Edi Hrnic
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| Born | 26 December 2003[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Brondby, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | −80 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edi Hrnic (born 26 December 2003) is a Danish taekwondo practitioner. He represented Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
In May 2022, he competed at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom, and won a silver medal in the 80 kg event.[1] In June 2023, he competed at the 2023 European Games in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland and won a gold medal in the men's 80 kg event.[2]
In March 2024, he competed at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. He won his semifinal match and qualified to represent Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4] He earned Denmark's first Olympic quota in taekwondo in 20 years.[5] Hrnic is of Bosnian descent.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Edi Hrnic". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "A Stunning Sunday of Taekwondo at the European Games 2023". europetaekwondo.org. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo 101: Olympic qualifying". nbcolympics.com. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Watta, Evelyn (11 March 2024). "Refugee Athlete Kimia Alizadeh secures Olympic taekwondo quota at the European Qualification Tournament for Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Moutiq, Rachid (10 April 2024). "Denmark's taekwondo Olympian on how "immigrant mentality" helps him win". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ [https://cphpost.dk/2024-04-10/art-culture/culture/denmarks-taekwondo-olympian-on-how-immigrant-mentality-helps-him-win/ Denmark's taekwodo Olympian on how immigrant mentality helps him win cphost.dk]
External links
- Edi Hrnic profile at World Taekwondo
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- Living people
- 2003 births
- Danish male taekwondo practitioners
- Danish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- European Games gold medalists for Denmark
- European Games medalists in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Denmark
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Danish martial arts biography stubs
- European taekwondo biography stubs