Gregorio Di Leo
{{Short description|Italian kickboxer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|12|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Palermo, Italy
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| style = Kickboxing
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| occupation = Entrepreneur, martial arts teacher, personal trainer and human resources consultant
| organization = Wyde, Intensive Point Fight training
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| university = Università di Padova, Master Degree in Organizational and Social Psychology
| url = http://www.wyde.it/
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{{Medal|Competition|World Combat Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2010 Beijing|Semi-Contact −74 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|W.A.K.O. World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Coimbra|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|2005 Szeged|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Paris|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|W.A.K.O. European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2006 Lisbon|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|2004 (Maribor)|Semi-Contact −69 kg}}
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Gregorio Di Leo (born July 12, 1983, in Palermo, Italy) is an entrepreneur, psychologist and professional Italian Kickboxing World Champion in Points Fighting.{{Cite news|url=http://www.istud-international.com/faculty/gregorio-di-leo/|title=Gregorio Di Leo - Istud International|work=Istud International|access-date=2018-02-21|language=it-IT|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615004456/http://www.istud-international.com/faculty/gregorio-di-leo/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.salamanca24horas.com/texto-diario/mostrar/885861/gregorio-di-leo-ofrece-curso-semi-contact|title=Gregorio Di Leo ofrece un curso de Semi-Contact|last=Horas|first=Salamanca 24|work=Diario Noticias Salamanca 24 Horas|access-date=2018-02-21|language=es}} He is the co-founder of Wyde, a leadership school based in Milan, Italy.
Early life and education
Di Leo was born on July 12, 1983, in Palermo, Italy. Di Leo holds a master's degree in Organizational and Social Psychology from the University of Padua, an executive program at Wharton Business School and Master in Sport Psychology. He is also a trained life coach from the Coaching Training Institute London.
Professional Activity
Gregorio Di Leo's work in focused on improving people's lives inside and outside organizations. In 2011, he started focusing on the topic of courage, working to define the organizational conditions that foster courageous behavior and the personal meta-skills needed to do so.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenicegroup.com/en/news/art-courage-thrilling-experience-theniceplace|title=The Art of Courage: a thrilling experience @ TheNicePlace {{!}} The Nice Group|work=The Nice Group|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en}}
From 2011 to 2017, he has served in various roles including, director of the faculty at ISTUD Foundation and Senior HR Consultant at Randstad.{{Cite news|url=http://www.salamanca24horas.com/texto-diario/mostrar/885861/gregorio-di-leo-ofrece-curso-semi-contact|title=Gregorio Di Leo ofrece un curso de Semi-Contact|last=Horas|first=Salamanca 24|work=Diario Noticias Salamanca 24 Horas|access-date=2018-02-22|language=es}}
In 2017, along with Jlenia Ermacora, Di Leo co-founded the Wyde leadership school, with the main goal being to design organizational development programs for companies and promote the concepts of the "Wyde Organization" (developed together with Giorgio Di Tullio).
He is a lecturer at the Tsinghua University in China and at LINK Community in Denmark.
Semi-contact karate career
At the age of 11, Di Leo started his competitive karate career in Italy. From 1995 to 2011, he has competed in W.A.K.O (World Association of Kick Boxing Organizations) at the -69 kg weight division under the Semi-contact discipline:
File:Gregorio Di Leo at public kickboxing event.png
- four times World Champion{{Cite news|url=https://gentevip.it/notizie-ultima-ora/intervista/gossip-news-lorena-cacciatore-fidanzato/156807/|title=Gossip news: Lorena Cacciatore svela il nome del suo nuovo fidanzato!|date=2016-10-11|work=gentevip.it|access-date=2018-02-22|language=it-IT}}{{Cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2005/02/06/notizie-di-sport.html|title=notizie di sport - la Repubblica.it|work=Archivio - la Repubblica.it|access-date=2018-02-22|language=it}}
- Paris, 2003{{Cite web|url=http://www.fisio1.it/campione.php?cod=30&nome=Gregorio%20Di%20Leo|title=Fisio1 - Gregorio Di Leo|last=Beppesan|website=www.fisio1.it|access-date=2018-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165234/http://www.fisio1.it/campione.php?cod=30&nome=Gregorio%20Di%20Leo|archive-date=2018-02-22|url-status=dead}}
- Szeged, 2005
- Coimbra, 2007
- Lignano, 2009
- two times European Champion
- Maribor, 2004
- Lisbon, 2006
- one time World Combat Games Champion
- Beijing, 2010
- one time Wako Team World Champion
- Dublin, 2011
Gregorio Di Leo has been one of the few European athletes capable of winning a team competition in the United States, together with Roberto Bellotti (Amerikick International, Atlantic City, 2005), and he is the only European athlete that has been able to win a race in Central America (Guatemala City, Great Maya Challenge, 2006).
Di Leo is part of the Aikya Team, established by Giampaolo Calajòi, who was himself a Kickboxing World Champion and member of Team Bestfighters, founded by Italian national coach Gianfranco Rizzi. Gregorio Di Leo is a psychologist, who graduated at the University of Padova in 2006. He is a martial arts teacher, personal trainer, and human resources consultant. During his career, he has run several seminars in Kickboxing throughout Italy, Bulgaria, South Korea, the United States, and Norway.
In 2010, Di Leo created the "Intensive Point Fight Training" method. The goal of the program is to promote a global approach to human sport performance in Kickboxing.
In the same year, he took part in the inaugural SportAccord 2010 World Combat Games held in Beijing and won gold in the -74 kg category of Semi-contact Kickboxing.
Di Leo is vice-president of Aikya Team and an alumnus of Giampaolo Calajò.
Titles
- 2012 W.A.K.O Irish Open Gold -74 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2011 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Dublin, Ireland Gold Italian Team (Semi-Contact)
- 2011 Bristol Open Grand Champion (Semi-Contact)
- 2011 Italian Open Gold -74 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2011 W.A.K.O. World Cup, Rimini Gold Italian Team (Semi-Contact)
- 2010 Sport Accord/W.A.K.O. Kickboxing at the World Combat Games in Beijing, China Gold -74 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2010 W.A.K.O. World Cup, Rimini Gold Grandchampion (Semi-Contact)
- 2009 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Silver Italian Team (Semi-Contact)
- 2009 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy Gold -74 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2008 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria Silver -74 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Coimbra, Portugal Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Lisbon, Portugal Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2006 Amerikick International Winner in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Gold Italian Team (Semi-Contact)
- 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Szeged, Hungary Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2005 W.A.K.O. Golden Belt Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2004 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Maribor, Slovenia Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2004 W.A.K.O. Italian Open Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2003 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Paris, France Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- 2002 Irish Open in Dublin, Ireland Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- x4 W.A.K.O. World Cup in Piacenza Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- x3 W.A.K.O. World Cup in Piacenza Gold Italian Team (Semi-Contact)
- x5 W.A.K.O Italian Champion Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
- W.A.K.O. European Professional Champion Gold -69 kg (Semi-Contact)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161027050038/http://www.intensivepointfighttraining.com/ Intensive Pointfight Training]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080302174107/http://www.fikb.it/ Federazione Italiana Kickboxing (F.I.K.B.)]
- [http://www.wakoweb.com/ World Association of Kickboxing Association (W.A.K.O.)]
- [http://www.iska-europe.com/ International Sport Kickboxing Association (I.S.K.A. Europe)]
- [http://www.fastkick.blogspot.com/ Team Bestfighters]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319052048/http://mikemiles.com/history1.html "A History of Kickboxing"]
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