BRAGANCA Rui

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	-58kg	2011	Gyeongju, KOR
3	-58kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
3rd Round	-58kg	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS
3rd Round	-58kg	2013	Puebla, MEX
1st Round	-68kg	2017	Muju, KOR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-58kg	2021	Sofia, BUL
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Bari, ITA
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2018	Kazan, RUS

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Moscow, RUS
Last 16	-58kg	2018	Fujairah, UAE

Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Sofia, BUL
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2019	Rome, ITA
Quarterfinal	-58kg	2018	Manchester, GBR
2nd Round	-58kg	2018	Taoyuan, TPE
2nd Round	-58kg	2018	Rome, ITA
1st Round	-58kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
Round 1	-58kg	2018	Moscow, RUS

Surfing. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Doctor

Medicine - University of Minho, Braga, POR

Partner Margarida, son Jose Miguel

English, Portuguese, Spanish

SL Benfica [Portugal]

Joaquim Peixoto [national], POR; Pedro Campanico [national], POR; Pedro Magalhaes [personal]

2009 (Facebook page, 02 May 2016)

He took up taekwondo at age 13 in Guimaraes, Portugal. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

He initially tried karate but the class schedule was not convenient for him, and he moved on to swimming. He then discovered he had an allergy to chlorine and took up taekwondo, which he found to be a good fit. "I did not even enjoy my first classes. I was 13 years old, and I went to the gymnasium with my parents. I did a whole month of classes, following my father's suggestion, and I was enjoying it more and more. Back then I was not the kind of person who said, 'I really want to be very good at this, and become world champion'." (ruibraganca.com, 27 Oct 2020; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 01 Aug 2016)

To win a gold medal at the world championships. (u-fit.pt, 04 Feb 2020)

He trains twice a day. (Inspiracao para uma Vida Magica Podcast, 04 Feb 2021)

Winning medals at the world championships and European championships. (kombatpress.com, 28 Apr 2020)

Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

His family and partner. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

He practises visualisation before competing. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

"Find solutions, not problems." (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)