Rui Bragança

Portuguese taekwondo practitioner

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rebelo and the second or paternal family name is Bragança.

Rui Bragança

Personal information

Full name| Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
Nationality| Portuguese
Born|  (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32)
Guimarães, Portugal
Education| Medicine
Height| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight| 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport| Taekwondo
Event| 58 kg
University team| University of Minho
Club| Benfica
Coached by| Hugo Serrão
Joaquim Peixoto (national)
Pedro Campaniço (national)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking| 1st (−58kg)

Medal record

Men's Taekwondo
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
| 2011 Gyeongju | 58 kg
| 2019 Manchester | 58 kg
Grand Prix
| 2015 Sansum | 58 kg
| 2014 Manchester | 58 kg
European Games
| 2015 Baku | 58 kg
European Championships
| 2014 Baku | 58 kg
| 2016 Montreux | 58 kg
| 2021 Sofia | 58 kg
Mediterranean Games
| 2018 Tarragona | 58 kg
Universiade
| 2017 Gwangju | 58 kg
| 2017 Taipei | 58 kg
Lusophony Games
| 2014 Goa | 58 kg
European Junior Championships
| 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.

## External links

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* Rui Bragança at TaekwondoData.com
* Rui Bragança at Olympedia

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