Carlo Molfetta
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Born | 15 February 1984 Mesagne, Italy | (age 40)
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Medal record |
Carlo Molfetta (born 15 February 1984 in Mesagne) is a taekwondo athlete from Italy, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in the men's +80 kg division, beating Gabon's Anthony Obame. Molfetta was determined to be the victor after the bout concluded in a 9-9 tie, with the judges ruling that Molfetta had won based upon superiority.[1]
Biography
[edit]He also won the Gold Medal in the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hamilton, Tracee (11 August 2012). "Italian superior in taekwondo final". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012.
- ^ Profile at taekwondodata.com
- ^ "Carlo Molfetta". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlo Molfetta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Carlo Molfetta at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 August 2012)
- Carlo Molfetta at TaekwondoData.com
- Carlo Molfetta at Olympedia (archive)
- Carlo Molfetta at Olympics.com
- Carlo Molfetta at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Italian male taekwondo practitioners
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- Taekwondo practitioners of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- European Taekwondo Championships medalists
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- People from Mesagne
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian martial arts biography stubs
- European taekwondo biography stubs