 Toso at the 1960 Summer Paralympics. | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||
| Born | Veneto, Italy [1] | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics Paralympic swimming Wheelchair fencing Para table tennis | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Maria Toso is an Italian former paralympic athlete who won 20 medals (eight gold) in four different sports at the Summer Paralympics. [2] [3] [4]
| Year | Competition | Venue | ||||||||||||||
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| Para athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Summer Paralympics | Rome |  | | |  | ||||||||||
| 1964 | Summer Paralympics |  Tokyo |  | | | | ||||||||||
| Para swimming | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Summer Paralympics | Rome | | | | |||||||||||
| 1964 | Summer Paralympics | Tokyo | | | | |||||||||||
| Wheelchair fencing | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Summer Paralympics | Rome | | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | Summer Paralympics | Tokyo | | | ||||||||||||
| Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Summer Paralympics | Rome | | | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | Summer Paralympics | Tokyo | | |||||||||||||
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