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Native name | Arbnor Bajra | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 19 August 1992 31) Gjilan, Kosovo | (age||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 38th World Ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Arbnor Bajra (born 19 August 1992 in Gjilan, Kosovo) is a Belgian-Kosovar taekwondo athlete. [1] [2] [3]
Arbnor Bajra is a part of the Kosovo Olympic taekwondo [4] team and is competing to qualify for the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
Arbnor was three times Belgian senior champion. [5]
In 2021, Arbnor choose to fight for Kosovo and in 2022 he competed in a new weight category at lightweight (-74 kg), in which he became ranked 38th in the world. [6]
At the 2022 European Championships, he won his first fight against Amer Abdullah from Denmark before losing in the round of 32 against Nedžad Husić from Bosnia, who finnieshed as the silver medallist. [7] [8] [9]
That same year, he qualified for the World Championships during which he won his first round against Sri Lankan Dewayal Delara by disqualification and then lost against Muhammed Emin Yıldız from Turkey in the round of 32 over three rounds. [10]
He qualified for the 2023 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaidjan. [11]
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