Italian judoka (born 1976)
Giuseppe Maddaloni (born 10 July 1976) is an Italian judoka. He was born in Naples.
He won a gold medal in the lightweight (–73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was trained by his father Gianni Maddaloni, in the district of Scampia, the Neapolitan region of Italy.[3]
In Popular Culture
In 2014 a movie was made about his life and that of his father, called it:L'oro di Scampia (the gold of Scampia), in 2022 it was streaming on Netflix.
In 2018 the International Judo Federation made a movie about his father and the work he continues to do called Judo for the World - Italy.[4]
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1957–65: −68 kg • 1966–76: −63 kg • 1977–97: −71 kg • 1998–present: −73 kg |
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