Felice Mariani

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Felice Mariani

Felice Mariani (born July 8, 1954 in Rome ) is a former Italian judoka . He was three times European champion and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1976.

Athletic career

The 1.60 m tall Mariani was active in the lightweight up to 63 kg until 1976 and Italian champion in this weight class from 1973 to 1976. After the reorganization of the weight classes, he started in 1977 in the super lightweight up to 60 kilograms, in 1977 he was Italian champion in this weight class.

In 1974 Mariani finished second in the student world championships and won the European junior championships. At the Judo World Championships in 1975 he was defeated early in the tournament to the future world champion Yoshiharu Minami from Japan. With three wins in the hopes, Mariani fought her way to the bronze medal. In 1976 he won the military world championships. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal he was defeated in the semifinals to the South Korean Chang Eun-kyung , in the battle for bronze he defeated the Austrian Erich Pointner .

In 1977 Mariani finished third at the World Military Championships. At the European Championships in 1978 he won the final against the Hungarian Ferenc Szabó . The following year he defended his title at the European Championships in Brussels by winning the final over Helmut Grobelin from the Federal Republic of Germany. At the Judo World Championships in 1979 Mariani received the bronze medal after his semi-final defeat against the South Korean Gwak U-jong . In 1980 the Italian won the final of the European Championships in Vienna against the Austrian Josef Reiter and thus secured the third gold medal in a row.

At the 1980 Olympic Games took despite the Olympic boycott an Italian team of the Italian armed forces in part, but the Italian government forbade members to participate. Felice Mariani as a member of the Guardia di Finanza was therefore unable to take part in the games in Moscow.

In 1981 and 1982 Mariani won the military world championships. At the Judo World Championships in 1981 he lost in the semifinals to the Japanese Yasuhiko Moriwaki , in the battle for bronze he defeated Peter Jupke from Germany. Three years later he reached the final at the 1984 European Championships , but lost to Chasret Tlezeri from the Soviet Union. At the end of his international career, Mariani took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . He was defeated by the later Olympic champion Shinji Hosokawa from Japan in the quarterfinals, after his defeat against the Briton Neil Eckersley , Mariani finished fifth.

After his active career, Mariani was active as a coach, for many years he was in charge of the Italian women's national team. Among other things, he led Giulia Quintavalle to Olympic victory in 2008.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 676
personal data
SURNAME Mariani, Felice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome