Simone Alessio
{{Short description|Italian taekwondo practitioner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Simone Alessio
| image = Simone Alessio Paris 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Alessio at the 2024 Olympics
| nickname = Prince
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|14}}
| birth_place = Livorno, Italy
| height = 198 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| country = Italy
| sport = Taekwondo
| weight_class = Welterweight
| club = G.S. Fiamme Rosse
| universityteam = Link Campus University
| turnedpro =
| coach = Francesco Laface, Claudio Nolano
| worlds = 1
| regionals = 3
| nationals = 10
| olympics = 1
| highestranking = 1
| pb =
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's taekwondo}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|80 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition| World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2019 Manchester|74 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2023 Baku|80 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition| Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold| 2022 Rome|80 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2022 Paris|80 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2022 Riyadh (F)|80 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| 2022 Manchester|80 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition| European Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2022 Manchester|80 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| 2021 Sofia|80 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition| European Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2017 Larnaca|73 kg}}
| updated = 29 November 2024
}}
Simone Prince Alessio (born 14 April 2000) is an Italian taekwondo athlete.{{Cite web |url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/ |title=TaekwondoData |website=TaekwondoData |language=en |access-date=17 May 2019}}
Career
Alessio won the gold medal at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in the men's lightweight competition.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oasport.it/2019/05/simone-alessio-ahmad-abughaush-finale-mondiali-taekwondo-2019-data-programma-orario-e-tv/ |title=Simone Alessio-Ahmad Abughaush, Finale Mondiali taekwondo 2019: data, programma, orario e tv |website=OA Sport |date=17 May 2019 |language=it-IT |access-date=17 May 2019}} He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
He won the gold medal in the men's welterweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=31 May 2023 |title=Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1137505/wtc-baku-day-3-report |access-date=31 May 2023}} He defeated Carl Nickolas of the United States in his gold medal match. He won a bronze medal in the men's 80{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
References
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External links
- {{World Taekwondo profile|9cc8a535-f7eb-4661-92de-6b66b893a5c3}}
- {{World Taekwondo ranking|11e6eef4-5dc8-a4c4-92b4-12f817a4f090}}
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{{World Champions Taekwondo Men's Welterweight}}
{{World Champions Taekwondo Men's Lightweight}}
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Category:Italian male taekwondo practitioners
Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Italy
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Livorno
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Olympic medalists in taekwondo
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