Josipa Kafadar
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 2001 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Burnaby, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | –49 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 12 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Josipa Kafadar (born February 2, 2001) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete.[1] Kafadar is a former World Junior medallist and has qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Kafadar's first major international result came in 2018, when she won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia.[2] Kafadar lost the gold medal match by one point to Vietnam's Thi Kim Ngan Ho.[3] Kafadar's senior career has seen her win gold medals at the 2023 British and Luxembourg Opens respectively, among other successes.[1]
In January 2024, Kafadar was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic qualification team.[4] Kafadar would go on to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[5][6] Kafadar was officially named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team in April 2024.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Kafadar is of Croatian descent and currently a biophysics student at Simon Fraser University.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Josipa Kafadar". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "World Junior Championships 2018: 10 Great Moments From Team Canada". www.taekwondo-canada.com. Taekwondo Canada. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
The 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships drew to a close on April 13 with 1 silver medal for Team Canada. The medal was recorded by the 17-year-old Team Captain Josipa Kafadar in the female under-49kg category.
- ^ Olson, Dan (4 May 2018). "Kafadar aims to turn silver into gold". Burnaby Now. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (31 January 2024). "Taekwondo Canada announces squad for continental qualifiers". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Balzer, Kyle (10 April 2024). "Burnaby's Josipa Kafadar fights her way to 2024 Summer Olympics". Burnaby Now. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (14 April 2024). "Josipa Kafadar: I dreamed of being in the Olympic team since I was a child". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Fenton, Caela (23 April 2024). "Taekwondo is first team named to the Paris 2024 Canadian Olympic Team". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Skylar Park set to lead small Canadian taekwondo team at Paris Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Brown-John, Erin (9 April 2024). "SFU Physics student representing Canada at Pan American Olympic Qualifier". www.sfu.ca/. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 12 May 2024.