Carlo Molfetta

{{short description|Italian taekwondo practitioner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Carlo Molfetta | image = Molfetta1.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 February 1984}} | birth_place = Mesagne, Italy | height = 183 cm | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}} {{MedalCountry |{{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|+80 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2001 Jeju|Featherweight}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Copenhagen|Middleweight}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Gyeongju|Middleweight}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2010 St. Petersburg|Middleweight}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Lillehammer|Lightweight}} {{MedalBronze|2005 Riga|Lightweight}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Manchester|Middleweight}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalGold | 2003 Daegu | Lightweight}} }}

'''Carlo Molfetta''' (born 15 February 1984 in Mesagne) is a taekwondo athlete from Italy, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in the men's +80 kg division, beating Gabon's Anthony Obame. Molfetta was determined to be the victor after the bout concluded in a 9-9 tie, with the judges ruling that Molfetta had won based upon superiority.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/london-2012-olympics/wp/2012/08/11/live-blog-usain-bolt-brazil-mexico-soccer/#liveblog-entry-12341 |title=Italian superior in taekwondo final |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Tracee |last=Hamilton |date=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812100614/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/london-2012-olympics/wp/2012/08/11/live-blog-usain-bolt-brazil-mexico-soccer/#liveblog-entry-12341 |archive-date=12 August 2012}}</ref>

==Biography== He also won the Gold Medal in the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships.<ref>[http://www.taekwondodata.de/carlo-molfetta.a3nu.html#top Profile at ''taekwondodata.com'']</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/molfetta-carlo-1088408/ |title=Carlo Molfetta |website=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=11 August 2012 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127215838/www.london2012.com/athlete/molfetta-carlo-1088408/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{commons category-inline}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814162237/http://www.carlomolfetta.com/ |date=dmy |title=Official website}} * {{TaekwondoData}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|carlo-molfetta}} * {{CONI|new_id=1431|old_id=967}}

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