Tijana Bogdanović

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Tijana Bogdanović
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Bogdanović in 2016
Personal information
Born (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 23)
Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Flyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Chelyabinsk 49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montreux 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan 53 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 49 kg
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team Kyorugi
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei 49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Porto 46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Daugavspils 49 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 London 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Manchester 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chiba 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 49 kg

Tijana Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Богдановић, born 5 May 1998) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete.[1][2] She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner Milica Mandić as her idol.[3]

Career[]

Bogdanović pursued her interest in taekwondo at the age of four, and started actively competing since 2004.[4] She pursued her higher studies at the Singidunum University in the field of psychology.[5]

She represented Serbia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 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.[6] She was awarded the Best Young Athlete of Serbia in 2015.[5]

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.[7] She made her Olympic debut at the age of 18 as a schoolgirl during the 2016 Summer Olympics and she competed in the women's 49 kg category, where she clinched a silver medal.[8] She was also the flagbearer for Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics during the closing ceremony.[9] She was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in 2016 following her success at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[5][10]

She was knocked out of quarterfinal in the women's bantamweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She also reached round of 32 in the women's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.[11] She defeated China's Wu Jingyu to claim gold medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix.[12]

She also represented Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 49 kg category and won a bronze medal.[13][14]

Personal life[]

Bogdanović lives in Belgrade, Serbia.

References[]

  1. ^ "Tijana Bogdanovic profile". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Tijana BOGDANOVIC". Olympics.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.serbia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "[World Taekwondo] Tijana 'Tica' Bogdanovic: Serbian Schoolgirl Wins Silver M." m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Taekwondo BOGDANOVIC Tijana - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Maddock wins gold at European Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Tijana Bogdanović šampion Evrope!". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Tijana Bogdanović novi član Tima Srbije za Rio". oks.org.rs. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Taekwondist Bogdanovic carries flag at Rio closing ceremony". B92.net. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Sve što treba da znate o Tijani Bogdanović (FOTO)". Mondo Portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Bogdanović among winners on day one of WTE Olympic Weight Categories Champs". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ^ "China and South Korea dominate at World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women -49kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Draw sheet" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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Awards
Preceded by
Gavril Subotić
 Serbia The Best Young Athlete of Serbia
2015 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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