National Team: | Italy |
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Disability: | Poliomyelitis |
Club: | Ascip Ostia[1] |
Birth Date: | July df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy[2] |
Spouse: | Uber Sala |
Irene Monaco (born 7 October 1940) is a former Italian a paralympic multi-sport athlete who won ten medals at the Summer Paralympics from 1964 to 1984.[3]
Married to paralympic athlete Uber Sala who competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Dartchery.[4] She has a twin sister Elena, who also has polio.[4] who won six medals at the Summer Paralympics between Tokyo 1964 and Tel Aviv 1968.[3]
Irene Monaco continued to compete in archery in the masters category until almost 50 years, winning some national[5] and world titles.[2]