Vito Dell'Aquila (; born November 3, 2000) is an Italian
taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
athlete. He won a gold medal 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 ...
. He also won the gold medal in the
men's flyweight event at the
2022 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2022 World Taekwondo Championships was the 25th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Centro Acuático CODE Metropolitano, in Guadalajara, Mexico from 13 to 20 November 2022. It was at first scheduled to be held in W ...
held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Career
On 25 June 2017 he won a bronze medal at the
2017 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea from June 24 to June 30, 2017.
Medal table
Medal summary Men
Women
Team ranking
Men
Women
Parti ...
in
Muju losing in the semifinals to the eventual world champion
Kim Tae-hun
Kim Tae-hun (; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
Sports career
During the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships Kim won gold in finweight, defeating Chia Lin-hsu. at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships Kim defende ...
in the
Men's finweight (54 kg) competition.
On 24 July 2021, being ranked number 2 in the Men's 58 kg olympic ranking, he won the gold medal 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 ...
beating the
2021 African champion,
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, in the final of the
Men's 58 kg.
See also
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Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every ...
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2000 births
Living people
Italian male taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
People from Mesagne
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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