Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Italy at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Italy
IPC codeITA
NPCItalian Paralympic Committee
WebsiteOfficial website
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors115[1] (52 men and 63 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Bebe Vio and Federico Morlacchi
Flag bearer (closing)Matteo Parenzan
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
14
Silver
29
Bronze
26
Total
69
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.[2]

Medalists

Medal Athlete/s Sport Event Date
 Gold Carlotta Gilli Swimming 100 metre butterfly S13 25 August
 Gold Francesco Bocciardo Swimming 200 metre freestyle S5 25 August
 Gold Francesco Bocciardo Swimming 100 metre freestyle S5 26 August
 Gold Stefano Raimondi Swimming 100 metre breaststroke SB9 26 August
 Gold Beatrice Vio Wheelchair fencing Women's foil B 28 August
 Gold Simone Barlaam Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S9 29 August
 Gold Arjola Trimi Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S3 29 August
 Gold Vittoria Bianco
Xenia Palazzo
Giulia Terzi
Alessia Scortechini		 Swimming Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 29 August
 Gold Arjola Trimi Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle S3 30 August
 Gold Carlotta Gilli Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13 30 August
 Gold Giulia Terzi Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle S7 31 August
 Gold Antonio Fantin Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 1 September
 Gold Paolo Cecchetto
Luca Mazzone
Diego Colombari		 Cycling Mixed team relay H1–5 2 September
 Gold Ambra Sabatini Athletics Women's 100 metres T63 4 September
 Silver Alessia Berra Swimming 100 metre butterfly S13 25 August
 Silver Luigi Beggiato Swimming 100 metre freestyle S4 26 August
 Silver Carlotta Gilli Swimming 100 metre backstroke S13 26 August
 Silver Giulia Terzi
Arjola Trimi
Luigi Beggiato
Antonio Fantin		 Swimming Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 26 August
 Silver Carlotta Gilli Swimming 400 metre freestyle S13 27 August
 Silver Anna Barbaro
Guide: Charlotte Bonin		 Paratriathlon PTVI 28 August
 Silver Xenia Palazzo Swimming 200 metre individual medley SM8 28 August
 Silver Giulia Terzi Swimming 400 metre freestyle S7 29 August
 Silver Giulia Ghiretti Swimming 100 metre breaststroke SB4 29 August
 Silver Andreea Mogoș
Beatrice Vio
Loredana Trigilia		 Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team 29 August
 Silver Antonio Fantin
Simone Ciulli
Simone Barlaam
Stefano Raimondi		 Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 30 August
 Silver Luca Mazzone Cycling Men's time trial H2 31 August
 Silver Assunta Legnante Athletics Women's discus throw F11 31 August
 Silver Fabrizio Cornegliani Cycling Men's road time trial H1 31 August
 Silver Francesca Porcellato Cycling Women's road time trial H1–3 31 August
 Silver Giorgio Farroni Cycling Men's road time trial T1–2 31 August
 Silver Alberto Amodeo Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 31 August
 Silver Stefano Raimondi Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S10 31 August
 Silver Luca Mazzone Cycling Men's road race H1–2 1 September
 Silver Simone Barlaam Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S9 2 September
 Silver Antonio Fantin Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S6 2 September
 Silver Stefano Raimondi Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S10 2 September
 Silver Vincenza Petrilli Archery Women's individual recurve open 2 September
 Silver Arjola Trimi Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle S4 2 September
 Silver Martina Caironi Athletics Women's long jump T63 2 September
 Silver Assunta Legnante Athletics Women's shot put F12 3 September
 Silver Stefano Raimondi Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM10 3 September
 Silver Elisabetta Mijno
Stefano Travisani		 Archery Mixed team recurve open 4 September
 Silver Martina Caironi Athletics Women's 100 metres T63 4 September
 Bronze Francesco Bettella Swimming 100 metre backstroke S1 25 August
 Bronze Monica Boggioni Swimming 200 metre freestyle S5 25 August
 Bronze Monica Boggioni Swimming 100 metre freestyle S5 26 August
 Bronze Sara Morganti[a] Equestrian Individual championship test grade I 27 August
 Bronze Veronica Yoko Plebani Paratriathlon PTS2 28 August
 Bronze Stefano Raimondi Swimming 100 metre freestyle S10 28 August
 Bronze Giovanni Achenza Paratriathlon PTWC 29 August
 Bronze Carlotta Gilli Swimming 50 metre freestyle S13 29 August
 Bronze Carolina Costa Judo Women's +70 kg 29 August
 Bronze Maria Andrea Virgilio Archery Women's individual compound open 30 August
 Bronze Andrea Liverani Shooting Mixed R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2 30 August
 Bronze Oney Tapia Athletics Men's shot put F11 30 August
 Bronze Sara Morganti[a] Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade I 30 August
 Bronze Xenia Palazzo Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 31 August
 Bronze Michela Brunelli
Giada Rossi		 Table tennis Women's team – Class 1–3 1 September
 Bronze Katia Aere Cycling Women's road race H5 1 September
 Bronze Xenia Palazzo Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 1 September
 Bronze Oney Tapia Athletics Men's discus throw F11 2 September
 Bronze Francesco Bettella Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S1 2 September
 Bronze Luigi Beggiato Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 2 September
 Bronze Ndiaga Dieng Athletics Men's 1500 metres T20 3 September
 Bronze Federico Mancarella Paracanoeing Men's KL2 3 September
 Bronze Giulia Terzi Swimming Women's 50 metre butterfly S7 3 September
 Bronze Monica Boggioni Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM5 3 September
 Bronze Riccardo Menciotti
Stefano Raimondi
Simone Barlaam
Antonio Fantin
Federico Bicelli[b]
Federico Morlacchi[b]		 Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay 3 September
 Bronze Monica Contrafatto Athletics Women's 100 metres T63 4 September
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Swimming 11 16 12 39
Cycling 1 5 1 7
Athletics 1 4 4 9
Wheelchair fencing 1 1 0 2
Archery 0 2 1 3
Paratriathlon 0 1 2 3
Equestrian 0 0 2 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Table tennis 0 0 1 1
Paracanoeing 0 0 1 1
Total 14 29 26 69
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 25 August 2 1 2 5
2 26 August 2 3 1 6
3 27 August 0 1 1 2
4 28 August 1 2 2 5
5 29 August 3 3 3 9
6 30 August 2 1 4 7
7 31 August 1 7 1 9
8 1 September 1 1 3 5
9 2 September 1 6 3 10
10 3 September 0 2 5 7
11 4 September 1 2 1 4
12 5 September 0 0 0 0
Total 14 29 26 69
Carlotta Gilli shows her five medals won in Tokyo 2020.
Multiple medalists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Carlotta Gilli Swimming 2 2 1 5
Giulia Terzi Swimming 2 2 1 5
Arjola Trimi Swimming 2 2 0 4
Francesco Bocciardo Swimming 2 1 0 3
Stefano Raimondi Swimming 1 4 2 7
Antonio Fantin Swimming 1 3 1 5
Simone Barlaam Swimming 1 2 1 4
Xenia Palazzo Swimming 1 1 2 4
Luca Mazzone Cycling 1 2 0 3
Beatrice Vio Fencing 1 1 0 2
Luigi Beggiato Swimming 0 2 1 3
Martina Caironi Athletics 0 2 0 2
Assunta Legnante Athletics 0 2 0 2
Monica Boggioni Swimming 0 0 3 3
Francesco Bettella Swimming 0 0 2 2
Sara Morganti Equestrian 0 0 2 2
Oney Tapia Athletics 0 0 2 2

