Giuseppe Maddaloni (born 10 July 1976) is an Italian

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ka. He was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. He won a gold medal in the lightweight (66–73 kg) division at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. He was trained by his father Gianni Maddaloni, in the district of Scampia, the Neapolitan region of Italy.

In Popular Culture

In 2014 a movie was made about his life and that of his father, called :it:L'oro di Scampia (the gold of Scampia), in 2022 it was streaming on Netflix. In 2018 the

International Judo Federation The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National ...

made a movie about his father and the work he continues to do called Judo for the World - Italy.

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* * * 1976 births Living people Italian male judoka Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Naples Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Judoka of Fiamme Oro 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-judo-bio-stub