Fabio Basile Judoka

Fabio Basile

Country:Italy
Born:7 October 1994 (25 years)
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Fabio Basile from Italy became Olympic Champion in Rio in 2016 U66kg. Basile became 2015 European U23 champion. He won European silver as cadet in 2010 and bronze at European U20 and U23 age categories. Basile took silver at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi in 2016. He took bronze at the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg in 2018 and silver in Zagreb. He took a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2019 and silver in Ekaterinburg.

European battle for U73kg European title

20 Jun 2019 10:00

The category that is dominated by the Japanese and Korean fighters Ono, Hashimoto, and An Chang-Rim, is actually quite a European class. With top athletes such as Rustam Orujov, Hidayet Heydarov from Azerbaijan, Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO), Tommy Macias (SWE), Akil Gjakova (KOS), Tohar Butbul (ISR) this class is highly interesting who will take the honours. Read more

The tough comeback of innovator Fabio Basile

3 Jun 2019 20:50

Fabio Basile of Italy shocked the world when, as a relative unknown, he won the U66kg gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Was it a fluke, many people wondered, or would he go on to become a great champion, winning many titles along the way? Judo fans eagerly awaited his next competition of the showman who popularised judo. Read more

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Tommy Macias makes his mark for Sweden

16 Mar 2019 15:25

Swedish Tommy Macias (SWE) upset the form book as the early favourite for U73kg gold, Olympic champion Fabio Basile (ITA), was denied a first IJF gold medal in Ekaterinburg. Former Abu Dhabi Grand Slam winner and Osaka Grand Slam bronze medallist Macias showed off his ne-waza prowess by manoeuvring from a possible hold down to an armbar and the Italian, who lit up the preliminaries with his lethal ashi-waza, tapped out using his left foot. Read more

Soichi Hashimoto digs deep for Paris win

9 Feb 2019 19:20

Former world champion Hashimoto Soichi (JPN) was back among the winners on the IJF World Judo Tour for the first time since 2017 as he showed his character to grind out a hard-fought win in France. The Ippon Hunter registered a much-needed gold medal by beating Hohhot Grand Prix bronze medallist Tsend-Ochir Tsogtbaatar (MGL) in the U73kg final. Read more

Preview men U73kg: Can the Azeri beat Hashimoto and An

21 Sep 2018 22:30

The category U73kg has been dominated by Japan for the last decade. With Hashimoto as only choice in the team, so without Ono, it is Hashimoto who should showcase his best judo and prolong the world title which will give him a big lead in the race for Tokyo. But there are lots of good athletes in this category such as An-Chang-Rim. Read more