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Tijana Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Богдановић; born 5 May 1998) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete.[1][2] She considers fellow taekwondo practitioner Milica Mandić as her idol.[3]

Tijana Bogdanović

Bogdanović in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 24) Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Flyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49 kg 2020 Tokyo 49 kg World Championships 2015 Chelyabinsk 49 kg European Championships 2016 Montreux 49 kg 2018 Kazan 53 kg European Games 2015 Baku 49 kg Universiade 2017 Taipei 53 kg 2017 Taipei Team Kyorugi World Junior Championships 2014 Taipei 49 kg European Junior Championships 2013 Porto 46 kg 2015 Daugavspils 49 kg Grand Prix 2019 Moscow 49 kg 2017 London 49 kg 2015 Moscow 49 kg 2015 Manchester 49 kg 2017 Moscow 49 kg 2019 Chiba 49 kg 2019 Sofia 49 kg

Career

Bogdanović pursued her interest in taekwondo at the age of four, and started actively competing since 2004.[4] She pursued her higher studies at the Singidunum University in the field of psychology.[5]

She represented Serbia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the women's 49kg event. She clinched a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed a silver after losing to England's Charlie Maddock in the women's 48kg event during the 2015 European Games.[6] She was awarded the Best Young Athlete of Serbia in 2015.[5]

She won a gold medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, but failed to defend the title two years later in Kazan, claiming the bronze there.[7] She made her Olympic debut at the age of 18 as a schoolgirl during the 2016 Summer Olympics and she competed in the women's 49 kg category, where she clinched a silver medal.[8] She was also the flagbearer for Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics during the closing ceremony.[9] She was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia in 2016 following her success at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[5][10]

She was knocked out of quarterfinal in the women's bantamweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She also reached round of 32 in the women's bantamweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.[11] She defeated China's Wu Jingyu to claim gold medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix.[12]

She also represented Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 49 kg category and won a bronze medal.[13][14]

Personal life

Bogdanović lives in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

External links

• Tijana Bogdanović at TaekwondoData.com
• Tijana Bogdanović at Olympics.com
• Tijana Bogdanović at Olympedia
• Tijana Bogdanović at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (archived) (in Serbian)

Awards
Preceded by Gavril Subotić	The Best Young Athlete of Serbia 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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- [en] Tijana Bogdanović

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[it] Tijana Bogdanović

Tijana Bogdanović (in serbo: Тијана Богдановић?; Kruševac, 5 maggio 1998) è una taekwondoka serba.

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[ru] Богданович, Тияна

Тия́на Богда́нович (серб. Тијана Богдановић / Tijana Bogdanović; 5 мая 1998, Крушевац) — сербская тхэквондистка наилегчайшей весовой категории, выступает за сборную Сербии начиная с 2014 года. Обладательница серебряной медали летних Олимпийских игр в Рио-де-Жанейро, бронзовая призёрка чемпионата мира, чемпионка Европы, серебряная призёрка Европейских игр в Баку, победительница многих турниров национального и международного значения.

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