Rui Bragança

Rui Bragança
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
Nationality Portugal
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991
Guimarães, Portugal
Residence Braga, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) 58 kg
Club Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Turned pro 2009
Coached by Hugo Serrão
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 1st (−58kg)
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Portugal
World Championships
2011 Gyeongju Flyweight
European Championships
2014 Baku Flyweight
2016 Montreux Flyweight
European Games
2015 Baku −58 kg
Grand Prix
2014 Manchester Flyweight
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.
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