Receiving an award from Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
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18 June 1980 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S8 - SB8 - SM8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | free style, breaststroke, butterfly swimming and mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Centro Ester Napoli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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A promising swimmer since childhood, she became an athlete with disability category S8 following a motorbike accident that left her without use of her right arm.
She has competed in two Paralympic Games (2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing), winning one gold and one silver medal. She also took part in the IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar del Plata (Argentina) in 2002 and in Durban (South Africa) in 2006, winning 2 silver medals.