Veronica Calabrese
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| Nationality |
 Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 November 1987 Mesagne, Brindisi, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 57 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Centro Sportivo Esercito[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yoon Soon-Cheul[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Veronica Calabrese (born November 7, 1987 in Mesagne, Brindisi) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner.[2] She won two bronze medals for the 57 and 59 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2006 in Bonn, and 2010 in St. Petersburg).[3] She also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, losing out to China's Hou Yuzhuo.[4][5] Calabrese is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.[1] She is engaged to two-time Olympic medalist Mauro Sarmiento.[6]
Calabrese qualified for the women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[7] She defeated Colombia's Doris Patiño and Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou in the first two rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to South Korean taekwondo jin and world champion Lim Su-Jeong, with a score of 1–5.[8] Calabrese automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where she narrowly lost the medal to United States' Diana López, with a sudden death score of 2–3.[9][10]
References
- 1 2 3 "CONI Profile – Veronica Calabrese" (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Veronica Calabrese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Taekwondo: Europei a San Pietroburgo, bronzo per Veronica Calabrese" [Taekwondo: Veronica Calabrese wins European bronze in Saint Petersburg] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "U.S. disappoints on Day 2 at taekwondo worlds". Universal Sports. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Veronica Calabrese vince la medaglia d'argento ai Mondiali" [Veronica Calabrese won the silver medal at the World Championships] (in Italian). Taekwondo Tricolore. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Italy’s Gentle Giant with a Killer Kick". Mozzarella Mamma. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "WTF World Taekwondo Olympic Tournament Wraps Up in Resounding Success in Manchester, U.K.". World Taekwondo Federation. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 57kg (126 lbs) Semifinals". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 57kg (126 lbs) Bronze Medal". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Diana Lopez adds to family haul with bronze". NBC Olympics. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2013.