Ndiaga Dieng

Ndiaga Dieng

Dieng awarded by the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace in 2021.
Personal information
Nationality	Senegalese and Italian
Born	(1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T20
Event(s)	400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres
Club	Anthropos Civitanova Marche
Coached by	Maurizio Iesari
Medal record Men's para-athletics Representing   Italy Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 1500 m T20 World Championships 2025 New Delhi 800 m T20 European Championships 2021 Bydgoszcz 1500 m T20

Ndiaga Dieng (born 17 July 1999) is an Italian para-athlete of Senegalese descent who represented Italy at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. ^[1]

Career

Of Senegalese and later acquired Italian citizenship, Dieng represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 1500 metres T20 event and won a bronze medal. ^[2] He competed at the 2020 Italian U23 Palaindoor Ancona, and 2021 Palaindoor Ancona, in 800 metres and 1500 metres. ^[3]

References

1. "Ndiaga Dieng". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 3 September 2021.
2. "Ndiaga Dieng". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
3. "Ndiaga Dieng| Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

External links

• Ndiaga Dieng at World Athletics
• Ndiaga Dieng at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Ndiaga Dieng at Paralympic.org
• Ndiaga Dieng at the Italian Paralympic Committee (in Italian)