of the rivals.They (38.3 %) could not do any kind of sports during 1-3 weeks.They also stated that the 40 % injured body part was their feet,43.8% of the iryuries were contusions.29.2% of them told that the first medical treatment was done by doctors.
