Manuela Bezzola

Manuela Bezzola

Personal information
Nationality	Switzerland
Born	12 August 1989
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	49 kg
Medal record Women's taekwondo Competitor for   Switzerland Universiade 2009 Belgrade 51 kg European Championships 2010 St. Petersburg 53 kg

Manuela Bezzola (born August 12, 1989) is a Swiss taekwondo practitioner.^[1] 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.^[2] She also captured a bronze medal in the bantamweight division (53 kg) at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.^[3]

Bezzola qualified for the women's 49 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[4] She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Charlotte Craig of the United States, who was able to score four points at the end of the game.^[5][6]

References

1. "Manuela Bezzola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
2. "Zweites Gold für die Schweiz" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). 20 Minuten Online. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
3. "Bronzemedaille für Manuela Bezzola" [Second gold medal for Switzerland] (in German). Bieler Tagblatt. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
4. "WTF European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Success in Istanbul, Turkey". World Taekwondo Federation. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
5. "Women's 49kg (108 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
6. Shpigel, Ben (20 August 2008). "Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else". New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

External links

• Profile – Taekwondo Data
• NBC Olympics Profile