Italian Taekwondo Federation

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Italian Taekwondo Federation
Federazione Italiana Taekwondo
Sport Taekwondo
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationFITA
Affiliation World Taekwondo
Italian National Olympic Committee
Official website
www.taekwondoitalia.it
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The Italian Taekwondo Federation (Italian : Federazione Italiana Taekwondo [1] or FITA [2] ) is the national sports governing body for taekwondo in Italy. It is a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee.

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International competition

The Italian Taekwondo Federation is a member of the European umbrella organization European Taekwondo Union as well as the World Association for World Taekwondo (WT).

On the part of the Italy Olympic Committee, the Italian Taekwondo Federation is the only Taekwondo Association authorized to send athletes to the Olympic Games. Carlo Molfetta became the first Italian gold medalist in Taekwondo. [3]

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References

  1. "Federazione Italiana Taekwondo". WorldTaekwondo.org. World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "FITA". TaekwondoItalia.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Taekwondo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. Mackay, Duncan (22 May 2016). "Italian Taekwondo Federation elects Cito to replace Park Sun Jae as new President". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 October 2018.