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| Nationality |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Manuela Bezzola (born 12 August 1989) is a Swiss taekwondo practitioner. 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. She also captured a bronze medal in the bantamweight division (53 kg) at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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. She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Charlotte Craig of the United States.
References
- 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.
- "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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- Shpigel, Ben (20 August 2008). "Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
External links
- Manuela Bezzola at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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