Tijana Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Тијана Богдановић; born 5 May 1998) is a Serbian

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athlete. She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner

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as her idol.

Career

Bogdanović pursued her interest in taekwondo at the age of four, and started actively competing since 2004. She pursued her higher studies at the

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in the field of psychology. She represented

Serbia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Serbia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. The Olympic Committee of Serbia confirmed that the country will be represented by 24 athletes in 12 sports. The Serbian flag at the opening cerem ...

in the women's 49kg event. She clinched a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed a silver after losing to England's Charlie Maddock in the women's 48kg event during the 2015 European Games. She was awarded the Best Young Athlete of Serbia in 2015. She won a gold medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, but failed to defend the title two years later in Kazan, claiming the bronze there. She made her Olympic debut at the age of 18 as a schoolgirl during the

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and she competed in the women's 49 kg category, where she clinched a silver medal. She was also the

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for

Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics Serbia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent country. The Olympic Committee of Serbia confirmed a roster of 103 ath ...

during the closing ceremony. She was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year by the

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in 2016 following her success at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She was knocked out of quarterfinal in the women's bantamweight event at the

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. She also reached round of 32 in the women's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. She defeated China's

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to claim gold medal at the

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. She also represented

Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics Serbia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifth appearance at t ...

in the women's 49 kg category and won a bronze medal. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Personal life

Bogdanović lives in

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, Serbia.http://m.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/view.html?nid=18533

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