Italy at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	ITA
Country:	Italy
Year:	2024
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Games Link:	2024 Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Italy
Npcname:	Italian Paralympic Committee
Location:	Paris, France
Competitors:	141
Sports:	17
Flagbearer Open:	Ambra Sabatini and Luca Mazzone
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Italy is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	6	9
Athletics	9	7	16
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	10	6	16
Equestrian	0	4	4
Judo	3	2	5
Paracanoeing	5	3	8
Paratriathlon	3	5	8
Powerlifting	1	2	3
Rowing	4	2	6
Shooting	4	2	6
Sitting volleyball	0	12	12
Swimming	16	12	28
Table tennis	4	3	7
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wheelchair fencing	6	4	10
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	1
Total	70	71	141

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Italy entered nine athletes into the games. Six of them qualified by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic, meanwhile the other qualified through 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands; and through 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paolo Tonon	Individual W1
Matteo Bonacina	Individual compound
Stefano Travisani	Individual recurve

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daila Dameno	align=left rowspan=2	Individual W1
Asia Pellizzari
Giulia Pesci	align=left rowspan=2	Individual compound
Eleonora Sarti
Veronica Floreno	align=left rowspan=2	Individual recurve
Elisabetta Mijno

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Team W1
	Team compound
	Team recurve

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Italian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marco Cicchetti	100 metres T44
Alessandro Ossola	100 metres T63
align=left rowspan=2	Fabio Bottazzini	100 metres T64
200 metres T64
align=left rowspan=2	Maxcel Amo Manu	100 metres T64
200 metres T64
Riccardo Bagaini	400 metres T47
align=left rowspan=2	Ndiaga Dieng	400 metres T20
1500 metres T20

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arjola Dedaj Guide: Alessandro Galbiati	100 metres T11
align=left rowspan=2	Valentina Petrillo	200 metres T12
400 metres T12
Martina Caironi	align=left rowspan=3	100 metres T63
Monica Contrafatto
Ambra Sabatini
Giuliana Chiara Filippi	100 metres T64

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Oney Tapia	Men's shot put F11
Men's discus throw F11
Marco Cicchetti	Men's long jump F44
align=left rowspan=2	Rigivan Ganeshamoorthy	Men's javelin throw F52
Men's discus throw F52
align=left rowspan=2	Assunta Legnante	Women's shot put F11
Women's discus throw F11
Martina Caironi	Women's long jump F63
Giuliana Chiara Filippi	Women's long jump F64

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italy entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[2]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Andreoli Pilot: Paolo Totò	Men's road race B
Men's time trial B
Lorenzo Bernard Pilot: Davide Plebani	Men's road race B
align=left rowspan=2	Fabrizio Cornegliani	Men's road race H1-2
Men's time trial H1
align=left rowspan=2	Luca Mazzone	Men's road race H1-2
Men's time trial H2
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Mestroni	Men's road race H3
Men's time trial H3
align=left rowspan=2	Martino Pini	Men's road race H3
Men's time trial H3
align=left rowspan=2	Mirko Testa	Men's road race H3
Men's time trial H3
align=left rowspan=2	Giorgio Farroni	Men's road race T1-2
Men's time trial T1-2
Federico Mestroni Martino Pini Mirko Testa	Mixed team relay H1–5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Katia Aere	Women's road race H5
Women's time trial H4-5
align=left rowspan=2	Claudia Cretti	Women's road race C4-5
Women's time trial C5
align=left rowspan=2	Eleonora Mele	Women's road race C4-5
Women's time trial C5
align=left rowspan=2	Francesca Porcellato	Women's road race H1-2-3-4
Women's time trial H1-2-3
align=left rowspan=2	Giulia Ruffato	Women's road race H1-2-3-4
Women's time trial H4-5
align=left rowspan=2	Ana Maria Vitelaru	Women's road race H5
Women's time trial H4-5

Track

Men

Women

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italy entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.^{[3] [4]}

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Sara Morganti	Mariebelle	Individual championship test grade I
		Individual freestyle test grade I
Federica Sileoni	Leonardo	Individual championship test grade V
		Individual freestyle test grade V
Carola Semperboni	Paul	Individual championship test grade I
		Individual freestyle test grade I
Francesca Salvade	Escari	Individual championship test grade III
		Individual freestyle test grade III

