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Place of Birth: Torre del Greco, Campania, Italy
About Giovanni Di Cristo
- Giovanni Di Cristo (born 1 August 1986 in Torre del Greco) is an Italian judoka.At just six years old he started to practice judo at his local gym, in Torre del Greco near Naples.
- His first important successes came in the Minors category in 2001 and Cadets, when he won the Italian title in the 66 kg in 2002.
- He became known in the juvenile nationals and showed he was a leading athlete on the Italian judo scene, gaining two bronze medals in the junior championships of 2004 and 2005.
- In the same year he won the Italian junior/senior cup in Ostia.
- The year 2007 is the year that saw his definitive consecration in the international judo scene, winning the bronze medal in the Italian Under-23 championships, and then going on to become the Italian national champion in Monza and finally winning the gold medal in the European Under-23 Championships on 24 November 2007, in Salzburg (Aut), after crushing the competition of the other European competitors.
- The athlete, a new acquisition of the Guardia di Finanza, reconfirmed his high-level status in the Italian Championships in Genova on 26 April 2008, winning 7 encounters and beating Marco Maddaloni in the final mach, who had been absent in 2007.
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