Ana Tepavac
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Sport | Taekwondo |
| Event | Heavyweight |
| Club | TK Elit |
Ana Tepavac (Serbian: Ана Тепавац; née Bajić / Бајић; born 19 March 1995) is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in the heavyweight category. She also won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships.
Career
[edit]Bajić competed in the women's heavyweight (+73 kg) class at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Mexico. After receiving a walkover in the first round, she won her second round match before defeating Spanish opponent Rosana Simón in the quarter-finals to secure a medal in the event. Bajić progressed no further in the competition however, losing by a 5–2 score at the semi-final stage and finishing with a bronze medal.[1]
Bajić took part in the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, in May 2014. She won her second senior competition medal, also bronze, by reaching the semi-finals after beating opponents from Germany and France. Bajić finally lost in the semi-finals, being eliminated 6–0 by eventual gold medal winner, Bianca Walkden of Great Britain.[2]
Bajić was one of 13 Serbian athletes taking part in the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea, participating in the heavyweight category.[3]
In June 2018, Bajić represented her country in the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. She won bouts against opponents from Italy, Tunisia and France on her way to winning the gold medal.[4]
In February 2019, Tepavac took part in the President Cup in Antalya, Turkey, reaching the quarter-finals of the +73 kg event before she was eliminated.[5] In May of the same year, Tepavac went to the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England. She won two bouts in the heavyweight category before losing in the quarter-finals to 2016 Olympic gold medallist Zheng Shuyin, by a score of 6–2.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Светска бронза за Ану Бајић". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 19 July 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Ana Bajić donela evropsku bronzu Srbiji u tekvondou!". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 2 May 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Србија са 13 таеквондиста на СП у Јужној Кореји". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Zlato za Anu Bajić u Taragoni". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Два злата и бронза за наше теквондоискиње". politika.rs (in Serbian). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Ana Tepavac stala na korak do postolja". sportklub.n1info.rs (in Serbian). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ana Tepavac (Bajić) at TaekwondoData.com
- Ana Bajić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Serbian female taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Serbia
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Serbian sportswomen