| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 April 1962 Cittadella, Italy |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
| Disability class | B1 |
Rossella Inverni (born 22 April 1962) is a blind Italian Paralympic athlete. She represented Italy at the Summer Paralympic Games, winning three silver and three bronze medals. [1] She was awarded the 1990 Il Michelangelo award. [2]
At the 1984 Summer Paralympic Games in New York , Rossella won a silver medal in the 800 meters B1, [3] and a bronze medal in the 400 meters B1. [4] She finished eleventh in Women's 100 metres B1.
At the 1988 Summer Paralympic Games in Seoul in she won four medals, two silver (800 meters, [5] and 1500 meters B1 [6] ) and two bronze medals (100 meters B1, [7] and 400 meters [8] ).
In 1985, she participated in the European championships in Rome, winning bronze in the 800 and 1500 meters; in 1987 she is at the European championships in Cadiz and in 1989 at the European championships in Zurich , where she won the gold medal in the 400 meters, and the silver in the 100 meters.
At the 1986 world championships, in Gothenburg, she won the gold medal in the 400 meters. She also won silver in the 1500 meters, and bronze in the 800 meters. Finally, in Assen in 1990, Rossella was world champion in the 200 and 400 meters, and won a silver medal in the 100 meters.
She participated in the national championships in Rome in 1985, winning gold in the 100 and 400 meters; she repeated these results at the following championships in Milan 1986, Palermo 1987, Florence 1988, Vigna di Valle 1989, and Tirrenia 1990.
Christie Dawes is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair racing athlete. She has won three medals in athletics at seven Paralympics from 1996 to 2021.
The Women's 100 metres B1 was a sprinting event in athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, for blind athletes. Six athletes took part, representing six nations. They included defending champion Purificacion Santamarta, of Spain, who retained her title, improving on her 1984 time by close to a second. Kim Bang-wol, competing in the event for the first time, won a silver medal for the host nation, while Italy's Rossella Inverni, who had finished eleventh four years earlier, improved significantly to win bronze. Fourth was Soviet sprint Tamara Pankova, whose country was making its first and only appearance at the Summer Paralympic Games.
Madison de Rozario, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events. She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals, three silver and a bronze. She has also won ten medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and four gold at the Commonwealth Games. De Rozario holds the world record in the Women's 800m T53 and formerly in the Women's 1500m T53/54.
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