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Rui Bragança
Personal information
Full nameRui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
NationalityPortugal
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32)
Guimarães, Portugal
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event58 kg
ClubSport Lisboa e Benfica
Turned pro2009
Coached byHugo Serrão
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (−58kg)
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Portugal
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gyeongju Flyweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2016 Montreux Flyweight
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku −58 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Manchester Flyweight
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sansum Flyweight
Updated on 26 March 2017

Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança (born 26 December 1991) is a Portuguese taekwondo practitioner from Guimarães, who competes in the men's −58 kg (flyweight) category.

Bragança has won multiple medals at international competitions, including gold at the European Games (Baku 2015) and European Championships (Baku 2014 and Montreux 2016), and silver at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships. In 2014, Bragança led the world ranking in his category.[1] He signed up with Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2016 with his coach Hugo Serrão and his teammate Nuno Costa, also a taekwondo fighter at world level in the −63kg category.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Rui Bragança" (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Rui Bragança" (in Portuguese). Olympic Committee of Portugal. Retrieved 16 June 2015.