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
				Score	Rank
Sara Morganti	align=left rowspan=4	See above	align=left rowspan=4	Team
Federica Sileoni
Carola Semperboni
Francesca Salvade

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dongdong Camanni	Men's 73 Kg J1
Valerio Romano Teodori	Men's 90 Kg J1
Simone Cannizzaro	Men's 90 Kg J2
Matilde Lauria	Women's 70 kg J1
Carolina Costa	Women's +70 kg J2

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italy earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Esteban Gabriel Farias	KL1
Christian Volpi	KL2
Kwadzo Klokpah
Marius Bogdan Ciustea	VL2
Mirko Nicoli	VL3

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eleonora De Paolis
Amanda Embriaco	KL3
Veronica Silvia Biglia	VL2

Paratriathlon

See main article: article and Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike				T2	Run				Time	Rank
				L1	L2	L3	L4		L1	L2	L3	L4
Giovanni Achenza	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTWC
Giuseppe Romele
Gianluca Valori	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PTS2

Women

Athlete	Class	Swim	T1	Bike				T2	Run				Time	Rank
				L1	L2	L3	L4		L1	L2	L3	L4
Francesca Tarantiello Guide:Silvia Visaggi	align=left rowspan=2	Women's PTVI
Anna Barbaro Guide:Charlotte Bonin
Veronica Yoko Plebani	align=left rowspan=2	Women's PTS2

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Donato Telesca	Men's 72 kg
Andrea Maria Quarto	Men's 97 kg
Emanuela Romano	Women's 55 kg

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giacomo Perini	PR1 men's single sculls
Marco Frank Carolina Foresti Tommaso Schettino Greta Elisabeth Muti Cox:Enrico D'Aniello	PR3 mixed coxed four

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Italy entered six para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[5]

Men

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Livia Cecagallina	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
Andrea Liverani	align=left rowspan=2	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
Roberto Lazzaro
Gianluca Iacus	align=left rowspan=2	R9 – Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2
Pamela Novaglio

Sitting volleyball

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italy women's national team qualified for the Paralympic Games by virtue of their gold medal at their home 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships in Caorle, Italy.^[6]

RosterHead Coach: Amauri Ribeiro

• Giulia Aringhieri
  • Flavia Barigelli Raffaela Battaglia
• Giulia Bellandi
• Silvia Biasi
• Francesca Bosio
• Eva Ceccatelli
• Sara Cirelli
• Sara Desini
• Alessandra Moggio
• Roberta Pedrelli
• Elisa Spediacci

