Marko Golubić
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 2000 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marko Golubić (born 26 July 2000) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the men’s lightweight division. He competed for Croatia in that division at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Career
[edit]He is a member of TK Metalac in Zagreb, where he is coached by Dejan Mesarov.[2]
He competed for Croatia at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England, and the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, and reached the medal match each time without winning a medal.[3] He also lost in the bronze medal match at the 2023 European Games to Daniel Quesada of Spain.[4]
He won the gold medal in the Men's lightweight division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating Stefan Takov of Serbia in the final. It had been Takov who denied him a medal in the bronze medal bout at the previous world championships.[5][6][7] The result meant, that after Filip Grgić in 2007, Golubić became just the second male world champion produced by Croatia, and along with Ana Zaninović and Lena Stojković, only the fourth overall.[8]
Competing at the European Qualification Tournament in March 2024 he qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, by defeating Sweden's Ali Alian to reach the final.[9] Competing at the subsequent Olympic Games, he narrowly missed a place in the semi-finals, losing a deciding set against Bradly Sinden of Great Britain who carried on fighting despite a suspected knee ligament tear during the bout.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marko Golubic". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Čudo Božje u Bakuu: Dečko iz Dubrave Marko Golubić prvak svijeta". Vecernji.hr. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Watta, Evelyn (7 March 2024). "2024 EUROPEAN TAEKWONDO QUALIFIERS: 'STREET HERO' MARKO GOLUBIĆ ON CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD DREAM". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "European Games". Sport.de. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Fifth medal for Croatia in Baku! 'Metalac' Marko Golubić world champion". croring.com. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Golubić wins thrilling men's under-74kg final at World Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Croatia and Individual Neutral Athlete win golds on day 6 of Baku 2023 World Taekwondo Championships". World Taekwondo. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Senzacionalni svjetski prvak: 'Cijeli tjedan sam našpanan. Zlato posvećujem Dubravi i roditeljima'". Vecernji.hr. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 March 2024). "Paris 2024 European qualifiers: Taekwondo world champion Golubic wins quota". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Bennett, Charlie (8 August 2024). "'Life is not a fairytale': Bradly Sinden abandons quest for Taekwondo medal after knee injury". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Marko Golubić profile at World Taekwondo
- Marko Golubić ranking at World Taekwondo
- Marko Golubić at TaekwondoData.com
- Marko Golubić at InterSportStats
- Marko Golubić at Olympics.com
- Marko Golubić at the Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (in Croatian)
- Marko Golubić on Instagram
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Croatian male taekwondo practitioners
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- European Games competitors for Croatia
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Croatia
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen