Angelo Crescenzo (born 5 August 1993) is an Italian

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athlete who won a gold medal at the

2018 World Karate Championships The 2018 World Karate Championships were the 24th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 11, 2018. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 1117 athletes from ...

. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −67 kg. He won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the

2023 European Karate Championships The 2023 European Karate Championships was the 58th edition of the European Karate Championships and 5th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 22 to 26 March 2023. Medal table Medalists Men Women Par ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Life and career

He was born in

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on 5 August 1993. Crescenzo represented Italy at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, Crescenzo won the silver medal in the men's 60kg event at the

2021 World Karate Championships The 2021 World Karate Championships were held from 16 to 21 November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Medal table Medalists Men Women References External linksResults book
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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Crescenzo lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at th ...

held in Oran, Algeria. He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines ...

held in Birmingham, United States. Crescenzo won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the

held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the

2023 World Karate Championships The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Iranian team's visa problems The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata ...

held in Budapest, Hungary.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crescenzo, Angelo Italian male karateka Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno Karateka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games European Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2019 European Games Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Games medalists in karate World Games bronze medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian sportsmen Medalists at the 2022 World Games