What is Cristiana Corsi?
'''Cristiana Corsi''' (23 April 1976 &ndash; 22 February 2016) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[taekwondo]] specialist. She was born in [[Rome]]. She competed in the women's featherweight category. She was thought of as one of Italy's best taekwondo players. ==Career== Corsi won a total of nine medals in her career. This includes a gold at the 2002 European Championships in [[Samsun, Turkey]], and a silver in the 59-kg division at the [[2003 Summer Universiade]] in [[Daegu, South Korea]].<ref name=corsi-silver>{{cite news|title=Alle Universiadi argento nel taekwondo|trans-title=Universiade silver in taekwondo|language=it|url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2003/08/27/LS2LV_LS232.html|publisher=[[Il Tirreno]]|date=22 May 2007|access-date=8 January 2015|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024722/http://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2003/08/27/LS2LV_LS232.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Corsi was also selected to compete for the Italian taekwondo team in two Olympic Games ([[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and 2004). She finished in fifth place in the women's featherweight category (57&nbsp;kg) each time. Throughout her career, Corsi trained for Rome Taekwondo Centre ({{lang-it|Centro TDK Roma}}) in Rome. She trained under head coach and master Park Young-Gil.<ref name=coni>{{cite web|title=CONI Profile – Cristiana Corsi|language=it|url=http://atene2004.coni.it/indexe9d2.html?id=655|publisher=[[Italian National Olympic Committee]]|access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref> ==Death== Corsi died in Rome on 22 February 2016. She was 39. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corsi, Cristiana}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Italian martial artists]] [[Category:People from Rome]] [[Category:Taekwondo practitioners]] {{sports-bio-stub}}