Roberto Meloni

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Roberto Meloni (born February 20, 1981 in Rome ) is a former Italian judoka . He was third in the 2007 World Championship and second in the European Championship in 2005.

Athletic career

Roberto Meloni fought mostly in the light middleweight division until 2004, the weight class up to 81 kilograms. In 1997 he was second in the Junior European Championships behind the German Florian Wanner . In 1998 he took third place at the World Youth Games in Moscow as well as fifth place at the Junior World Championships in Cali and the Junior European Championships in Budapest. In 1999 Meloni won the first of his five Italian championship titles. In 2000 he finished second at the Junior World Championships. In 2001 Meloni won the final of the Mediterranean Games in Tunis against the Algerian Salim Boutabcha .

Meloni won his first European championship medal in Maribor in 2002 . After he failed in the semi-finals at the Esten Aleksei Budõlin , he defeated the Portuguese Nuno Delgado in the battle for bronze . In October 2002, the member of the Carabinieri won silver at the World Military Championships after having fought bronze in the weight class up to 90 kilograms the year before. In 2003 the World Military Games took place in Catania , Meloni defeated his compatriot Giuseppe Maddaloni in the final . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he beat Nuno Delgado at the beginning, then Meloni lost to Russian Dmitri Nossow in the second round . In the hope round he defeated the Japanese Masahiko Tomouchi and then eliminated against the Brazilian Flávio Canto .

After the Olympic Games, Meloni switched to middleweight, the weight class up to 90 kilograms. At the European Championships 2005 in Rotterdam Meloni reached the final with a semi-final victory over the Georgian Irakli Zirekidze , there he was defeated by the Spaniard David Alarza . The following year he was defeated by David Alarza at the European Championships in Tampere in the quarter-finals, in the consolation round Meloni fought his way to the bronze medal, where he won the battle for bronze without a fight against Mark Huizinga . In 2007 he lost at the European Championships in Belgrade in the quarterfinals against Irakli Zirekidze. About the hope round he reached the battle for bronze, which he won against the German Michael Pinske . Five months later, the 2007 World Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro . After Meloni had defeated the Russian Ivan Perschin in the quarter-finals , he lost to Zirekidze in the semifinals. Meloni won the battle for bronze against the Egyptian Hesham Mesbah . In 2008 Meloni lost to the Spaniard Alarza in the quarter-finals at the European Championships in Lisbon , and he lost the battle for bronze to Zirekidze. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he defeated the Latvian Jevgeņijs Borodavko and was defeated by the French Yves-Matthieu Dafreville in the second round . He defeated Cuban Asley González in the hope round and then lost to Brazilian Eduardo Santos .

After a year hiatus, Meloni returned in 2010. In October 2010 he finished second at the Grand Prix tournament in Abu Dhabi. In 2011 he won the World Cup tournament in Warsaw. At the European Championships in Istanbul , he lost his opening fight against the Russian Kirill Denisov . Four months later he was eliminated from the World Championships in Paris in his second fight against the Algerian Amar Benikhlef . At the European Championships in 2012 and the Olympic Games in London , the tournament for Meloni was over after the second fight.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mediterranean Games 2001 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Military World Games 2003 in judoinside.com
  3. ↑ a b c match balance at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Meloni, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome