Swiss taekwondo prac*ioner

Manuela Bezzola (born August 12, 1989) is a Swiss taekwondo prac*ioner. 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. She also captured a bronze medal in the bantamweight division (53:kg) at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Bezzola qualified for the women's 49 kg cl* at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. 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.

References

External links

• Manuela Bezzola at TaekwondoData.com
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile