Italy at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Italy
IPC code	ITA
NPC	Italian Paralympic Committee
Website	Official website
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	141 in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Ambra Sabatini and Luca Mazzone
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	6	9
Athletics	8	7	15
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	69	71	140

Archery

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daila Dameno	Individual W1			—
Asia Pellizzari	Individual W1			—
Giulia Pesci	Individual compound
Eleonora Sarti	Individual compound
Veronica Floreno	Individual recurve
Elisabetta Mijno	Individual recurve

Mixed

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

Athletics

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).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

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

Women

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

Field events

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

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rosa Efomo De Marco	Women's singles SU5

Cycling

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

Women

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

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lorenzo Bernard Pilot: Davide Plebani

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Claudia Cretti

Equestrian

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

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
Sara Morganti	See above	Team
Federica Sileoni
Carola Semperboni
Francesca Salvade

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Esteban Gabriel Farias	KL1
Christian Volpi	KL2
Kwadzo Klokpah	KL3
Marius Bogdan Ciustea	VL2
Mirko Nicoli	VL3

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eleonora De Paolis	KL1
Amanda Embriaco	KL3
Veronica Silvia Biglia	VL2

Paratriathlon

Men

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

Women

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

Powerlifting

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

Rowing

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
Athlete	Event	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

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Davide Franceschetti	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1

Mixed

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

Sitting volleyball

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]

Roster

Head 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

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy women's	Women's tournament	France	China	United States

Swimming

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Amodeo	100 m freestyle S8
	400 m freestyle S8
	100 m butterfly S8
Simone Barlaam	50 m freestyle S9
	100 m freestyle S10
	400 m freestyle S9
	100 m butterfly S9
	100 m backstroke S9
Luigi Beggiato	50 m freestyle S4
	100 m freestyle S4
	200 m freestyle S4
Francesco Bettella	50 m backstroke S1
Francesco Bettella	100 m backstroke S1
Federico Bicelli	50 m freestyle S7
	400 m freestyle S7
	100 m backstroke S7
Francesco Bocciardo	50 m freestyle S5
	100 m freestyle S5
	200 m freestyle S5
Vincenzo Boni	50 m freestyle S3
	200 m freestyle S3
	50 m backstroke S3
Manuel Mateo Bortuzzo	100 m breaststroke SB4
Simone Ciullo	50 m freestyle S9
	100 m backstroke S9
	100 m butterfly S9
Federico Cristiani	50 m freestyle S4
	100 m freestyle S4
	200 m freestyle S4
	50 m backstroke S4
Antonio Fantin	100 m freestyle S6
	400 m freestyle S6
	100 m backstroke S6
Emanuele Marigliano	50 m freestyle S3
	200 m freestyle S3
	50 m breaststroke SB3
	150 m individual medley SM3
Riccardo Menciotti	100 m butterfly S10
	100 m backstroke S10
	100 m breaststroke SB9
	200 m individual medley SM10
Efrem Morelli	50 m breaststroke SB3
Efrem Morelli	150 m individual medley SM4
Federico Morlacchi	100 m butterfly S9
Federico Morlacchi	100 m breaststroke SB8
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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alessia Berra	50 m freestyle S13
	50 m freestyle S12
	50 m butterfly S13
	100 m breaststroke SB12
Vittoria Bianco	100 m freestyle S9
Vittoria Bianco	400 m freestyle S9
Monica Boggioni	100 m freestyle S5
	200 m freestyle S5
	50 m backstroke S5
	50 m breaststroke SB3
	200 m individual medley SM5
Giulia Ghiretti	100 m butterfly S5
	100 m breaststroke SB5
	200 m individual medley SM5
Carlotta Gilli	50 m freestyle S13
	400 m freestyle S13
	100 m butterfly S13
	100 m backstroke S13
	200 m individual medley SM13
Domiziana Mecenate	100 m freestyle S3
Domiziana Mecenate	50 m backstroke S3
Xenia Francesca Palazzo	50 m freestyle S8
	400 m freestyle S8
	100 m backstroke S8
	200 m individual medley SM8
Angela Procida	50 m backstroke S2
Angela Procida	100 m backstroke S2
Martina Rabbolini	400 m freestyle S11
	100 m backstroke S11
	100 m breaststroke SB11
Alessia Scortechini	50 m freestyle S10
	100 m freestyle S10
	100 m butterfly S10
Arianna Talamona	400 m freestyle S6
	100 m backstroke S6
	100 m breaststroke SB5
Giulia Terzi	100 m freestyle S7
	400 m freestyle S7
	50 m buttefly S7

Table tennis

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	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Federico Falco	Men's individual C1
Andrea Borgato	Men's individual C1
Federico Crosara	Men's individual C2
Matteo Parenzan	Men's individual C6
Giada Rossi	Women's individual C1–2
Carlotta Ragazzini	Women's individual C3
Michela Brunelli	Women's individual C3
Federico Crosara Federico Falco	Men's doubles MD4	—		Cha /Park (KOR)
Michela Brunelli Giada Rossi	Women's doubles WD5	—		Asayut /Bootwansirina (THA)
Federico Crosara Carlotta Ragazzini	Mixed doubles XD7	Czuper /Buclaw (POL)

Taekwondo

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.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonino Bossolo	Men's –63 kg

Wheelchair fencing

Men

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

Women

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

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luca Arca	Men's singles	Berdichevsky (ISR)

References

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^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
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^ "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.