:Draft:Nika Klepac

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{{Short description|Croatian taekwondo practitioner (born 2002)}}

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{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Hammamat, Tunisia|-63 kg}}

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{{Medal|Silver|2022 Manchester|-73 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Larnaka|-59 kg}}

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{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|-73 kg}}

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Nika Klepac (born 23 January 2002) is a Croatian taekwondo athlete.{{Cite web |title=TaekwondoData |url=https://www.taekwondodata.com/nika-klepac.apeb.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=TaekwondoData |language=en}} She won the silver medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2018 World Taekwondo Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.{{Cite web |title=[Results] Hammamet 2018 World Taekwondo Junior Championships |url=https://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RESULTS-DAY-4-2018-WORLD-TAEKWONDO-JUNIOR-CHAMPIONSHIPS-HAMMAMET-TUNISIA.pdf |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=World Taekwando}}

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Elliot |date=20 May 2022 |title=Olympic medallist Laurin and Ravet claim gold medals for France at European Taekwondo Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123430/laurin-and-ravet-golds-taekwondo |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=InsideTheGames.biz}}

Klepac was ranked fifth in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.{{Cite web |title=[Results] Guadalajara 2022 World Taekwondo Championships |url=https://www.mastkd.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/19-NOV-Day-6-Results-Competition-Draw-Sheet.pdf |access-date=10 November 2024}}

Awards

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.{{Cite web |title=Hrvatski olimpijski odbor - Olimp |url=https://stara.hoo.hr/hr/olimp?idbroj=170 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=stara.hoo.hr}}

Public appearances

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.{{Cite web |title=Posljednja emisija desete sezone! |url=https://volimhrvatsku.hrt.hr/10-sezona/posljednja-emisija-desete-sezone--10527584 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Hrvatska radiotelevizija: Alpe Dunav Jadran |language=hr}}

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