
Italy will participate in the Paralympics in Paris 2024, scheduled for Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, with the largest team ever: 141 athletes will be involved in as many as 17 sports (athletics, badminton, canoeing, rowing, cycling, equestrianism, judo, swimming, fencing, sitting volleyball, weightlifting, taekwondo, wheelchair tennis, tennis volleyball, shooting, archery, triathlon).
The standard-bearers will be athlete Ambra Sabatini and cyclist Luca Mazzone, leading 70 women and 71 men with an average age of 33.5 years. There will be 52 rookies, the youngest being 2005 class Giuliana Chiara Filippi. At Tokyo 2020, Italy won an impressive 69 medals and finished ninth in the medal table. Below are all of Italy's participants in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Athletics: Riccardo Bagaini, Fabio Bottazzini, Martina Caironi, Marco Cicchetti, Monica Contrafatto, Arjola Dedaj, Ndiaga Dieng, Giuliana Chiara Filippi, Alessandro Galbiati (guide), Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy, Assunta Legnante, Alessandro Ossola, Maxcel Amo Manu, Valentina Petrillo, Ambra Sabatini, Oney Tapia.
Badminton: Rosa Efomo De Marco.
Canoeing: Veronica Silvia Biglia, Marius Bogdan Ciustea, Eleonora De Paolis, Amanda Embriaco, Esteban Gabriel Farias, Kwadzo Klokpah, Mirko Nicoli, Christian Volpi.
Rowing: Enrico D'Aniello (coxswain), Carolina Foresti, Marco Frank, Greta Elizabeth Muti, Giacomo Perini, Tommaso Schettino.
Cycling: Katia Aere, Federico Andreoli, Lorenzo Bernard, Fabrizio Cornegliani, Claudia Cretti, Giorgio Farroni, Luca Mazzone, Eleonora Mele, Federico Mestroni, Martino Pini, Davide Plebani (rider), Francesca Porcellato, Giulia Ruffato, Mirko Testa, Paolo Totò (rider), Ana Maria Vitelaru.
Equitation: Sara Morganti, Francesca Salvadè, Carola Semperboni, Federica Sileoni.
Judo: Dongdong Camanni, Simone Cannizzaro, Carolina Costa, Valerio Romano Teodori, Matilde Lauria.
Swimming: Alberto Amodeo, Simone Barlaam, Luigi Beggiato, Francesco Bettella, Alessia Berra, Vittoria Bianco, Federico Bicelli, Francesco Bocciardo, Monica Boggioni, Vincenzo Boni, Manuel Bortuzzo, Simone Ciulli, Federico Cristiani, Antonio Fantin, Giulia Ghiretti, Carlotta Gilli, Emmanuele Marigliano, Domiziana Mecenate, Riccardo Menciotti, Efrem Morelli, Federico Morlacchi, Xenia Francesca Palazzo, Angela Procida, Martina Rabbolini, Stefano Raimondi, Alessia Scortechini, Arianna Talamona, Giulia Terzi.
Fencing: Matteo Betti, Matteo Dei Rossi, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Michele Massa, Andreea Mogos, Gianmarco Paolucci, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia, Beatrice Vio Grandis.
Sitting volleyball: Giulia Aringhieri, Flavia Barigelli, Raffaela Battaglia, Giulia Bellandi, Silvia Biasi, Francesca Bosio, Eva Ceccatelli, Sara Cirelli, Sara Desini, Alessandra Moggio, Roberta Pedrelli, Elisa Spediacci.
Weightlifting: Andrea Maria Quarto, Emanuela Romano, Donato Telesca.
Taekwondo: Antonino Bossolo.
Wheelchair tennis: Luca Arca.
Tennis volleyball: Andrea Borgato, Michela Brunelli, Federico Crosara, Federico Falco, Matteo Parenzan, Carlotta Ragazzini, Giada Rossi.
Shooting: Livia Cecagallina, Davide Franceschetti, Gianluca Iacus, Roberto Lazzaro, Andrea Liverani, Pamela Novaglio.
Archery: Matteo Bonacina, Daila Dameno, Veronica Floreno, Elisabetta Mijno, Asia Pellizzari, Giulia Pesci, Eleonora Sarti, Paolo Tonon, Stefano Travisani.
Triathlon: Giovanni Achenza, Anna Barbaro, Charlotte Bonin (guide), Veronica Yoko Plebani, Giuseppe Romele, Francesca Tarantello, Silvia Visaggi (guide), Gianluca Valori.
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