Fabio Basile (born 7 October 1994 in Rivoli) is an Italian judoka.

Biography

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won the gold medal in the men's 66 kg on 7 August 2016 - the 200th Olympic gold medal for Italy.

Basile represents the judo club Akiyama Settimo from Settimo Torinese near Torino and is the club's first olympic champion.

Author

Basile wrote his first book titled "L'impossibile non esiste" in 2021; it was published by Giunti.

External links

Media related to Fabio Basile at Wikimedia Commons