Rui Bragança

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Rui Bragança
Personal information
Full nameRui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 30)
Guimarães, Portugal
EducationMedicine
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)58 kg
University teamUniversity of Minho
ClubBenfica
Coached byHugo Serrão
Joaquim Peixoto (national)
Pedro Campaniço (national)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (−58kg)
Updated on June 2018.

Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança (born 26 December 1991) is a Portuguese taekwondo 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 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.[1]

In 2014, Bragança led the world ranking in his weight category.[2]

He graduated in Medicine at University of Minho.

In 2016 he signed with Benfica, alongside with his coach Hugo Serrão and his training partner , all coming from Vitória de Guimarães.[3] In 2019 he extended his contract for two more years with the main focus on the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

He has qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

References[]

  1. ^ Principios para uma carreira e um sonho | Rui Bragança | TEDxGuimarães, retrieved 10 May 2021
  2. ^ "Rui Bragança" (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Rui Bragança, bicampeão europeu, assina pelo Benfica". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Rui Bragança renova por mais dois anos". www.slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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