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Rui Bragança

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Rui Bragança
Personal information
Full nameRui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32)
Guimarães, Portugal
EducationMedicine
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event58 kg
University teamUniversity of Minho
ClubBenfica
Coached byHugo Serrão
Joaquim Peixoto (national)
Pedro Campaniço (national)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (−58kg)
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gyeongju 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Manchester 58 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sansum 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Manchester 58 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 58 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montreux 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Sofia 58 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 58 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gwangju 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei 58 kg
Lusophony Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Goa 58 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Baku 55 kg
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

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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, along with his coach Hugo Serrão and his training partner Nuno Costa, 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

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  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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