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Giuseppe Maddaloni

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Giuseppe Maddaloni
Maddaloni (right)
Personal information
Born10 July 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 50)
Naples, Italy
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryItaly
SportJudo
–73 kg, –81 kg
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Achievements and titles
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2000)
5th (2007)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (1998, 1999)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Oviedo‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place1999 Bratislava‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place2001 Paris‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place2006 Tampere‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place2002 Maribor‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Lisbon‍–‍81 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place1996 Porto‍–‍71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF10002
JudoInside.com6513
Updated on 31 May 2023

Giuseppe Maddaloni (born 10 July 1976) is an Italian judoka. He was born in Naples.

He won a gold medal in the lightweight (‍–‍73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]

He was trained by his father Gianni Maddaloni, in the district of Scampia, the Neapolitan region of Italy.[3]

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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 made a movie about his father and the work he continues to do called Judo for the World - Italy.[4]

Achievements

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YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2008European Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2007World Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2006European Judo Championships 2ndHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2005Mediterranean Games 1stHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2002European Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (73 kg)
2001European Judo Championships 2ndLightweight (73 kg)
2000Olympic Games 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1999European Judo Championships 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1998European Judo Championships 1stLightweight (73 kg)
1997Mediterranean Games 3rdLightweight (71 kg)

References

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  1. ↑ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Judo" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Maddaloni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gianni Maddaloni: Judo for Love". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Judo for the World - Italy". YouTube. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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