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Francesca Milani (born 25 September 1993) is an Italian judoka. Born in Rome,^[1] in 2018 she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.^[2] She competed at several editions of the World Judo Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2020, Milani was eliminated in her first match in the women's 48 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.

In 2021, Milani won the silver medal in her event at the Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi held in Tbilisi, Georgia and the gold medal at the Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.^[3] In June 2021, she competed in the women's 48 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In July 2021, she represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 48 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by Lin Chen-hao of Chinese Taipei.^[4]

Milani won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[5]

She competed in the women's 48 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.

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^ "Judo Medalists" (PDF). 2018 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ Burke, Patrick (17 February 2022). "Three French judoka and Israel's Shmailov among winners at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2022.