Irene Monaco

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]

Irene Monaco
Irene in Vignola in 1978 during an open archery competition at the age of 48.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1940-10-07) 7 October 1940
Rome, Italy[1]
Spouse(s)Uber Sala
Sport
Sport
DisabilityPoliomyelitis
ClubAscip Ostia[2]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 3 1 6

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]

Career

Irene Monaco continued to compete in archery in the masters category until almost 50 years, winning some national[5] and world titles.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Irene Monaco - Sport disabili". coni.it. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "Irene Monaco - Gallery". memoriaparalimpica.it. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. "All-Time Paralympic Summer Games Multi-Medallists - Country Italy". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. "Memoria paralimpica - Uber Sala e Irene Monaco". youtube.com (in Italian). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. "Campionati itliani targa - Arco olimpico" (PDF). fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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