Leonardo Basile
Olympic taekwondo practitioner
레오나르도 바실레
- Born
- 12 May 1983, Naples
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Sport
- taekwondo
- Occupation
- taekwondo athlete
- Height
- 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 95 kg (209 lb)
Leonardo Basile (born 12 May 1983) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner. In 2005, Basile had won two bronze medals for the over-84 kg class at the World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain, and at the Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey. He also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and eventually defeated Slovenia's Ivan Trajkovic for the gold at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, United Kingsom. Basile is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.
Basile qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Cuba's Ángel Matos, with a score of 1–3.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 World Taekwondo Championships | 2005 | |
| 2008 Summer Olympics | 2008 |
External links
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