Giuseppe Maddaloni

Giuseppe Maddaloni
Maddaloni (right)
Personal information
Born10 July 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 49)
Naples, Italy
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryItaly
SportJudo
Weight class–73 kg, –81 kg
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2000)
World Champ.5th (2007)
European Champ.Gold (1998, 1999)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Oviedo ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bratislava ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2001 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Tampere ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Maribor ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lisbon ‍–‍81 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 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]

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

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2008 European Championships 3rd Half middleweight (81 kg)
2007 World Judo Championships 5th Half middleweight (81 kg)
2006 European Judo Championships 2nd Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005 Mediterranean Games 1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
2002 European Judo Championships 3rd Lightweight (73 kg)
2001 European Judo Championships 2nd Lightweight (73 kg)
2000 Olympic Games 1st Lightweight (73 kg)
1999 European Judo Championships 1st Lightweight (73 kg)
1998 European Judo Championships 1st Lightweight (73 kg)
1997 Mediterranean Games 3rd Lightweight (71 kg)

References

  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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