Alvise De Vidi Explained

Alvise De Vidi
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Paralympic swimming
Club:ASPEA Padova
G.S. Fiamme Azzurre[1]
Birth Date:1966 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:San Biagio di Callalta, Italy

Alvise De Vidi (born 30 April 1966, in San Biagio di Callalta) is a former paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.[2]

Biography

Alvise has competed in 6 Paralympics across two sports winning 15 medals seven of them gold. His first games were in 1988 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 25m Butterfly class 1A winning the gold medal, despite winning a gold medal this would prove to be the only time he competed outside of athletics. In the same games he also competed in seven track events ranging from 100m to 1500m including both the relays and it was in the 4 × 100 m that he won a bronze medal. In the 1992 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 100m, 400m, 800m and 1500m winning the bronze in the 800m.

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics proved to be a much more successful year when he won the 400m and 800m gold medals, silver in the 1500m and competed in the marathon. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics he achieved more success with a defence of his 800m gold medal and further gold medals in the 1500m and marathon as well as silver in 400m and bronze in the 200m. 2004 Summer Paralympics were to be his last but he managed to defend his marathon title and win a second consecutive bronze over 200m.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Event Rank
bgcolor=palegreen colspan=5Para swimming
1988 Seoul25 m butterflybgcolor=gold1st
bgcolor=Khaki colspan=5Para athletics
1992800 m3rd
1994200 m3rd
19961500 mbgcolor=silver2nd
400 mbgcolor=gold1st
800 mbgcolor=gold1st
1998 Birmingham200 m3rd
400 mbgcolor=silver2nd
800 mbgcolor=silver2nd
Marathonbgcolor=silver2nd
2000 Sydney200 m3rd
400 mbgcolor=silver2nd
800 mbgcolor=gold1st
1500 mbgcolor=gold1st
Marathonbgcolor=gold1st
2002 Lille400 m3rd
800 mbgcolor=gold1st
1500 mbgcolor=silver2nd
Marathonbgcolor=gold1st
2003 Assen400 mbgcolor=silver2nd
800 m3rd
1500 mbgcolor=gold1st
2004Paralympics Games Athens200 m3rd
Marathonbgcolor=gold1st
2012Paralympics Games London100 mbgcolor=silver2nd
2013World Championships Lione100 m 3rd
200 m3rd
2014European Championships Swansea400 m 3rd
2016European Championships Grosseto400 m bgcolor=silver2nd
Paralympics Games Rio de Janeiro400 m 3rd

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alvise De Vidi - Atletica leggera. comitatoparalimpico.it. 5 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Alvise De Vidi - Profile. ipc.infostradasports.com. 5 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Alvise De Vidi - Biography. paralympic.org. 8 September 2012.