Angelo Crescenzo (born 5 August 1993) is an Italian

karateka (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

athlete who won a gold medal at the

2018 World Karate Championships The 2018 World Karate Championships were the 24th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 11, 2018. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 1117 athletes from ...

. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −67 kg. He won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the

2023 European Karate Championships The 2023 European Karate Championships was the 58th edition of the European Karate Championships and 5th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 22 to 26 March 2023. Medal table Medalists Men Women Pa ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Life

He was born in

Sarno Sarno is a town and ''comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway. Overview It lies at the foot ...

. Crescenzo represented Italy at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, Crescenzo won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the

2021 World Karate Championships The 2021 World Karate Championships were held from 16 to 21 November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Medalists Men Women Medal table References External linksResults book
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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Crescenzo lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60 kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria. He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...

held in Birmingham, United States. Crescenzo won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the

held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the

2023 World Karate Championships The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Iranian team's visa problems The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata an ...

held in Budapest, Hungary.

Achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crescenzo, Angelo Italian male karateka Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno Karateka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games European Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2019 European Games Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Games medalists in karate World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Italian people