{{Short description|Italian judoka (born 1994)}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Fabio Basile|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox judoka | name = Fabio Basile | image = Fabio Basile and Sergio Mattarella.jpg | caption = Fabio Basile takes a ''selfie'' with the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella | headercolor = lightblue | birth_name = | nickname = | nationality = Italian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Rivoli, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | height = 1.72m | website = <!-- Sport --> | country = {{ITA}} | weight_class = –66 kg, –73 kg | rank = <!-- Belt color ONLY. Automated when "dan" is used. --> | rank_ref = | dan = <!-- Dan rank (number, 1-11), for Black belts only --> | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds_rank = R16 | worlds_year = 2019 | worlds_weight = Men's 73 kg | regionals_type = EU | regionals_rank = 3 | regionals_year = 2016 | regionals_weight = Men's 66 kg | nationals = | olympics_rank = 1 | olympics_year = 2016 | olympics_weight = Men's 66 kg | highestranking = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{ITA}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }} {{Medal|G| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2016 Kazan | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|G| 2021 Antalya | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2019 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2026 Astana | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2018 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2019 Paris | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2016 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2018 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Linz | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2015 Bratislava | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2012 Prague | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2010 Agadir | {{nbnd}}55 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2014 Bucharest | {{nbnd}}60 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Cadet Championships }} {{Medal|S| 2010 Teplice | {{nbnd}}55 kg }} | updated = 10 May 2026 }}
'''Fabio Basile''' (born 7 October 1994 in Rivoli) is an Italian judoka.
==Biography== He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won the gold medal in the men's 66 kg on 7 August 2016 - the 200th Olympic gold medal for Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fabio-basile |title=Fabio Basile |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806045922/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/fabio-basile |archive-date=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Fabio Basile |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/fabio-basile-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/fabio-basile-1.html |archive-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
Basile represents the judo club Akiyama Settimo from Settimo Torinese near Torino and is the club's first olympic champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oro Olimpico – Akiyama Settimo |url=https://www.akiyamasettimo.it/?page_id=12982 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=akiyamasettimo.it}}</ref>
==Author== Basile wrote his first book titled "L'impossibile non esiste" in 2021; it was published by Giunti.<ref>{{Cite book | last1=Basile | first1=Fabio |title=L'impossibile non esiste" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRYsEAAAQBAJ |access-date=2025-12-15 | date=9 June 2021 | publisher=Giunti | isbn=978-88-09-96117-3 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{sports links|maxlink=8}} <!-- * {{Sports reference}} already in References & current website Olympedia displayed via {{Sports links}} --> * {{The-Sports}} * {{Instagram}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Basile, Fabio}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Italian male judoka Category:Olympic judoka for Italy Category:Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in judo Category:Judoka at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Category:Judoka at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Category:European Games competitors for Italy Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games Category:Judoka of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Category:Judoka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Category:Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen Category:People from Rivoli, Piedmont
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