Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança (born 26 December 1991) is a Portuguese
taekwondo
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practitioner who competes in the men's 58 kg (flyweight) category.
Career
Born in
Guimarães, Bragança started practising taekwondo with 13 years old when he joined a class at
Vitória de Guimarães
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória ...
gym. Two years later, he won the Portuguese National Junior Championships which led to a spot at the
European Junior Championships in
Baku, where he won the bronze medal.
In 2014, Bragança led the world ranking in his weight category.
He graduated in
Medicine
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at
University of Minho
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* Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga
* Campus of Gualtar, in Braga
* Convento dos Congregados, in Braga
* Campus of Az ...
.
In 2016 he signed with
Benfica, along with his coach Hugo Serrão and his training partner
Nuno Costa, all coming from
Vitória de Guimarães
Vitoria or Vitória may refer to :
People
* Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian
* Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer
* Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer
* Steven Vitória ...
. In 2019 he extended his contract for two more years with the main focus on the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
He has qualified to the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
through the
2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Guimarães
Portuguese male taekwondo practitioners
European Games gold medalists for Portugal
European Games medalists in taekwondo
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Portugal
Universiade medalists in taekwondo
S.L. Benfica (martial arts)
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal
Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Universiade silver medalists for Portugal
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Portuguese people
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