Archery

Italy qualified eight archers: Matteo Bonacina, Giampaolo Cancelli, Elisabetta Mijno, Asia Pellizzari, Vincenza Petrilli, Eleonora Sarti, Stefano Travisani and Maria Andrea Virgilio.

Athletics

The athletics team is made up of 11 athletes, 6 women and 5 men.[3] To the nine athletes classified by right, the Italy team added two more participation cards a few days before the start of the Games.[4]

Men's track
Athletes Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ndiaga Dieng 400m T20
1500m T20
Alessandro Ossola 100m T63
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Oney Tapia Discus throw F11 39.52 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shot put F11 13.60 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nicky Russo Shot put F35
Marco Cicchetti Long jump T44
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ambra Sabatini 100m T63 14.39 WR, PB 2 Q 14.39 WR, PB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Martina Caironi 14.37 WR, PB 1 Q 14.46 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Monica Contrafatto 14.72 PB 3 Q 14.73 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Oxana Corso 100m T35 15.80 SB 8 15.68 15.80 SB
200m T35 — — 33.13 SB 8
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Martina Caironi Long jump T63 5.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Francesca Cipelli Long jump T37 3.96 9
Assunta Legnante Discus throw F11 40.25 AR, PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put F12 14.62 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Badminton

Rosa De Marco has qualified to compete at the Games.

