BOSSOLO Antonino

Date of Birth: 27 Jan 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: K44

Place of birth: PALERMO

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : ROME

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Men K44 -61kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 -61kg Round of 16 #102 UZB TOKHIROV ZTOKHIROV Zukhriddin Sport Class: K44 30 ITA BOSSOLO ABOSSOLO Antonino Sport Class: K44 64 PTF	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 -61kg Quarterfinal #110 MGL GANBAT BEGANBAT Bolor Erdene Sport Class: K44 28 ITA BOSSOLO ABOSSOLO Antonino Sport Class: K44 40 PTF	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 -61kg Semifinal #126 ITA BOSSOLO ABOSSOLO Antonino Sport Class: K44 34 BRA SODARIO TORQUATO NSODARIO TORQUATO Nathan Cesar Sport Class: K44 37 PTF	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B	Men K44 -61kg Bronze Medal Contests #134 ITA BOSSOLO ABOSSOLO Antonino Sport Class: K44 2 TUR BOZTEKE MBOZTEKE Mahmut Sport Class: K44 14 RSC	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
2	Men K44 -61kg	2015	Samsun, TUR
3	Men K44 -61kg	2014	Moscow, RUS
5	Men K44 -61kg	2017	London, GBR
9	Men K44 -61kg	2019	Antalya, TUR
European Championships
1	Men K44 -61kg	2018	Plovdiv, BUL
3	Men K44 -61kg	2019	Bari, ITA
3	Men K44 -61kg	2017	Sofia, BUL
3	Men K44 -61kg	2016	Warsaw, POL

Supporting Italian football club Juventus, playing video games, reading, watching movies and documentaries. (taekwondoitalia.it, 01 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Wife Sofia, son Carlo [2020]

Languages spoken:

GS Fiamme Oro [Italy]

Giovanni Lo Dolce [national]

In November 2016 he was ruled out for six months with an injury. (tuttosporttaranto.com, 10 Oct 2020; taekwondoitalia.it, 01 Jan 2020)

He took up taekwondo at age 11. (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

He originally wanted to play football but his mother encouraged him to try another sport, so he visited the martial arts gym in his village. "She [his mother] convinced me and I went to try and that day I fell in love with it." (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gazzetta.it, 05 Dec 2020)

Winning gold in the K44 -61kg category at the 2018 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (tuttosporttaranto.com, 10 Oct 2020)

Italian racing driver and Para cyclist Alex Zanardi. (gazzetta.it, 01 Aug 2020)

Philosophy:

"This sport teaches you many important values, one among many is respect towards the opponent, but above all towards one's teacher. In taekwondo you are not different, but one like many others, one of them. This helped me a lot to accept myself." (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

General Interest

Classification
K44 (World Taekwondo, 05 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

Impairment Details
He was born with a left arm impairment. (repubblica.it, 06 Mar 2021)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In December 2020 he was re-elected as a member of the Italian Paralympic Committee [CIP] Athletes' Commission. (insidethegames.biz, 19 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score
RSC:: Win by Referee Stops Contest

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