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Nadica Božanić

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Nadica Božanić
Božanić in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 24)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportTaekwondo
Weight class73 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Serbia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Guadalajara 73 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 73 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 63 kg

Nadica Božanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Надица Божанић; born 13 March 2001)[1] is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner.[2] She is a world champion in taekwondo, having won gold in the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in the middleweight category.

Career

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Božanić won the silver medal in the girls' 63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, losing the final against Yalda Valinejad of Iran. It was her nation's fourth medal at the competition.[3] She won the Young Athlete of the Year award from the Olympic Committee of Serbia in December 2018.[4] She took part in the February 2019 President's Cup tournament in Antalya, Turkey, but lost in the quarter-finals of the 63 kg category.[5]

Božanić represented Serbia at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[1] She competed in the women's +67 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match.[1] Božanić won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[6]

Božanić opened the 2023 season with the President's Cup competition in Istanbul in February. She won bronze in the 73 kg category.[7] In April 2023, she took gold at the Austrian Open event in the same category, defeating Sude Yaren Uzunçavdar of Turkey in the final.[8] In May 2023, Božanić competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was eliminated in the round of 16 by eventual bronze medalist Matea Jelić of Croatia.[9] A month later, she won the silver medal in the women's 73 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in the Polish city of Krakow, after losing in the final to Uzunçavdar.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Nadica Božanić". Taekwondo Data. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Srebro za Božanić na OI mladih u Buenos Ajresu". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 11 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  4. ^ "OKS: Đoković i Boškovićeva najbolji u 2018. godini". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Bosnian). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Dva zlata i bronza na Prezident kupu, devojke druge u ukupnom plasmanu". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  6. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (19 November 2022). "Salim follows in father's footsteps with world taekwondo title as Božanić captures gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Tri bronzane medalje za tekvondo reprezentativke Srbije". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 5 February 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Злато и сребро за Србију са Отвореног првенства Аустрије у теквондоу". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  9. ^ "World Taekwondo Championships: Britain's Rebecca McGowan misses out on first world title". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Nadica Božanić osvojila srebro na Evropskim igrama u Poljskoj". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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