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Born | Sarno, Italy | 5 August 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 60 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angelo Crescenzo (born 5 August 1993)[1] is an Italian karateka athlete who won a gold medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships.[2][3] He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −67 kg.[4] He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.
Crescenzo represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
In November 2021, Crescenzo won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[6]
Crescenzo lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[8]
Crescenzo won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2018 | World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Kumite 60 kg |
2019 | European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Kumite 60 kg |
2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2nd | Kumite 60 kg |
2022 | World Games | Birmingham, United States | 3rd | Kumite 60 kg |
2023 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Spain | 1st | Kumite 60 kg |
European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 3rd | Kumite 60 kg | |
2024 | European Championships | Zadar, Croatia | 1st | Team kumite |
In Male Kumite -60kg, the current World title-holder was also dethroned in Paris since current gold medallist Angelo Crescenzo of Italy lost the final bout against Iran's Majid Hassan Niadeilami.