Dejan Georgievski (Macedonian: Дејан Георгиевски; born 8 May 1999) is a Macedonian professional taekwondo practitioner who represents North Macedonia internationally in the World Taekwondo Tournaments in the men's heavyweight (+87 kg) class.[1] He is an Olympic silver medalist in the men's +80 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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| Native name | Дејан Георгиевски | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Macedonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1999 Skopje, Macedonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  North Macedonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Heavyweight (+87 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
In 2018 Georgievski won the silver medal in the men's +80 kg taekwondo competition at the XVIIIth Mediterranean Games.[2]
Besides the Mediterranean Games, he won numerous medals in international competitions including the European Olympic Qualification Tournament, the President's Cup, the Sofia Open, the Turkish Open, the Greece Open, Galeb Belgrade Trophy (Serbia Open), the Slovenia Open and more.[3][4][5]
Georgievski is currently ranked 25th in the World Taekwondo heavyweight (+87 kg) rankings and 39th in the +80 kg Olympic weight class.
2020 Summer Olympics edit
Georgievski qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's +80 kg by beating 2016 Olympic champion Radik Isayev of Azerbaijan 13-6 at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia.[6][7][8][9] At the Olympics in Tokyo, Georgievski won reigning world champion Rafael Alba of Cuba 11-8 in the round of 16 and captured the silver medal by beating two-time Asian champion In Kyo-don of South Korea 12-6 in the semifinals.
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +80 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[10]
Tournament record edit
| Year | Event | Location | G-Rank | Place |
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| 2021 | Olympic Games |  Tokyo |
G-20 | 
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| European Championships |  Sofia |
G-4 | 9th | |
| 2020 | Sofia Open | Sofia |
G-1 | 
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| Slovenia Open |  Ljubljana |
G-1 |
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| 2019 | WTE Multi European Games | Sofia |
G-1 |
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| European Clubs Championships |  Thessaloniki |
G-1 |
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| Turkish Open |  Antalya |
G-1 |
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| 2018 | Serbia Open |  Belgrade |
G-1 |
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| Greece Open | Athens |
G-1 |
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| Mediterranean Games |  Tarragona |
G-1 |
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| WTE Multi European Games | Plovdiv |
G-1 |
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| Sofia Open | Sofia |
G-1 |
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| Turkish Open | Istanbul |
G-1 | 
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| 2017 | European Olympic Weight Category Championships | Sofia |
G-1 |
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| Sofia Open | Sofia |
G-1 |
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References edit
- ^ "Taekwondo - Dejan Georgievski". Athletes Information.
- ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE". Tarragona 2018 Information. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Tournaments Record". World Taekwondo.
- ^ "Athlete Information". Taekwondo Data.
- ^ "Conversation with the Macedonian national taekwondo representative Dejan Georgievski before the European Championship: I am going for gold in Sofia". European Championship Information.
- ^ "Interview of Day 2 for European Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". European Qualification Tournament.
- ^ "Interview with Dejan Georgievski, taekwondo fighter who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics: My dream is to bring an Olympic gold medal in Macedonia". Slobodenpecat.
- ^ "Taekwondo: Nine Mediterranean countries claiming Olympic spots at Tokyo 2020". CIJM.
- ^ "Double delight for France as 16 qualify for Tokyo 2020 at European taekwondo qualifier". Olympic 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
External links edit
- Dejan Georgievski at TaekwondoData.com
- Dejan Georgievski at Olympedia
