Christopher Vella, former president of the Maltese Taekwondo Federation currently residing in Luxembourg, has earned a gold medal in an international competition organised by the Sardinian Taekwondo Federation last Saturday (2nd May) in Olbia, Sardinia.

Vella competed in the 31-40 age category in the technical competition organised in accordance with the WTF rules of this competition.

His category comprised six athletes hailing from Sardinia, mainland Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The competition consisted of two rounds of performances with Vella scoring over nine points in both rounds, edging his contestants on both occasions.