{{Short description|Italian karateka (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Mattia Busato | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|2|2}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Italy | sport = Karate | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = {{Plainlist| * Individual kata * Team kata }} | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's karate }} {{Medal|Country| {{ITA}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Linz|Team kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Madrid|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2021 Dubai|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2021 Dubai|Team kata}} {{Medal|Competition| European Games }} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Baku|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Minsk|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Tampere|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Frankfurt|Team kata}} {{Medal|Silver|2014 Tampere|Team kata}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Istanbul|Team kata}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 İzmit|Team kata}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Guadalajara|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Yerevan|Team kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2015 Istanbul|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Montpellier|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 İzmit|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Novi Sad|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Guadalajara|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2021 Poreč|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Gaziantep|Individual kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Gaziantep|Team kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Guadalajara|Team kata}} {{Medal|Bronze|2024 Zadar|Team kata}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
'''Mattia Busato''' (born 2 February 1993)<ref name="karate_entry_list_world_games_2017">{{Cite web|title=Karate Entry List by NOC|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116224237/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|website=2017 World Games}}</ref> is an Italian karateka. He is a four-time bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships.<ref name="results_book_world_karate_championships_2018">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2020|access-date=30 December 2020|website=2018 World Karate Championships}}</ref> He is also the gold medalist in the men's individual kata event at the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.
Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.<ref name="karate_results_book_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}</ref>
== Career ==
In 2015, Busato won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.<ref name="azerbaijan_top_baku_2015">{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=14 June 2015|title=Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1027986/azerbaijan-top-baku-2015-karate-medal-standings-after-two-more-golds|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in this event at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.<ref name="karate_medalists_european_games_2019">{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2019 European Games}}</ref>
He competed in the men's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.<ref name="karate_results_world_games_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> In 2018, Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.<ref name="results_book_world_university_karate_championships_2018">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031214737/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|archive-date=31 October 2020|access-date=31 October 2020|website=2018 World University Karate Championships}}</ref>
Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.<ref name="wkf_announces_first_qualified_2020">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/meet-karates-first-qualified-athletes-for-tokyo-2020/1256|title=WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=WKF.net|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="wkf_announces_first_forty_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092111/karate-olympic-qualifiers|title=World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round.<ref name="karate_results_book_summer_olympics_2020"/> In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.<ref name="olympians_dominate_mediterranean_championships_2021">{{Cite news|date=25 October 2021|title=Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships|work=World Karate Federation|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-dominate-mediterranean-championships/1719|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="results_book_mediterranean_karate_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116112906/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|website=Sportdata}}</ref> In November 2021, Busato won one of the bronze medals in both the men's kata and men's team kata events at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<ref name="world_karate_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=World Karate Federation}}</ref>
Busato lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event.
Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.<ref name="karate_medalists_european_games_2023">{{Cite web |title=Karate Medalists by Event |url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624075000/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=2023 European Games}}</ref> He lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=45% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Rank !!Event |- |rowspan=2 | 2014 |rowspan=2 | European Championships |rowspan=2 | Tampere, Finland |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kata |- |rowspan=3 | 2015 |rowspan=2 | European Championships |rowspan=2 | Istanbul, Turkey |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kata |- |European Games |Baku, Azerbaijan |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Individual kata |- |rowspan=2 | 2016 |European Championships |Montpellier, France |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |World Championships |Linz, Austria |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kata |- |rowspan=2 | 2017 |rowspan=2 | European Championships |rowspan=2 | İzmit, Turkey |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kata |- |rowspan=2 | 2018 |European Championships |Novi Sad, Serbia |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |World Championships |Madrid, Spain |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |rowspan=2 | 2019 |European Championships |Guadalajara, Spain |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |European Games |Minsk, Belarus |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |rowspan=3 | 2021 |European Championships |Poreč, Croatia |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |rowspan=2 | World Championships |rowspan=2 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kata |- |rowspan=2 | 2022 |rowspan=2 | European Championships |rowspan=2 | Gaziantep, Turkey |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kata |- |rowspan=3 | 2023 |rowspan=2 | European Championships |rowspan=2 | Guadalajara, Spain |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Individual kata |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kata |- |European Games |Kraków and Małopolska, Poland |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |- |2024 |European Championships |Zadar, Croatia |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kata |- |2025 |European Championships |Yerevan, Armenia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kata |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Busato, Mattia}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Italian male karateka Category:Karateka at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:Karateka at the 2019 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 European Games Category:Karateka at the 2023 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games Category:European Games silver medalists for Italy Category:European Games bronze medalists for Italy Category:European Games medalists in karate Category:Karateka of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games Category:Competitors at the 2022 World Games Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic karateka for Italy Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen