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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
- ^ "Vito DELL'AQUILA". Eurosport.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "DELL'AQUILA, Vito". TaekwondoData.
- ^ "Vito Dell'Aquila, chi è il baby fenomeno del taekwondo italiano". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Vito Dell'Aquila profile at World Taekwondo
- Vito Dell'Aquila ranking at World Taekwondo
- Vito Dell'Aquila at TaekwondoData.com
- Vito Dell'Aquila at Olympics.com
- Vito Dell'Aquila at Olympedia
- Vito Dell'Aquila at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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