Daniela Castrignano (born December 11, 1980, in Lecce) is an Italian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She obtained a total of nine medals in her sporting career, including one Gold and two silvers at the European Championships and a bronze in the over-72 kg division at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing. Castrignano was also selected to compete for the Italian taekwondo squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she placed fifth in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg). Throughout her sporting career, Castrignano trained for Team Perulli in her native Lecce under head coach and master Giuseppe Perulli. Castrignano started her taekwondo career upon her admission at Team Perulli in Lecce, where she practiced and trained full-time under her personal coach Luigi Perulli. In 1997, she won a gold medal over Great Britain's Joanne Lawrence in the heavyweight class at the European Junior Championships in Patras. Castrignano's sporting career continued to thrive with a silver at the 2000 European Championships and then completed her full set of medals by retrieving the bronze at the 2003 World Olympic Qualification Tourname
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