Luca Maresca

Luca Maresca
	Luca Maresca (2015, left)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Karate
Club	Fiamme Oro
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing Italy
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
Mediterranean Games

Luca Maresca is an Italian karateka. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.^[2]^[3] Four years earlier, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[4]

Career

In 2013, he represented Italy at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey and he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event. He also competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain but did not win a medal this time; he finished in 5th place.^[5]

At the 2015 European Karate Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event.

In 2018, he competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[6] He won his first match against Rory Kavanagh of Ireland but lost his next match against Ali Elsawy of Egypt.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	Kumite 60 kg
2015	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	Kumite 60 kg
2015	European Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	2nd	Kumite 60 kg
2018	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Team kumite
2019	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	1st	Kumite 67 kg

References

^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Karate" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
^ "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^ Rowbottom, Mike (30 June 2019). "Italy's Maresca earns dramatic win as Ukraine take two golds in karate finale at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ Butler, Nick (13 June 2015). "Azerbaijan scoop double karate gold on opening night of European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

Luca Maresca at KarateRec.com
Luca Maresca at the International World Games Association

[1] "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Karate" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[karate_medalists_european_games_2019-2] "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[italys_maresca_dramatic_win_2019-3] Rowbottom, Mike (30 June 2019). "Italy's Maresca earns dramatic win as Ukraine take two golds in karate finale at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[silver_medal_european_games_2015-4] Butler, Nick (13 June 2015). "Azerbaijan scoop double karate gold on opening night of European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[mediterranean_games_2018-5] "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[results_book_world_karate_championships_2018-6] "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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