Summary

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Italy secured fifteen quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Alberto Amodeo	100 m freestyle S8
400 m freestyle S8
100 m butterfly S8
align=left rowspan=5	Simone Barlaam	50 m freestyle S9
100 m freestyle S10
400 m freestyle S9
100 m butterfly S9
100 m backstroke S9
align=left rowspan=3	Luigi Beggiato	50 m freestyle S4
100 m freestyle S4
200 m freestyle S4
align=left rowspan=2	Francesco Bettella	50 m backstroke S1
100 m backstroke S1
align=left rowspan=3	Federico Bicelli	50 m freestyle S7
400 m freestyle S7
100 m backstroke S7
align=left rowspan=3	Francesco Bocciardo	50 m freestyle S5
100 m freestyle S5
200 m freestyle S5
align=left rowspan=3	Vincenzo Boni	50 m freestyle S3
200 m freestyle S3
50 m backstroke S3
Manuel Mateo Bortuzzo	100 m breaststroke SB4
align=left rowspan=3	Simone Ciullo	50 m freestyle S9
100 m backstroke S9
100 m butterfly S9
align=left rowspan=4	Federico Cristiani	50 m freestyle S4
100 m freestyle S4
200 m freestyle S4
50 m backstroke S4
align=left rowspan=3	Antonio Fantin	100 m freestyle S6
400 m freestyle S6
100 m backstroke S6
align=left rowspan=4	Emanuele Marigliano	50 m freestyle S3
200 m freestyle S3
50 m breaststroke SB3
150 m individual medley SM3
align=left rowspan=4	Riccardo Menciotti	100 m butterfly S10
100 m backstroke S10
100 m breaststroke SB9
200 m individual medley SM10
align=left rowspan=2	Efrem Morelli	50 m breaststroke SB3
150 m individual medley SM4
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Morlacchi	100 m butterfly S9
100 m breaststroke SB8
align=left rowspan=6	Stefano Raimondi	50 m freestyle S10
100 m freestyle S10
100 m butterfly S9
100 m backstroke S10
100 m breaststroke SB9
200 m individual medley SM10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Alessia Berra	50 m freestyle S13
50 m freestyle S12
50 m butterfly S13
100 m breaststroke SB12
align=left rowspan=2	Vittoria Bianco	100 m freestyle S9
400 m freestyle S9
align=left rowspan=5	Monica Boggioni	100 m freestyle S5
200 m freestyle S5
50 m backstroke S5
50 m breaststroke SB3
200 m individual medley SM5
align=left rowspan=3	Giulia Ghiretti	100 m butterfly S5
100 m breaststroke SB5
200 m individual medley SM5
align=left rowspan=5	Carlotta Gilli	50 m freestyle S13
400 m freestyle S13
100 m butterfly S13
100 m backstroke S13
200 m individual medley SM13
align=left rowspan=2	Domiziana Mecenate	100 m freestyle S3
50 m backstroke S3
align=left rowspan=4	Xenia Francesca Palazzo	50 m freestyle S8
400 m freestyle S8
100 m backstroke S8
200 m individual medley SM8
align=left rowspan=2	Angela Procida	50 m backstroke S2
100 m backstroke S2
align=left rowspan=3	Martina Rabbolini	400 m freestyle S11
100 m backstroke S11
100 m breaststroke SB11
align=left rowspan=3	Alessia Scortechini	50 m freestyle S10
100 m freestyle S10
100 m butterfly S10
align=left rowspan=3	Arianna Talamona	400 m freestyle S6
100 m backstroke S6
100 m breaststroke SB5
align=left rowspan=3	Giulia Terzi	100 m freestyle S7
400 m freestyle S7
50 m buttefly S7

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Italy entered six athletes for the Paralympic games. Matteo Parenzan and Giada Rossi qualified for the games by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective events, at the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain.^[7] Later on, Federico Falco, Federico Crosara, Carlotta Ragazzini and Michela Brunelli qualified for the games following the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Federico Falco	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual C1
Andrea Borgato
Federico Crosara	Men's individual C2
Matteo Parenzan	Men's individual C6
Giada Rossi	Women's individual C1–2
Carlotta Ragazzini	align=left rowspan=2	Women's individual C3
Michela Brunelli

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Italy entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Antonino Bossolo qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in class 63 kg.

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Matteo Betti	Men's épée A
Men's foil A
align=left rowspan=2	Matteo Dei Rossi	Men's épée A
Men's sabre A
align=left rowspan=2	Edoardo Giordan	Men's épée A
Men's sabre A
align=left rowspan=2	Emanuele Lambertini	Men's épée A
Men's foil A
align=left rowspan=2	Michele Massa	Men's épée B
Men's foil B
align=left rowspan=2	Gianmarco Paolucci	Men's épée B
Men's sabre B

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Andreea Mogos	Women's foil A
Women's sabre A
align=left rowspan=2	Loredana Trigilia	Women's foil A
Women's sabre A
align=left rowspan=2	Rossana Pasquino	Women's épée B
Women's sabre B
Beatrice Vio	Women's foil B

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Men

See also

• Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Italy at the Paralympics

Notes and References

1. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
2. Web site: 31 December 2022. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. UCI.
3. Web site: 20 January 2023. Para Equestrian - Paris 2024. Paris 2024.
4. Web site: 20 January 2023. FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022. FEI.
5. Web site: Quota Allocation after New Delhi. 14 May 2024. Paralympics. 14 May 2024.
6. News: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy qualify for Paris 2024 after winning European Sitting Volleyball Championship titles. Inside The Games. 15 October 2023. 22 October 2023.
7. News: 21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship. 8 September 2023. European Table Tennis Union. 9 September 2023.