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

Career

Born in

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, 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

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, where he won the bronze medal. In 2014, Bragança led the world ranking in his weight category. 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. In 2019 he extended his contract for two more years with the main focus on the

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. He has qualified to the

through the

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* 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Guimarães Portuguese male taekwondo practitioners European Games gold medalists for Portugal European Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Portugal Universiade medalists in taekwondo S.L. Benfica (martial arts) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Universiade silver medalists for Portugal European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Portuguese people {{Taekwondo-bio-stub