Leonardo Basile

{{short description|Italian taekwondo practitioner}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

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| sport = Taekwondo

| event = +80 kg

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| club = Centro Sportivo Esercito

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| coach = Yoon Soon-Cheul

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{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Bangkok | +84 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Izmir | +84 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Madrid | +84 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Baku | +87 kg }}

{{MedalGold|2012 Manchester | +87 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Bonn | +84 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Rome | +84 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Mersin|+80 kg}}

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Leonardo Basile (born 12 May 1983 in Naples) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner.{{cite sports-reference|title = Leonardo Basile|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/leonardo-basile-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013140/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/leonardo-basile-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 25 January 2013}} In 2005, Basile had won two bronze medals for the over-84 kg class at the World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, Spain, and at the Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey.{{cite news|title=S. Korea, Netherlands, Thailand Split Taekwondo Titles at Universiade|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=273&bbs_code=10002&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=37&page=16&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=051ff9e6553417bccf6864f2077542b7|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=18 August 2005|accessdate=25 January 2013}} He also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and eventually defeated Slovenia's Ivan Trajkovic for the gold at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England.{{cite news|title=S. Korean taekwondo champion looks forward to Beijing Olympics|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/6236031.html|work=Xinhua News Agency|publisher=People's Daily Online (China)|date=9 August 2007|accessdate=25 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Iniziano con la medaglia d'Oro di Leonardo Basile i Campionati Europei di Taekwondo di Manchester|trans-title=Taekwondo: Leonardo Basile won the European Championships in Manchester|language=Italian|url=http://olimpiadi.blogosfere.it/2012/05/taekwondo-leonardo-basile-vince-i-campionati-europei-a-manchester.html|publisher=Blogo Italiano|date=4 May 2012|accessdate=25 January 2013}} Basile is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.{{cite web|title=CONI Profile – Leonardo Basile|language=Italian|url=http://www.pechino2008.coni.it/index.php?id=156&atleta=51&sport=Taekwondo|publisher=Italian National Olympic Committee|accessdate=25 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505102037/http://www.pechino2008.coni.it/index.php?id=156&atleta=51&sport=Taekwondo|archive-date=5 May 2012|url-status=dead}}

Basile qualified for the men's heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite news|title=WTF European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Success in Istanbul, Turkey|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=196&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=196&page=25&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=05f0bfd3040391b4fb8144d4bdb558f5|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=31 January 2008|accessdate=25 January 2013}} He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Cuba's Ángel Matos, with a score of 1–3.{{cite web|title=Men's +80kg (+176 lbs) Round of 16 Final|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM180406/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=25 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103192127/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM180406/index.html|archive-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Matos faces lifetime ban after kicking referee following match|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/judo/news/story?id=3549903|work=The Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=23 August 2008|access-date=25 January 2013}}