SIMONE ALESSIO

SPECIALITY - 80 kg

Date of birth: 14/04/2000

Place of birth: Livorno

Height x weight: 1,98 x 80

First Club: GS Vigili del Fuoco - Catanzaro

Club: Fiamme Rosse

First Coach: Francesco Laface

Coach: Claudio Nolano

Hobby: Gym, football

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Club: Yes

Olympic Games Participation:

Esordiente 

Biography

Alessio learned the art of kicking and throwing punches from an early age, driven, above all, by his father, Salvatore, who practised the discipline as a boy. It was love at first sight, which blossomed at the age of 4 in his village of Sellia Marina, in the province of Catanzaro, cultivated with the help of his parents. After several international successes on the youth level, in 2019, in Manchester, the definitive consecration arrived that made him the first Italian taekwondoka to have won a gold medal at the world championships, winning the 74 kg title. A football fanatic, Juventus fan, he chose the motto "" on his square. Tokyo be warned! 

Palmares

Print

World Championships

 Manchester (GBR) 2019 – 74 kg

 

European Championships

9° Kazan (RUS) 2018 – 68 kg

Bari (ITA) 2019 – 80 kg

Sofia (BUL) 2021 – 80 kg