Rome – The National Board of the Italian Paralympic Committee last July 24th approved the names of the Delegation that will take part in the XVII edition of the Summer Paralympic Games, scheduled in Paris from August 28 to September 8, 2024.
Italy will present itself at the meeting with theThe largest team ever composed of 141 athletes who will compete in 17 disciplines: athletics, badminton, canoeing, rowing, cycling, horse riding, judo, swimming, fencing, sitting volleyball, weightlifting, taekwondo, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon. A list that underwent a final modification last Monday, August 5, with the inclusion in the Delegation of a judo athlete, following the assignment of a further pass by the international bipartisan commission.
The Italian team that will participate in the Paris Games, led by Head of Mission Juri Stara and captained by the two flag bearers Ambra Sabatini (athletics) and Luca Mazzone (cycling), is formed, specifically, by 70 athletes and 71 male athletes with an average age of 33.5 years. The beginners will be 52, about 37% of the Italian team. The youngest athlete is Giuliana Chiara Filippi (athletics), born in 2005.
Italy’s latest participation in the Summer Paralympic Games marked the best result of the modern era, with 69 medals won and the ninth place in the medal table.
“This new Paralympic adventure begins with a double record: the largest team ever competing in 17 disciplines. Elements that testify to the exponential growth of the Italian Paralympic movement, which has now become an excellence at an international level. It is a strong, ambitious and talented group supported by professionals and technicians of the highest profile. We have done everything possible to put the Federations in the conditions to best prepare these athletes. We are confident and we hope to give our country many joys and emotions. It will certainly be an extraordinary edition of the Paralympic Games with great media coverage, thanks to the precious commitment of Rai. An opportunity to convey the values of Paralympic sport to the general public and to make many people aware of the benefits that sport can offer not only in terms of well-being but also as an extraordinary tool for culture, sociality and integration”. This is what he declared Luca PancalliPresident of the Italian Paralympic Committee.
“I take this opportunity to wish good luck to the President of CONI Giovanni Malagò, to the Head of Mission Carlo Mornati and to the entire Olympic Team. Come on girls and boys, we are rooting for you!”, he added Luca Pancalli.
These are the Azzurri who will go to Paris:
Athletics: Riccardo Bagaini, Fabio Bottazzini, Martina Caironi, Marco Cicchetti, Monica Contrafatto, Arjola Dedaj, Ndiaga Dieng, Giuliana Chiara Filippi, Alessandro Galbiati (guide), Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy, Assunta Legnante, Alessandro Ossola, Maxcel Amo Manu, Valentina Petrillo, Ambra Sabatini, Oney Tapia.
Badminton: Pink Efomo From Marco.
Canoe: Veronica Silvia Biglia, Marius Bogdan Ciustea, Eleonora De Paolis, Amanda Embriaco, Esteban Gabriel Farias, Kwadzo Klokpah, Mirko Nicoli, Christian Volpi.
Boating: Enrico D’Aniello (helmsman), Carolina Foresti, Marco Frank, Greta Elizabeth Muti, Giacomo Perini, Tommaso Schettino.
Cycling: Katia Aere, Federico Andreoli, Lorenzo Bernard, Fabrizio Cornegliani, Claudia Cretti, Giorgio Farroni, Luca Mazzone, Eleonora Mele, Federico Mestroni, Martino Pini, Davide Plebani (pilot), Francesca Porcellato, Giulia Ruffato, Mirko Testa, Paolo Totò (pilot), Ana Maria Vitelaru.
Equitation: Sara Morganti, Francesca Salvadè, Carola Semperboni, Federica Sileoni.
Judo: Dongdong Camanni, Simone Cannizzaro, Carolina Costa, Valerio Romano Teodori, Matilde Lauria.
I swim: Alberto Amodeo, Simone Barlaam, Luigi Beggiato, Francesco Bettella, Alessia Berra, Vittoria Bianco, Federico Bicelli, Francesco Bocciardo, Monica Boggioni, Vincenzo Boni, Manuel Bortuzzo, Simone Ciulli, Federico Cristiani, Antonio Fantin, Giulia Ghiretti, Carlotta Gilli, Emmanuele Marigliano, Domiziana Mecenate, Riccardo Menciotti, Efrem Morelli, Federico Morlacchi, Xenia Francesca Palazzo, Angela Procida, Martina Rabbolini, Stefano Raimondi, Alessia Scortechini, Arianna Talamona, Giulia Terzi.
Fencing: Matteo Betti, Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa, Andreea Mogos, Gianmarco Paolucci, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia, Beatrice Vio Grandis.
Sitting volley: Giulia Aringhieri, Flavia Barigelli, Raffaela Battaglia, Giulia Bellandi, Silvia Biasi, Francesca Bosio, Eva Ceccatelli, Sara Cirelli, Sara Desini, Alessandra Moggio, Roberta Pedrelli, Elisa Spediacci.
Weightlifting: Andrea Maria Quarto, Emanuela Romano, Donato Telesca.
Taekwondo: Antonino Bossolo.
Wheelchair Tennis: Luca Arca.
Table tennis: Andrea Borgato, Michela Brunelli, Federico Crosara, Federico Falco, Matteo Parenzan, Carlotta Ragazzini, Giada Rossi.
Shooting range: Livia Cecagallina, Davide Franceschetti, Gianluca Iacus, Roberto Lazzaro, Andrea Liverani, Pamela Novaglio.
Archery: Matteo Bonacina, Daila Dameno, Veronica Floreno, Elisabetta Mijno, Asia Pellizzari, Giulia Pesci, Eleonora Sarti, Paolo Tonon, Stefano Travisani.
Triathlon: Giovanni Achenza, Anna Barbaro, Charlotte Bonin (guide), Veronica Yoko Plebani, Giuseppe Romele, Francesca Tarantello, Silvia Visaggi (guide), Gianluca Valori.
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