Marko Golubić

Marko Golubić
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born (2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 [1]
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Weight class
Lightweight
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Croatia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Baku74 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Munich74 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2026 Taranto68 kg

Marko Golubić (born 26 July 2000) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. He was a gold medalist at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in the men’s lightweight division. He competed for Croatia in that division at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Career

He is a member of TK Metalac in Zagreb, where he is coached by Dejan Mesarov.[2]

He competed for Croatia at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England, and the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, and reached the medal match each time without winning a medal.[3] He also lost in the bronze medal match at the 2023 European Games to Daniel Quesada of Spain.[4]

He won the gold medal in the Men's lightweight division at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating Stefan Takov of Serbia in the final. It had been Takov who denied him a medal in the bronze medal bout at the previous world championships.[5][6][7] The result meant, that after Filip Grgić in 2007, Golubić became just the second male world champion produced by Croatia, and along with Ana Zaninović and Lena Stojković, only the fourth overall.[8]

Competing at the European Qualification Tournament in March 2024 he qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, by defeating Sweden's Ali Alian to reach the final.[9] Competing at the subsequent Olympic Games, he narrowly missed a place in the semi-finals, losing a deciding set against Bradly Sinden of Great Britain who carried on fighting despite a suspected knee ligament tear during the bout.[10]

He placed second in the -74kgg category at the Galeb Trophy Taekwondo Open in April 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia.[11]

In May 2026, he was a bronze medalist at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships in Munich, Germany.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Marko Golubic". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Čudo Božje u Bakuu: Dečko iz Dubrave Marko Golubić prvak svijeta". Vecernji.hr. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Watta, Evelyn (7 March 2024). "2024 EUROPEAN TAEKWONDO QUALIFIERS: 'STREET HERO' MARKO GOLUBIĆ ON CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD DREAM". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "European Games". Sport.de. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Fifth medal for Croatia in Baku! 'Metalac' Marko Golubić world champion". croring.com. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Golubić wins thrilling men's under-74kg final at World Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Croatia and Individual Neutral Athlete win golds on day 6 of Baku 2023 World Taekwondo Championships". World Taekwondo. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Senzacionalni svjetski prvak: 'Cijeli tjedan sam našpanan. Zlato posvećujem Dubravi i roditeljima'". Vecernji.hr. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (11 March 2024). "Paris 2024 European qualifiers: Taekwondo world champion Golubic wins quota". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Bennett, Charlie (8 August 2024). "'Life is not a fairytale': Bradly Sinden abandons quest for Taekwondo medal after knee injury". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (8 April 2025). "Galeb Trophy concludes strongly". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (15 May 2026). "Munich 2026: Brandl delights home crowd with the last kick". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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