Mattia Busato

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Mattia Busato (born 2 February 1993){{Cite web|title=Karate Entry List by NOC|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116224237/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|website=2017 World Games}} is an Italian karateka. He is a four-time bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2020|access-date=30 December 2020|website=2018 World Karate Championships}} He is also the gold medalist in the men's individual kata event at the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.

Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Career

In 2015, Busato won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=14 June 2015|title=Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1027986/azerbaijan-top-baku-2015-karate-medal-standings-after-two-more-golds|access-date=11 May 2020}} In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in this event at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2019 European Games}}

He competed in the men's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}} In 2018, Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031214737/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|archive-date=31 October 2020|access-date=31 October 2020|website=2018 World University Karate Championships}}

Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/meet-karates-first-qualified-athletes-for-tokyo-2020/1256|title=WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=WKF.net|access-date=18 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092111/karate-olympic-qualifiers|title=World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 April 2020}} He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round. In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.{{Cite news|date=25 October 2021|title=Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships|work=World Karate Federation|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-dominate-mediterranean-championships/1719|access-date=16 November 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116112906/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|website=Sportdata}} In November 2021, Busato won one of the bronze medals in both the men's kata and men's team kata events at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=World Karate Federation}}

Busato lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event.

Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.{{Cite web |title=Karate Medalists by Event |url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624075000/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=2023 European Games}} He lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
rowspan=2 \| 2014 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Tampere, Finland \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Individual kata
bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kata
rowspan=3 \| 2015 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Istanbul, Turkey \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kata
European Games \|Baku, Azerbaijan \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Individual kata
rowspan=2 \| 2016 \|European Championships \|Montpellier, France \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
World Championships \|Linz, Austria \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kata
rowspan=2 \| 2017 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| İzmit, Turkey \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kata
rowspan=2 \| 2018 \|European Championships \|Novi Sad, Serbia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
World Championships \|Madrid, Spain \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
rowspan=2 \| 2019 \|European Championships \|Guadalajara, Spain \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
European Games \|Minsk, Belarus \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
rowspan=3 \| 2021 \|European Championships \|Poreč, Croatia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
rowspan=2 \| World Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kata
rowspan=2 \| 2022 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Gaziantep, Turkey \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kata
rowspan=3 \| 2023 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Guadalajara, Spain \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Individual kata
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kata
European Games \|Kraków and Małopolska, Poland \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Individual kata
2024 \|European Championships \|Zadar, Croatia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kata

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rowspan=2 | 2014

|rowspan=2 | European Championships

|rowspan=2 | Tampere, Finland

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Individual kata

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd