Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança (born 26 December 1991) is a Portuguese

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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

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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

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University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Portugal, divided into the following campuses: * 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

. In 2019 he extended his contract for two more years with the main focus on the

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. He has qualified to the

through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

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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 {{Taekwondo-bio-stub