Dejan Georgievski

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.

Dejan Georgievski
Personal information
Native nameДејан Георгиевски
NationalityMacedonian
Born (1999-05-08) 8 May 1999
Skopje, Macedonia
Sport
Country North Macedonia
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)Heavyweight (+87 kg)
Medal record
Representing  North Macedonia
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo+80 kg
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2022 Rome+80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Riyadh (F)+80 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków-Małopolska+87 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona+80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Oran+80 kg
European U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Sofia+87 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Warsaw+87 kg

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
2021Olympic GamesJapan TokyoG-202nd place, silver medalist(s)
European ChampionshipsBulgaria SofiaG-49th 
2020Sofia OpenBulgaria SofiaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovenia OpenSlovenia LjubljanaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
2019WTE Multi European GamesBulgaria SofiaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
European Clubs ChampionshipsGreece ThessalonikiG-12nd place, silver medalist(s)
Turkish OpenTurkey AntalyaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Serbia OpenSerbia BelgradeG-12nd place, silver medalist(s)
Greece OpenGreece AthensG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
Mediterranean GamesSpain TarragonaG-12nd place, silver medalist(s)
WTE Multi European GamesBulgaria PlovdivG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
Sofia OpenBulgaria SofiaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
Turkish OpenTurkey IstanbulG-13rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017European Olympic Weight Category ChampionshipsBulgaria SofiaG-11st place, gold medalist(s)
Sofia OpenBulgaria SofiaG-11st 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.
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