After the triumph of Donnarumma, Insigne and the other players Campania that brought Italy to the top of the EURO 2020, we focus our attention on the Tokyo Olympic Games that are preparing to open.
Tokyo 2020 will take place, according to the official calendar, from 23 July until 8 August 2021. We remind you that the event has been postponed for one year, in fact the original dates ran during the same period of 2020 but due to the pandemic it was not possible to carry out Olympic Games. The name, however, remains Tokyo 2020 for marketing reasons.
Also in this important competition there are many Neapolitan athletes who will try to win a gold medal, but let's see specifically:
Alessandro Sibilio
- Olympic sport: athletics
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: 27 April 1999
He started his career in sports such as swimming and basketball but in 2009 he focused exclusively on athletics, particularly obstacles. Today he is one of the best Italian hurdler and sprinter. Among the latest awards he has obtained a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the European Under 23 Championships in Tallinn 2020 and another gold medal at the European Under 18 Championships in Tbilisi 2016.
Update: arrived in the final, eighth position with a time of 48 ”77
Teodorico Caporaso
- Olympic sport: walker, athletics
- Place of birth: Benevento
- Date of birth: 14 September 1987
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Federico II University of Naples, he approaches athletics shortly before his 18 years, to be precise at the age of 17. Famous for being an Italian walker who has already participated in the World Championships, Europeans and Team World Championships in 2016 in Rome, he won the fourth individual place.
Raphaela Lukudo
- Olympic sport: speed, athletics
- Place of birth: Aversa
- Date of birth: 29 July 1994
Born in Aversa in Italy of Sudanese parents, she began practicing athletics at the age of 12 (Girls category) in 2006 with Mollificio Modenese Cittadella, remaining there until 2014. Since 2015 she has competed for the Army. Lukudo was born in Aversa to Sudanese parents and she approached athletics at the age of 12 and since 2015 she has been competing for the Army. She made her debut in the national championships as a cadet in the years 2008-2009.
He won gold in the 4 × 400m event during Mediterranean Games 2018.
Angela Carini
- Olympic sport: boxing, welterweight
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: October 6, 1998
Carini is a former policewoman and thanks to this career she has access to sport through the youth section of the Fiamme Oro. The year after graduating European boxing champion she wins her first gold medal in the women's boxing world championships in the youth category.
Irma Head
- Olympic sport: boxing, featherweight
- Place of birth: Torre Annunziata
- Date of birth: December 28, 1997
Irma Testa, Italian boxer, manages to win her first gold medal at the age of 14 and also a bronze in Poland in 2012. She also competed in the Rio de Jeneiro 2016 Olympics as the first Italian boxer . Recently, in 2019, she graduated European champion in the featherweight category managing to beat the English Karriss Artingstall in the final of the continental championships in Alcobendas.
Update Tokyo 2020: bronze medal
Christian Parlati
- Olympic sport: judo
- Place of birth: Torre Annunziata
- Date of birth: 23 January 1998
Born into a family already specialized in this sport, his father is the technician of the judoka Raffaele Parlati and the nephew of Massimo Parlati is a judo coach. His brother, Enrico Parlati, also practices the same sport. He participates in the Nippon di Ponticelli and for the Fiamme Oro and recently won the bronze medal at the Lisbon 2021 Europeans.
Angelo Crescenzo
- Olympic sport: karate
- Place of birth: Sarno
- Date of birth: 5 August 1993
Crescenzo is a karateka specialized in Kumite. He started very early, at the age of 5, practicing kick boxing. In 2000 he became Italian Champion, he moves away from Kick Boxing and approaches Karate in 2003 and after three years he manages to win his first title, with subsequent other victories. In 2019 he confirmed himself as continental vice-champion of the weight category at the Europeans of Guadalajara 2019, where he was defeated by the Russian Evgeny Plakhutin.
In 2018 he begins his successful journey to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
Gennaro DiMauro
- Olympic sport: rowing
- Place of birth: Massa di Somma (NA)
- Date of birth: 08 November 2001
Gennaro di Mauro, the flagship of Italian rowing, began his competitive activity in 2015 and recently managed to set an important indoor rowing world record: he rowed for 30 minutes on the rower covering the distance of 9374 meters, maintaining an average pace of 1.36 every 500 meters, a new world class limit.
Vincent Abbagnale
- Olympic sport: rowing
- Place of birth: Scafati
- Date of birth: March 13, 1993
Son of the former Italian rower Giuseppe Abbagnale, he began his career in the sector in 2004 at the age of 11. He enlisted in the Navy in 2014. In 2013 he breaks through at world level in the under23 category of the World Championship and then again in the same championship but outside the under23 category, in the Absolute one. Other successes followed and in 2018 he took part in the European Championships in Glasgow (Scotland), finishing in 4th place in the Four without specialty.
Marco DiCostanzo
- Olympic sport: rowing
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: June 9, 1992
He began his passion for this sport at the age of ten, following in the footsteps of his brother (Fabio Di Costanto, a well-known rower). Among the awards obtained we find the bronze medal obtained at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
He participated in Tokyo 2020 to replace Bruno Rosetti who tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before the start of the competition.
Update: bronze medal in the four without, with Giuseppe Vicino, Matteo Lodo and Matteo Castaldo
Joseph Near
- Olympic sport: rowing
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: February 26, 1993
He began his career in this sport in 2005, in the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia, and during the Rio 2016 Olympic competition he obtained the bronze with Domenico Montrone, Matteo Castaldo and Matteo Lodo. Since the beginning he has been noticed by winning 2 Italian championships.
