Angelo Crescenzo Explained

Angelo Crescenzo
Birth Date:5 August 1993
Birth Place:Sarno, Italy
Country:Italy
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:60 kg

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 60kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Life

He was born in Sarno.

Crescenzo represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

In November 2021, Crescenzo won the silver medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[6]

Crescenzo lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[8]

Crescenzo won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain1stKumite 60kg
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdKumite 60kg
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates2ndKumite 60kg
2022World GamesBirmingham, United States3rdKumite 60kg
2023European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain1stKumite 60kg
European GamesKraków and Małopolska, Poland3rdKumite 60kg
2024European ChampionshipsZadar, Croatia1stTeam kumite

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giochi del Mediterraneo Tarragona 2018 – Angelo Crescenzo . tarragona2018.coni.it . . 12 June 2021 . Italian.
  2. Web site: KARATE Preview: All 12 World Champions fighting at Fourth Premiere League in Shanghai . Perelman . Rich . 5 June 2019 . The Sports Examiner . en-US . 11 June 2019.
  3. Web site: NEWS CENTER – MAIN WORLD KARATE FEDERATION . WKF.net . 11 June 2019 . 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..
  4. Web site: Karate - CRESCENZO Angelo . 23 September 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 14 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211014061948/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/karate/athlete-profile-n1337870-crescenzo-angelo.htm . dead.
  5. News: Houston . Michael . 16 July 2021 . Italian karate team for Tokyo 2020 revealed at CONI reception . InsideTheGames.biz . 20 July 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf . 21 November 2021 . 21 November 2021 . World Karate Federation.
  7. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  8. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  9. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.