Giuseppe Maddaloni

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Giuseppe Maddaloni
Pino Maddaloni.jpg
Maddaloni (right)
Personal information
Born10 July 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 49)
Naples, Italy
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Judo
Weight class –73 kg, –81 kg
Club Fiamme Oro [1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Gold medal.svg (2000)
World Champ. 5th (2007)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (1998, 1999)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Oviedo ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Bratislava ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Tampere ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Maribor ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Lisbon ‍–‍81 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Porto ‍–‍71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 10002
JudoInside.com 6513
Updated on 31 May 2023

Giuseppe Maddaloni (born 10 July 1976) is an Italian judoka. He was born in Naples.

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He won a gold medal in the lightweight (‍–‍73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [2]

He was trained by his father Gianni Maddaloni, in the district of Scampia, the Neapolitan region of Italy. [3]

In 2014 a movie was made about his life and that of his father, called it:L'oro di Scampia (the gold of Scampia), in 2022 it was streaming on Netflix.

In 2018 the International Judo Federation made a movie about his father and the work he continues to do called Judo for the World - Italy. [4]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2008 European Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2007 World Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2006 European Judo Championships 2ndHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2005 Mediterranean Games 1stHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2002 European Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (73 kg)
2001 European Judo Championships 2ndLightweight (73 kg)
2000 Olympic Games 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1999 European Judo Championships 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1998 European Judo Championships 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1997 Mediterranean Games 3rdLightweight (71 kg)

References

  1. ↑ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Judo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Maddaloni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gianni Maddaloni: Judo for Love". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Judo for the World - Italy". YouTube. Retrieved 7 July 2022.


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