Ilham Aliyev presented the gold medal to the champion of the I European Games Firdovsi Farzaliyev 22

Luigi Busà (born 9 October 1987) is an Italian

karate (; ; 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 ...

ka. He is a two-time gold medalist at the

World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...

and a five-time gold medalist at the

European Karate Championships The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year. History Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, whic ...

. He 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, winning the first-ever gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event.

Career

In 2015, Busà won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75kg event at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the final, he lost against

Rafael Aghayev Rafael Mahir Aghayev ( az, Rafael Ağayev; born March 4, 1985, in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is a five-time worl ...

of Azerbaijan. In 2019, Busà won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75kg 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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Busa, Luigi 1987 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Italian male karateka Karateka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in karate European Games silver medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in karate Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Olympic karateka of Italy Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in karate Olympic gold medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian people

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