Alessia Berra

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Alessia Berra
Personal information
Born (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)
Monza, Italy
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 100 m butterfly S13
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Manchester 50 m freestyle S12

Alessia Berra (born 17 January 1994) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer. [1] She won a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly S13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [2] [3] [4]

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Life

She studied at University of Milan. She initially took part in able bodied swimming competitions before switching to Para swimming in 2015. [5]

Career

She competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. [6]

She made her Paralympic debut representing Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

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References

  1. "Swimming - BERRA Alessia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. "Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Chi Alessia Berra, l'atleta paralimpica milanese che vince l'argento a Tokyo". MilanoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. "Paralimpiadi 2021, è nata a Monza la medaglia d'argento Alessia Berra • MBNews". mbnews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. "Alessia Berra - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. "Alessia Berra". Ability Channel (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.