Emanuela Pierantozzi

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Emanuela Pierantozzi (born August 22, 1968 in Bologna ) is a former Italian judoka . She won two Olympic medals and was world and European champion.

Athletic career

The 1.77 m tall judoka from Vulture Genua Voltri mostly competed in the middleweight division (up to 66 kg) until 1997. In 1999 and 2000 she started in the light heavyweight division (up to 78 kg).

After winning medals at the Italian judo championships in 1986 and 1987, she achieved her international breakthrough in 1988. At the European Championships she reached the middleweight finals, after her defeat against Alexandra Schreiber from the Federal Republic of Germany she received the silver medal. Two weeks after the European Championships, she won her first Italian championship title. At the end of 1988 she won a bronze medal in the middleweight division and in the open class at the student world championships. In 1989 she won the World Cup tournament in Paris at the start of the season. After winning the Italian Championships, she also won the title at the European Championships in Helsinki by beating Alexandra Schreiber in the final. At the World Championships in Belgrade in 1989 , she won all five fights, in the final she defeated the Japanese Hikari Sasaki . In 1990 she won the Italian championships, took third place with the Italian team at the European team championships and won the student world championships at the end of the year.

In 1991 Piarantozzi won the Paris tournament and the Italian championships. At the European Championships in Prague she lost to French Isabelle Beauruelle in the semi-finals , and in the battle for the bronze medal she defeated Iwona Stefaniuk from Poland . At the World Championships in Barcelona , she defeated Alexandra Schreiber in the quarter-finals, the British Kate Howey in the semifinals and the Cuban Odalis Revé in the final . In 1992 Piarantozzi won her second European title after 1989 by beating Heidi Rakels in the final . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​medals in women's judo were awarded for the first time. In the quarter-finals, the Italian won against the French Claire Lecat and in the semifinals she defeated Alexandra Schreiber in seven seconds. Odalis Revé won the final after four minutes.

At the Italian championships Pierantozzi won in 1993 in the light heavyweight division, at the European championships two months later she returned to the middleweight division. After a defeat in the semi-finals against French Alice Dubois , Pierantozzi secured the bronze medal by beating Russian Jelena Kotelnikowa . In 1994 Pierantozzi again won the Italian middleweight championships. At the European Championships in 1995 , the Italian won silver after losing to Alice Dubois in the final, followed a year later by another silver medal behind the Dutch Claudia Zwiers . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Pierantozzi lost to the German Anja von Rekowski in her first fight . At the end of 1996 the Italian became student world champion. After a fifth place at the 1997 European Championships , Pierantozzi won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Paris . After an early loss to the South Korean Cho Min-sun , she fought her way to a medal with three wins in the round of hope. She also won bronze with the Italian team at the 1997 European Team Championships.

After a year break, Pierantozzi returned in 1999 in the light heavyweight division and initially won the World Cup in Paris. In 1999 she won the tournament in Rome, in 2000 she won in Sofia and again in Rome. At the European Championships in 2000 , she finished fifth. At the end of her career, she started at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . After defeating the Japanese Noriko Anno in her opening match , she lost to the Belgian Heidi Rakels in the quarter-finals. After three wins in the Hope Round, Emanuela Piantozzi received the bronze medal.

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SURNAME Pierantozzi, Emanuela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna