Paolo Persoglia

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Paolo Persoglia
Personal information
Born (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
CountrySan Marino
Sport Judo
Weight class –90 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Games of the Small States of Europe
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Luxembourg –73 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 San Marinoo –90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Iceland –81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Montenegro –90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 14536
JudoInside.com 58399
Updated on 3 November 2021

Paolo Persoglia (born 28 April 1994) is a Sanmarrinese judoka. He competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in the men's -90kg category.

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Career

He is able to represent Italy or San Marino. [1] He won a regional final in Judo in 2008 in Recanati, to earn a place in his age-group category at the Italian Championships. [2] He competed for San Marino at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. [3]

In 2013, he was training as a member of Judo Club San Marino. [4] Between 2013 and 2023, Persoglia has medalled multiple times in the Judo competitions at the Games of the Small States of Europe representing San Marino. [5] He won silver in Luxembourg in 2013, and bronze in Iceland 2015. He was a silver medalist again in 2017, losing out in the final of the -90kg category to Montenegrin Marko Bubanja. [6] He won a bronze medal in the -90kg category at the 2019 edition in Montenegro. [7] He was guaranteed to be a silver medalist again in 2023, reaching the final of the -90kg final. [8]

In 2017, he also competed in the Senior European Judo Cup in Sarajevo. [9]

He was selected to compete at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where he drawn against Colton Brown of the United States. [10] He competed in the -90kg category at the delayed 2020 Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo, where he was drawn to face Noël van 't End of the Netherlands, the gold medalist at the 2019 World Championships and number two ranked judoka in the world in that category. [11] Persoglia lost by ippon in the opening minute of the contest. [12]

In October 2022, he won first place at the AICS national championship in Riccione. [13]

References

  1. "JudoInside - Paolo Persoglia Judoka".
  2. "San Marino sports news". Sanmarinotv (in Italian). 17 Mar 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. "Ultimo giorno dei Giochi Olimpici della Gioventù Olimpici per San Marino". Sanmarino.tv (in Italian). 26 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  4. "San Marino. Judo, the leaders of the Sammarinese club learn from the Olympians Scapin and Meloni". Giornalesm (in Italian). 12 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  5. "Olympics, the San Marino Paolo Persoglia ready to debut in judo". corriereromagna.it.
  6. "Judo, argento anche per Persoglia: nella 90 kg vince Bubanja". Sanmarino.tv (in Italian). 31 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. "MONTENEGRO 2019: ONE SILVER AND TWO BRONZES ON THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITIONS". Cons.sm (in Italian). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  8. "San Marino. Persoglia in the final for gold. Good table tennis, swimming and clay shooting in the morning". Giornalesm.com (in Italian). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  9. "Senior European Judo Cup Sarajevo 29-30 aprile 2017". Sanmarino.tv (in Italian). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  10. "San Marino. Judo: Paolo Persoglia si prepara alla grande sfida". Libertas.sm (in Italian). 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  11. "Tokyo 2020, nella culla del judo scende sul tatami Paolo Persoglia". Libertas.sm. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  12. "JUDO: NOTHING TO DO FOR PAOLO PERSOGLIA AGAINST THE NUMBER 2 IN THE WORLD". Cons.sm. 28 July 2021.
  13. "San Marino. Judo: primo posto per Paolo Persoglia al campionato nazionale AICS di Riccione". Libertas.sm (in Italian). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2025.