The Italian Taekwondo Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Taekwondo or FITA) is the national

sports governing body A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sports governing bodies come in various forms and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule i ...

for taekwondo in Italy. It is a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee.

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 Carlo Molfetta (born 15 February 1984 in Mesagne) is a taekwondo athlete from Italy, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in the men's +80 kg division, beating Gabon's Anthony Obame. Molfetta was determined to be the victor after the bout co ...

became the first Italian gold medalist in Taekwondo.

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* Taekwondo organizations Taekwondo National members of the European Taekwondo Union Taekwondo in Italy {{Italy-sport-stub