Vito Dell'Aquila
Dell'Aquila awarded by Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale in 2021.
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2000-11-03) November 3, 2000
Mesagne, Italy
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Weight classFlyweight
ClubCarabinieri Bologna
Coached byRoberto Baglivo (club)
Claudio Nolano (national)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 58 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Guadalajara 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Muju 54 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Moscow (F) 58 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester (F) 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Moscow58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Fujairah58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Chiba 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Manchester 58 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan54 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manchester58 kg
European U21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sofia54 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Daugavpils48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Larnaca55 kg
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku49 kg

Vito Dell'Aquila (born November 3, 2000) is an Italian taekwondo athlete.[1][2] He won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the gold medal in the men's flyweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Career

On 25 June 2017 he won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju losing in the semifinals to the eventual world champion Kim Tae-hun in the Men's finweight (54 kg) competition.[3]

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 beating the 2021 African champion, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi, in the final of the Men's 58 kg.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vito DELL'AQUILA". Eurosport.
  2. ↑ "DELL'AQUILA Vito". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "DELL'AQUILA, Vito". TaekwondoData.
  4. ↑ "Vito Dell'Aquila, chi è il baby fenomeno del taekwondo italiano". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Vito Dell'Aquila wins men's 58kg taekwondo to clinch gold in Olympic debut: world champion JANG Jun picks up bronze". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.


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