Michele Martina

Michele Martina (born 18 November 1996)^[1] is an Italian karateka. Born in Tivoli,^[1] he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 84 kg event at the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. He also won the gold medal in this event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Career[edit]

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event.^[2] In that same year, Martina won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[3]

In 2019, Martina won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 84 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.^[4] In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5] In October 2021, Martina won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.^[6]^[7] In November 2021, he competed in the men's 84 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[8]

Martina competed in the men's 84 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[9] He won the gold medal in the men's 84 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2018	European Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	1st	Kumite 84 kg
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	3rd	Kumite 84 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Team kumite
2019	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	3rd	Kumite 84 kg
2021	European Championships	Poreč, Croatia	3rd	Kumite 84 kg
2021	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1st	Team kumite
2023	European Championships	Guadalajara, Spain	1st	Kumite 84 kg
	European Games	Kraków and Małopolska, Poland	3rd	Kumite 84 kg
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Team kumite

^ ^a ^b "Giochi del Mediterraneo Tarragona 2018 – Michele Martina". tarragona2018.coni.it (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.