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| Nationality |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 41) Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Centro Sportivo Esercito[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yoon Soon-Cheul[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonardo Basile (born 12 May 1983 in Naples) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner.[2] In 2005, Basile had won two bronze medals for the over-84 kg class at the World Taekwondo ChampionshipsinMadrid, Spain, and at the Summer UniversiadeinIzmir, Turkey.[3] He also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2007 Summer UniversiadeinBangkok, Thailand, and eventually defeated Slovenia's Ivan Trajkovic for the gold at the 2012 European Taekwondo ChampionshipsinManchester, England.[4][5] Basile is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.[1]
Basile qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Cuba's Ángel Matos, with a score of 1–3.[7][8]
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