Rui Bragança

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.

Rui Bragança
Personal information
Full nameRui Pedro Rebelo Bragança
NationalityPortugal
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991
Guimarães, Portugal
ResidenceGuimarães, Portugal
EducationMedicine
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)58 kg
ClubS.L. Benfica
Coached byHugo Serrão
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (−58kg)
Updated on June 2018.

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 S.L. Benfica in 2016 with his coach Hugo Serrão and his teammate Nuno Costa, also a taekwondo fighter at world level in the −63 kg 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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