Cycling

Katia Aere, Pierpaolo Addesi, Fabio Anobile, Paolo Cecchetto, Diego Colombari, Fabrizio Cornegliani, Giorgi Farroni, Luca Mazzone, Francesca Porcellato, Andrea Tarlao and Ana Vitelaru have all qualified to compete.

Equestrian

Sara Morganti, Francesca Salvadé, Carola Semperboni and Federica Sileoni have all qualified to compete.

Paracanoeing

Veronica Silvia Biglia, Eleonora De Paolis, Esteban Gabriel Farias and Federico Mancarella have all qualified to compete.

Paratriathlon

Giovanni Achenza, Anna Barbaro, Alberto Buccoliero, Rita Cuccuru and Veronica Yoko Plebani have all qualified to compete.

Powerlifting

Donato Telesca has qualified to compete at the Games.

Rowing

Italy qualified two boats in the mixed events for the games. Mixed coxed four crews qualified by winning the bronze and securing the third of available place at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[5] Meanwhile, mixed double sculls crew qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gianfilippo Mirabile
Chiara Nardo 		Mixed double sculls
Cristina Scazzosi
Alessandro Brancato
Lorenzo Bernard
Greta Muti
Lorena Fuina (cox) 		Mixed coxed four

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Italy entered three athletes into the Paralympic competition. Pamela Novaglio successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Championships which was held in Cheongju, South Korea and two others qualified from 2018 WSPS World Cup which was held in Châteauroux, France.[7]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Nadia Fario Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Andrea Liverani Mixed R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
Pamela Novaglio Mixed R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Sitting volleyball

Italy's women's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the 2019 Sitting Volleyball European Championships in Budapest, Hungary in July 2019.[8]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Italy women's Women's tournament  Japan
W 3–0 		 Canada
L 1–3 		 Brazil
L 1–3 		3 Did not advance  RPC
L 1–3 		6

Women's tournament

Group play

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 3 9 3 3.000 289 237 1.219 Semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 1 2 8 4 2.000 278 243 1.144
3  Italy 3 1 2 1 5 6 0.833 227 232 0.978 Fifth place match
4  Japan (H) 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 143 225 0.636 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
10:00
v 		Japan  0–3  Italy Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Ute Fischer (GER)
(23–25, 11–25, 10–25)
Results Statistics
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
14:00
v 		Italy  1–3  Canada Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Andre Calado (BRA)
(16–25, 14–25, 25–15, 18–25)
Results Statistics
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
10:00
v 		Brazil  3–1  Italy Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Krisztina Árpás (HUN)
(23–25, 25–17, 25–16, 25–21)
Results Statistics
Fifth place match
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
15:30
v 		Italy  1–3  RPC Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
(25–22, 23–25, 23–25, 14–25)
Results Statistics

Swimming

Federico Morlacchi won in Tokyo his 8th Paralympic medal.

