Leonardo Basile

Leonardo Basile (born 12 May 1983 in Naples) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4][5] Basile is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.^[1]

Leonardo Basile

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 42) Naples, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	+80 kg
Club	Centro Sportivo Esercito[1]
Coached by	Yoon Soon-Cheul[1]
Medal record Men's taekwondo Representing  Italy Universiade 2007 Bangkok +84 kg 2005 Izmir +84 kg World Championships 2005 Madrid +84 kg European Championships 2014 Baku +87 kg 2012 Manchester +87 kg 2006 Bonn +84 kg 2008 Rome +84 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin +80 kg

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.^[6] He lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Cuba's Ángel Matos, with a score of 1–3.^[7][8]