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Mattia Busato

Personal information
Born	(1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Karate
Events	Individual kata Team kata
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Italy World Championships 2016 Linz Team kata 2018 Madrid Individual kata 2021 Dubai Individual kata 2021 Dubai Team kata European Games 2015 Baku Individual kata 2019 Minsk Individual kata 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Individual kata European Championships 2014 Tampere Individual kata 2014 Tampere Team kata 2015 Istanbul Team kata 2017 İzmit Team kata 2023 Guadalajara Individual kata 2015 Istanbul Individual kata 2016 Montpellier Individual kata 2017 İzmit Individual kata 2018 Novi Sad Individual kata 2019 Guadalajara Individual kata 2021 Poreč Individual kata 2022 Gaziantep Individual kata 2022 Gaziantep Team kata 2023 Guadalajara Team kata 2024 Zadar Team kata

Mattia Busato (born 2 February 1993) is an Italian karateka. He is a four-time bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships. He is also the gold medalist in the men's individual kata event at the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.

Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.

Career

In 2015, Busato won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in this event at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus.

He competed in the men's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. In 2018, Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.

Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate. He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round. In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In November 2021, Busato won one of the bronze medals in both the men's kata and men's team kata events at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Busato lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event.

Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Achievements

References

1. "Karate Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
3. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. Etchells, Daniel (14 June 2015). "Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
5. "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
6. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
7. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World University Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
8. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
9. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
10. "Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships". World Karate Federation. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
11. "2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
12. "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
13. "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

• Mattia Busato – World Karate Federation ranking
• Mattia Busato at KarateRec.com
• Mattia Busato at Olympics.com
• Mattia Busato at Olympedia
• Mattia Busato at the International World Games Association

• Living people
• 1993 births
• Italian male karateka
• Karateka at the 2015 European Games
• Karateka at the 2019 European Games
• Karateka at the 2023 European Games
• European Games silver medalists for Italy
• European Games bronze medalists for Italy
• European Games medalists in karate
• Karateka of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
• Competitors at the 2017 World Games
• Competitors at the 2022 World Games
• Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic karateka for Italy
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen