Manuela Bezzola
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 Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuela Bezzola (born August 12, 1989) is a Swiss taekwondo practitioner.[1] She defeated Chinese Taipei's Yang Shu-Chun for the gold medal in the women's 51 kg division at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia.[2] She also captured a bronze medal in the bantamweight division (53 kg) at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.[3]
Bezzola qualified for the women's 49 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Charlotte Craig of the United States, who was able to score four points at the end of the game.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Manuela Bezzola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Zweites Gold für die Schweiz" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). 20 Minuten Online. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Bronzemedaille für Manuela Bezzola" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). Bieler Tagblatt. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "WTF European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Success in Istanbul, Turkey". World Taekwondo Federation. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 49kg (108 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ Shpigel, Ben (20 August 2008). "Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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