Manuela Bezzola

Manuela Bezzola
Personal information
Nationality Switzerland
Born (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35)
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Switzerland
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade 51 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 St. Petersburg 53 kg

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 in the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Charlotte Craig of the United States.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manuela Bezzola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Zweites Gold für die Schweiz" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). 20 Minuten Online. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Bronzemedaille für Manuela Bezzola" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). Bieler Tagblatt. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. ^ "WTF European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Success in Istanbul, Turkey". World Taekwondo Federation. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 49kg (108 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  6. ^ Shpigel, Ben (20 August 2008). "Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2013.


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