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Nationality | 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 | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuela Bezzola (born 12 August 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]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manuela Bezzola (born 12 August 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]