Dejan Georgievski

Dejan Georgievski
Personal information
Native nameДејан Георгиевски
NationalityMacedonian
Born (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 25)
Skopje, Macedonia
Sport
Country North Macedonia
SportTaekwondo
EventHeavyweight (+87 kg)
Medal record
Representing  North Macedonia
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo +80 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Riyadh (F) +80 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska +87 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran +80 kg
European U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sofia +87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Warsaw +87 kg

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.

Career

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

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

Competition Results
Year Event Location G-Rank Place
2021 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo G-20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships Bulgaria Sofia G-4 9th 
2020 Sofia Open Bulgaria Sofia G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovenia Open Slovenia Ljubljana G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 WTE Multi European Games Bulgaria Sofia G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Clubs Championships Greece Thessaloniki G-1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Turkish Open Turkey Antalya G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Serbia Open Serbia Belgrade G-1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Greece Open Greece Athens G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games Spain Tarragona G-1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WTE Multi European Games Bulgaria Plovdiv G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sofia Open Bulgaria Sofia G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Turkish Open Turkey Istanbul G-1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 European Olympic Weight Category Championships Bulgaria Sofia G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sofia Open Bulgaria Sofia G-1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Taekwondo - Dejan Georgievski". Athletes Information.
  2. ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE". Tarragona 2018 Information. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tournaments Record". World Taekwondo.
  4. ^ "Athlete Information". Taekwondo Data.
  5. ^ "Conversation with the Macedonian national taekwondo representative Dejan Georgievski before the European Championship: I am going for gold in Sofia". European Championship Information.
  6. ^ "Interview of Day 2 for European Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". European Qualification Tournament.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Taekwondo: Nine Mediterranean countries claiming Olympic spots at Tokyo 2020". CIJM.
  9. ^ "Double delight for France as 16 qualify for Tokyo 2020 at European taekwondo qualifier". Olympic 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.