Italy qualified 29 swimmers.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alberto Amodeo 100 metre butterfly S8
100 metre freestyle S8 1:00.08 6 Q 59.93 7
400 metre freestyle S8
Simone Barlaam 100 metre backstroke S9
100 metre butterfly S9
50 metre freestyle S9 25.13 1 Q 24.71 =PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 metre freestyle S9 4:17.95 3 Q 4:22.40 6
Federico Bassani 100 metre breaststroke SB11
Luigi Beggiato 50 metre freestyle S4
100 metre freestyle S4 1:22.93 1 Q 1:23.21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 metre freestyle S4 3:05.40
Francesco Bettella 50 metre backstroke S1
100 metre backstroke S1 2:32.21 3 Q 2:32.08 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Federico Bicelli 100 metre backstroke S7
50 metre freestyle S7
400 metre freestyle S7 4:45.53 2 Q 4:43.67 5
100 metre freestyle S8 1:01.37 11 Did not advance
Francesco Bocciardo 100 metre breaststroke SB4 1:51.11 3 Q 1:51.06 8
50 metre freestyle S5
100 metre freestyle S5 1:13.96 3 Q 1:09.56 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 metre freestyle S5 2:35.44 2 Q 2:26.76 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vincenzo Boni 50 metre backstroke S3 48.04 4 Q 47.88 5
50 metre freestyle S3
200 metre freestyle S3
100 metre freestyle S4 1:39.56 6 Did not advance
Simone Ciulli 100 metre backstroke S9
100 metre butterfly S9
50 metre freestyle S9
100 metre freestyle S10 57.44 14 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley SM9
Antonio Fantin 100 metre backstroke S6
100 metre freestyle S6
400 metre freestyle S6
50 metre freestyle S7
Emmanuele Marigliano 50 metre backstroke S3
50 metre breaststroke SB2
Individual medley SM3 3:29.51 7 Q 3:28.43 7
50 metre freestyle S3
Riccardo Menciotti 100 metre backstroke S10
100 metre butterfly S10
50 metre freestyle S10 25.59 11 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle S10 56.29 11 Did not advance
100 metre individual medley SM10
Efrem Morelli 50 metre breaststroke SB3 49.35 1 Q 49.42 4
Individual medley S4 2:50.38 7 2:48.63 7
Federico Morlacchi 100 metre breaststroke SB8 1:13.24 9 Did not advance
100 metre butterfly S9
400 metre freestyle S9 4:25.33 7 Q 4:24.75 =7
100 metre individual medley SM9
Misha Palazzo 100 metre breaststroke SB14 1:12.19 13 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle S14 1:58.63 9 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley SM14
Stefano Raimondi 50 metre freestyle S10 23.89 2 Q 23.74 4
100 metre breaststroke SB9 1:05.58 1 Q 1:05.35 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 metre backstroke S10
100 metre butterfly S10
200 metre individual medley SM10
100 metre freestyle S10
400 metre freestyle S10
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alessia Berra
100 metre backstroke S12 1:14.19 6 Q 1:14.33 5
100 metre butterfly S13 1:07.42 6 Q 1:05.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 metre freestyle S12
Vittoria Bianco 100 metre freestyle S9
400 metre freestyle S9 4:57.51 9 Did not advance
Monica Boggioni 50 metre backstroke S5
100 metre breaststroke SB4 1:55.69 6 Q 1:58.28 6
100 metre freestyle S5 1:22.62 2 Q 1:22.43 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 metre freestyle S5 2:53.67 2 Q 2:55.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 metre individual medley SM5
Giulia Ghiretti
Carlotta Gilli 100 metre backstroke S13 1:08.00 2 Q 1:06.10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 metre breaststroke SB13
100 metre butterfly S13 1:04.16 1 Q 1:02.65 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 metre freestyle S13 27.32 3 Q 27.07 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 metre freestyle S13 4:38.69 1 Q 4:26.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 metre individual medley SM13 2:26.52 1 Q 2:21.44 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Giorgia Marchi
Xenia Palazzo 200 metre individual medley SM8 2:55.64 3 Q 2:47.86 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Angela Procida
Martina Rabbolini
Alessia Scortechini
Giulia Terzi 400 metre freestyle S7 5:05.80 2 Q 5:06.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Arjola Trimi 50 metre backstroke S3 54.79 1 Q 51.34 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 metre freestyle S3 1:45.41 2 Q 1:30.22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vittoria Bianco
Xenia Palazzo
Giulia Terzi
Alessia Scortechini 		4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts 4:26.39 2 Q 4:24.85 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Francesco Bocciardo
Antonio Fantin
Arianna Talamona
Giulia Terzi
Arjola Trimi 		4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts 2:25.48 1 Q 2:21.45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Table tennis

Italy entered seven players into the Games. Giada Rossi qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other four athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Andrea Borgato Individual C1
Federico Falco
Matteo Orsi Individual C3
Matteo Parenzan Individual C6
Mohamed Amine Kalem Individual C9  Chee (MAS)
W 3-0
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Giada Rossi Individual C1-2
Michela Brunelli Individual C3

Taekwondo

Italy qualified one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Antonino Bossolo qualified by entered top six in the world ranking.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Antonino Bossolo Men's –61 kg

Wheelchair fencing

Matteo Betti, Marco Cima, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia and Beatrice Vio have all qualified to compete.

Wheelchair tennis

Italy qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. She qualified by world ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
  Women's singles —

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Horse Royal Delight.
  2. ^ a b He swam in heats.

References

  1. ^ "Paralimpiadi al via tra una settimana con 115 atleti italiani". blogtaormina.it (in Italian). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics, Italy presents itself with the largest delegation ever with a female majority (in Italian)". Italian Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Atletica: 10 azzurri ai Giochi di Tokyo 2020" (in Italian). comitatoparalimpico.it. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Quali sono i nuovi nomi dell'atletica paralimpica per Tokyo 2020?" (in Italian). abilitychannel.tv. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 FISA Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Double success for Italy who make Tokyo 2020 and play Russia in Women's #EuroSittingVolley final". European Sitting Volleyball Championships. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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