Italy at the Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | ITA |
NPC | Comitato Italiano Paralimpico |
Website | Official website |
Medals Ranked 12th |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Italy has sent delegations to the Summer Paralympics since the first edition in Rome 1960, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). [1]
Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1960 Rome | 65 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 80 | 1 |
1964 Tokyo | 19 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 | 3 |
1968 Tel-Aviv | 38 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 |
1972 Heidelberg | 25 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 9 |
1976 Toronto | 24 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 25 |
1980 Arnhem | 38 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 20 |
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | 61 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 42 | 21 |
1988 Seoul | 96 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 58 | 16 |
1992 Barcelona | 88 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 17 |
1996 Atlanta | 69 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 45 | 14 |
2000 Sydney | 63 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 18 |
2004 Athens | 77 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 31 |
2008 Beijing | 86 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
2012 London | 98 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 13 |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 101 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 9 |
2020 Tokyo | 115 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 61 | 9 |
Total | 181 | 224 | 226 | 665 | 12 |
These are official report of International Paralympic Committee. [2] [3]
Updated to Tokyo 2021.
# | Athlete | Years | Total | |||
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1 | Roberto Marson | 1964-1976 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
2 | Maria Scutti | 1960 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
3 | Anna Maria Toso | 1960-1964 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
4 | Luca Pancalli | 1984-1996 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
5 | Alvise De Vidi | 1988-2016 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
6 | Franco Rossi | 1960-1972 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
7 | Paola Fantato | 1988-2004 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Santo Mangano | 1984-1996 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
9 | Renzo Rogo | 1960-1964 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Giovanni Ferraris | 1960-1976 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
11 | Alex Zanardi | 2012-2016 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
12 | Mariella Bertini | 1984-1996 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Luca Mazzone | 2000-2020 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
14 | Vittorio Loi | 1968-1980 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
15 | Aldo Manganaro | 1988-2000 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
16 | Irene Monaco | 1964-1984 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
17 | Germano Zanarotto | 1968-1972 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
18 | Sabrina Bulleri | 1984-1988 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
19 | Enzo Santini | 1960 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
20 | Francesca Porcellato [lower-alpha 1] | 1988-2020 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 [4] |
21 | Cecilia Camellini | 2008-2016 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
22 | Martina Caironi | 2012-2020 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
23 | Carlo Jannucci | 1960-1976 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
24 | Laura Presutto | 1988-1996 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Vittorio Podestà | 2008-2016 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
26 | Gianluca Saini | 1988-1992 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Carlotta Gilli | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Giulia Terzi | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
29 | Lina Franzese | 1976-1980 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Sandra Truccolo | 1996-2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Arjola Trimi | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Assunta Legnante | 2012-2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
32 | Federico Zarilli | 1960-1968 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Claudio Costa | 1988-2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
35 | Paolo D'Agostini | 1980-2000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Bebe Vio | 2016-2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
37 | Giulio Martelli | 1980-1984 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Francesco Bocciardo | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
39 | Rosa Sicari | 1972-1980 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
40 | Oscar De Pellegrin | 1992-2012 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
41 | Patrizia Spadaccini | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
42 | Stefano Raimondi | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
43 | Elena Monaco | 1964-1968 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
44 | Antonio Fantin | 2020 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
45 | Simone Barlaam | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
46 | Milena Balsamo | 1984-1988 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
47 | Xenia Palazzo | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
48 | Gabriella Boreggio | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Rossana Giarrizzo | 1988-1992 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
50 | Immacolata Cerasuolo | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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