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Nika Klepac
Personal information
Born (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)
Croatia
Height172.5 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportTaekwondo
Weight class67 kg
ClubTaekwondo klub "MEDVEDGRAD" ZAGREB
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Croatia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hammamat, Tunisia -63 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester -73 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Larnaka -59 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska -73 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bucharest -55 kg

Nika Klepac (born 23 January 2002) is a Croatian taekwondo athlete.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2018 World Taekwondo Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.[2]

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[3]

Klepac was ranked fifth in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4]

Awards

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Klepac was awarded the Best Croatian Young Athlete Dražen Petrović Award in 2018 following her successes at the 2017 Junior European Championships and 2018 Junior World Championships.[5]

Public appearances

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In December 2022, Nika Klepac appeared as a celebrity guest contestant on "Volim Hrvatsku" ("I Love My Country"), a Croatian television comedy panel game shown on HRT1.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ "[Results] Hammamet 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships" (PDF). World Taekwando. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ Brennan, Elliot (20 May 2022). "Olympic medallist Laurin and Ravet claim gold medals for France at European Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ "[Results] Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Hrvatski olimpijski odbor - Olimp". stara.hoo.hr. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Posljednja emisija desete sezone!". Hrvatska radiotelevizija: Alpe Dunav Jadran (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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