Update: bronze medal in the four without, with Maurizio di Costanto, Matteo Lodo and Matteo Castaldo
Matthew Castaldo
- Olympic sport: rowing
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: December 11, 1985
He began his career in 2020 through the Circolo Canottieri of Naples. His first world championship is the junior one of Athena and he manages to take home the fourth place. In 2013 he obtained gold, together with Di Costanzo, at the Mediterranean Games and in 2016 he obtained gold again with his Neapolitan colleague.
Update: bronze medal in the four without, with Giuseppe Vicino, Matteo Lodo and Marco di Costanzo
Stephanie Pirozzi
- Olympic sport: swimming
- Place of birth: Benevento
- Date of birth: December 16, 1993
He made his debut in 2005 in the Italian championships and initially won a silver medal in the 400m freestyle at the European Youth Championships in Prague 2009. Then he focused on swimming, his Olympic activity, in 2011 where he made his debut in the senior national team again reaching 25th place. At the end of 2012, he won silver at the 2012 European Championships in Chartres.
Mario Sanzullo
- Olympic sport: swimming
- Place of birth: Massa di Somma
- Date of birth: June 5, 1993
Sanzullo is an athlete of the Gold Flames and of the Rowing Clubs of Naples, he obtains his first important victory at the 2017 World Swimming Championships in Budapest. In fact, he managed to get the silver medal by competing in the 5km backcountry. He also took bronze in the 10km Rio 2016.
Alessandro Velotto
- Olympic sport: water polo player
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: February 12, 1995
He manages to obtain an excellent success during the 2014 European Championships in Budapest by obtaining the bronze medal and obtains the same recognition during the Gwangju 2019 world championship. 20. He took home the Olympic bronze medal from the Rio Olympics in 2015.
Vincenzo Renzuto Iodice
- Olympic sport: water polo player
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: 8 April 1993
He achieved his first successes in Posillipo by obtaining several youth league titles and his first important victory came in 2015 by winning the LEN Euro Cup. In 2018, competing with Pro Recco, he won the Italian Cup and the Italian championship.
Vincent Dolce
- Olympic sport: water polo player
- Place of birth: Salerno
- Date of birth: May 11, 1995
There are many titles of Dolce, World Champion, Gold Collar and also Doctor of Law. Graduated this year during 2020 in pandemic (therefore remotely to comply with anti-Covid legislation). The AN Brescia defender made his debut in the Circolo Nautico Salerno but his real debut takes place at the Rari Nantes Salerno with which he managed to obtain important titles. In 2015 he won the LEN EURO Cup.
Christine Chirichella
- Olympic sport: volleyball
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: February 10, 1994
The volleyball player, who plays in AGIL, began her career in 2010 by joining the Italian federation of Club Italia, thus participating in the Serie B1 championship. He made his debut in professional volleyball in 2012 with Robursport Volley Pesaro in Serie A1.
He won three Italian Cups with AGIL Volley in Novara, the 2016-17 championship, the 2017 Italian Super Cup and the 2018-19 Champions League. In addition, he earns the silver medal at the 2017 World Grand Prix, replicating the victory during the 2018 world championship and the bronze medal during the 2019 European championship.
Monica DeGennaro
- Olympic sport: volleyball
- Place of birth: Piano di Sorrento
- Date of birth: 8 January 1987
After starting her career at Libertas Sorrento, in 2002 she was acquired by Vicenza Volley in Serie A1. After other moves, during the 2004-05 season he plays the role of free. Later she was summoned to the senior national team where she won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix.
Among his recent victories he obtains four league titles, the MVP award in the 2018-19 edition, four Italian Super Cups, three Italian Cups, obtaining the title as MVP, the 2019 World Club Championship and the 2020-21 Champions League. In addition, he wins silver at the 2017 World Grand Prix and the bronze medal at the 2019 European championship.
Luca Curatoli
- Olympic sport: fencing
- Place of birth: Naples
- Date of birth: 25 July 1994
The Italian fencer, specialized in the saber, made his debut in 2014 bringing home two gold medals in the Under 20 World Championship. After other medals (silver at Montreux, gold at the absolute World Championships in Moscow, silver at the 2017 European Fencing Championships in Georgia). He also takes home the individual bronze. In 2019, during the World Championships in Budapest, he obtained the third place in the individual competition.
Scarlett Gregorio
- Olympic sport: fencing
- Place of birth: Salerno
- Date of birth: 30 August 1990
The sportswoman Gregorio entered in 1990 as a saber class 1990 and thus began her training in the fencing school of Salerno. In 2016 he obtained the first Olympic call-up for the Rio Olympic Games. After 20 years as a fencer he has won many titles, including 9 International Golds and 6 Italian titles. In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games he reached fourth place and in 2017 he was awarded the Gold Collar. At the age of 31 he participates with honor in the second Olympics, Tokyo 2020.
Tammaro Cassander
- Olympic sport: skeet shooting
- Place of birth: Capua
- Date of birth: 5 April 1993
In the Shooting specialty, Cassandro will reaffirm his skill again during Tokyo 2020. In 2007 he debuted in the national team and won the silver medal in 2011 at the world championships (junior category) and also a bronze in 2013. He manages to take home also a bronze medal during the 2013 European Junior Championships.
Marco Guide
- Sports figure: referee
- Place of birth: Pompeii
- Date of birth: June 8, 1981
This participation also represents a great honor for Campania, in fact Guida, referee since the age of 15, is the only Italian in the list of VAR employees. We remind you that the referee assistance video will be introduced for the first time in the history of the Olympics during Tokyo 2020.
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