Oney Tapia Explained
Oney Tapia (born 27 February 1976)[2] is a visually impaired Italian-Cuban Paralympic athlete competing in discus throw and shot put events. He represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event.[3] He represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the discus throw and shot put events, winning two bronze medals.[4] [5]
Career
Tapia won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Grosseto, Italy. In 2017, he participated and won that year's edition of the dancing television show Ballando con le Stelle.
In 2018, Tapia won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11-13 event at the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy.[6] At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Berlin, Germany, he won the gold medals in both the men's shot put F11 and men's discus throw F11 events.[7] [8] In the discus throw event, Tapia set a new world record of 46.07 m.[8] In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Oney Tapia Atletica Leggera Paralimpica . abilitychannel.tv . it . 7 January 2021.
- Web site: Oney Tapia . Rio 2016 Paralympics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161115062425/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/oney-tapia . 15 November 2016 . dead.
- Web site: Oney Tapia . Paralympic.org . . 22 December 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222173747/https://www.paralympic.org/oney-tapia . 22 December 2019.
- Web site: Athletics: TAPIA, Oney . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 30 August 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830160855/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1682501-tapia-oney.htm . 30 August 2021.
- Web site: Oney Tapia wins bronze in shot put! Rain of records, Ossola finishes sixth in the 100m – OA Sport . Italy24 News Sports . 30 August 2021 . 30 August 2021 . 30 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830160856/https://www.italy24news.com/sports/news/102275.html . dead .
- News: Paralympic champion Hamman emerges triumphant at Para Athletics Grand Prix . Giles . Thomas . 20 May 2018 . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 December 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222185735/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1065307/paralympic-champion-hamman-emerges-triumphant-at-para-athletics-grand-prix . 22 December 2019.
- Web site: Men's shot put F11 - 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships . Paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee . 24 August 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200824185149/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATBE18/pdf/ATBE18/AT/ATBE18_AT_C73S_ATM311101.pdf . 24 August 2020.
- Web site: Men's discus throw F11 - 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships . Paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee . 24 August 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200824184700/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATBE18/pdf/ATBE18/AT/ATBE18_AT_C73S_ATM600101.pdf . 24 August 2020.