Tijana Bogdanović

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
Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Flyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Chelyabinsk49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Guadalajara53 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Moscow (F) 49 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 London49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Moscow49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Manchester49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Moscow49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Chiba49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia49 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Montreux49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kazan53 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Baku 49 kg
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei53 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiTeam Kyorugi
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Taipei49 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Porto46 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Daugavspils49 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]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[15]

Personal life

Bogdanović lives in Belgrade, Serbia.[16]

References
  1. "Tijana Bogdanovic profile". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. "Tijana BOGDANOVIC". Olympics.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "You are being redirected..." www.serbia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. "[World Taekwondo] Tijana 'Tica' Bogdanovic: Serbian Schoolgirl Wins Silver M." m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. "Taekwondo BOGDANOVIC Tijana - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. "Maddock wins gold at European Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. "Tijana Bogdanović šampion Evrope!". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. "Tijana Bogdanović novi član Tima Srbije za Rio". oks.org.rs. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. "Taekwondist Bogdanovic carries flag at Rio closing ceremony". B92.net. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  10. "Sve što treba da znate o Tijani Bogdanović (FOTO)". Mondo Portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  11. "Bogdanović among winners on day one of WTE Olympic Weight Categories Champs". www.insidethegames.biz. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. "China and South Korea dominate at World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final". www.insidethegames.biz. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. "2020 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women -49kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  14. "Draw sheet" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  15. Berkeley, Geoff (19 November 2022). "Greenwood snatches gold from Zuo's grasp as Liang ensures second title for China". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  16. "[World Taekwondo] Tijana 'Tica' Bogdanovic: Serbian Schoolgirl Wins Silver M".
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