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National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Castelmola, Italy [1] | 28 August 1951|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mariella Bertini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para shooting Wheelchair fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Intellectual disability | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | SH2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASHA Pisa [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Santo Mangano (born 28 August 1951) [3] is a former Italian paralympic shooter and before a wheelchair fencer who won eight medals at the Summer Paralympics. [4]
Married to wheelchair fencer Mariella Bertini, she too, like him, winner of eight Paralympic medals between Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996. [1]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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Wheelchair fencing | ||||
1984 | Summer Paralympics | Stoke Mandeville | 1st | Foil individual 1B |
Shooting | ||||
1988 | Summer Paralympics | Seoul | 1st | Air rifle 2 positions with aids 1A–1C |
1st | Air rifle kneeling with aids 1A–1C | |||
1st | Air rifle prone with aids 1A–1C | |||
1992 | Summer Paralympics | Barcelona | 1st | Mixed air rifle 3×40 SH4 |
1996 | Summer Paralympics | Atlanta | 2nd | Mixed air rifle standing SH2 |
3rd | Mixed air rifle 3×40 SH2 | |||
3rd | Mixed air rifle prone SH2 |
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