Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Italy qualified eight archers: Matteo Bonacina, Giampaolo Cancelli, Elisabetta Mijno, Asia Pellizzari, Vincenza Petrilli, Eleonora Sarti, Stefano Travisani and Maria Andrea Virgilio.

The athletics team is made up of 11 athletes, 6 women and 5 men.[3] To the nine athletes classified by right, the Italy team added two more participation cards a few days before the start of the Games.[4]

Men's track

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Oney Tapia	Discus throw F11	39.52
	Shot put F11	13.60 PB
Nicky Russo	Shot put F35
Marco Cicchetti	Long jump T44

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ambra Sabatini	100m T63	14.39 WR, PB	2 Q	14.39 WR, PB
Martina Caironi		14.37 WR, PB	1 Q	14.46
Monica Contrafatto		14.72 PB	3 Q	14.73
Oxana Corso	100m T35	15.80 SB	8	15.68	15.80 SB
	200m T35	—	—	33.13 SB	8

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Martina Caironi	Long jump T63	5.14
Francesca Cipelli	Long jump T37	3.96	9
Assunta Legnante	Discus throw F11	40.25 AR, PB
	Shot put F12	14.62

Rosa De Marco has qualified to compete at the Games.

Katia Aere, Pierpaolo Addesi, Fabio Anobile, Paolo Cecchetto, Diego Colombari, Fabrizio Cornegliani, Giorgi Farroni, Luca Mazzone, Francesca Porcellato, Andrea Tarlao and Ana Vitelaru have all qualified to compete.

Sara Morganti, Francesca Salvadé, Carola Semperboni and Federica Sileoni have all qualified to compete.

Veronica Silvia Biglia, Eleonora De Paolis, Esteban Gabriel Farias and Federico Mancarella have all qualified to compete.

Giovanni Achenza, Anna Barbaro, Alberto Buccoliero, Rita Cuccuru and Veronica Yoko Plebani have all qualified to compete.

Donato Telesca has qualified to compete at the Games.

Italy qualified two boats in the mixed events for the games. Mixed coxed four crews qualified by winning the bronze and securing the third of available place at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[5] Meanwhile, mixed double sculls crew qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate.[6]

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

Italy entered three athletes into the Paralympic competition. Pamela Novaglio successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2018 WSPS World Championships which was held in Cheongju, South Korea and two others qualified from 2018 WSPS World Cup which was held in Châteauroux, France.[7]

Italy's women's sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the 2019 Sitting Volleyball European Championships in Budapest, Hungary in July 2019.[8]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy women's	Women's tournament	Japan W 3–0	Canada L 1–3	Brazil L 1–3	3	Did not advance	RPC L 1–3	6

Women's tournament

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	3	9	3	3.000	289	237	1.219	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	2	8	4	2.000	278	243	1.144
3	Italy	3	1	2	1	5	6	0.833	227	232	0.978	Fifth place match
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	143	225	0.636	Seventh place match

Source: TOCOG
(H) Host

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 10:00 v	Japan	0–3	Italy	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Ute Fischer (GER)
	(23–25, 11–25, 10–25) Results Statistics

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 14:00 v	Italy	1–3	Canada	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Andre Calado (BRA)
	(16–25, 14–25, 25–15, 18–25) Results Statistics

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1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 10:00 v	Brazil	3–1	Italy	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Krisztina Árpás (HUN)
	(23–25, 25–17, 25–16, 25–21) Results Statistics

Fifth place match

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 15:30 v	Italy	1–3	RPC	Makuhari Messe, Tokyo Referees: Dominik Raca (CRO), Khalid Shanishah (LBA)
	(25–22, 23–25, 23–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

Federico Morlacchi won in Tokyo his 8th Paralympic medal.

Italy qualified 29 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Amodeo	100 metre butterfly S8
	100 metre freestyle S8	1:00.08	6 Q	59.93	7
	400 metre freestyle S8
Simone Barlaam	100 metre backstroke S9
	100 metre butterfly S9
	50 metre freestyle S9	25.13	1 Q	24.71 =PR
	400 metre freestyle S9	4:17.95	3 Q	4:22.40	6
Federico Bassani	100 metre breaststroke SB11
Luigi Beggiato	50 metre freestyle S4
	100 metre freestyle S4	1:22.93	1 Q	1:23.21
	200 metre freestyle S4	3:05.40
Francesco Bettella	50 metre backstroke S1
	100 metre backstroke S1	2:32.21	3 Q	2:32.08
Federico Bicelli	100 metre backstroke S7
	50 metre freestyle S7
	400 metre freestyle S7	4:45.53	2 Q	4:43.67	5
	100 metre freestyle S8	1:01.37	11	Did not advance
Francesco Bocciardo	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:51.11	3 Q	1:51.06	8
	50 metre freestyle S5
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:13.96	3 Q	1:09.56
	200 metre freestyle S5	2:35.44	2 Q	2:26.76 PR
Vincenzo Boni	50 metre backstroke S3	48.04	4 Q	47.88	5
	50 metre freestyle S3
	200 metre freestyle S3
	100 metre freestyle S4	1:39.56	6	Did not advance
Simone Ciulli	100 metre backstroke S9
	100 metre butterfly S9
	50 metre freestyle S9
	100 metre freestyle S10	57.44	14	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM9
Antonio Fantin	100 metre backstroke S6
	100 metre freestyle S6
	400 metre freestyle S6
	50 metre freestyle S7
Emmanuele Marigliano	50 metre backstroke S3
	50 metre breaststroke SB2
	Individual medley SM3	3:29.51	7 Q	3:28.43	7
	50 metre freestyle S3
Riccardo Menciotti	100 metre backstroke S10
	100 metre butterfly S10
	50 metre freestyle S10	25.59	11	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S10	56.29	11	Did not advance
	100 metre individual medley SM10
Efrem Morelli	50 metre breaststroke SB3	49.35	1 Q	49.42	4
	Individual medley S4	2:50.38	7	2:48.63	7
Federico Morlacchi	100 metre breaststroke SB8	1:13.24	9	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly S9
	400 metre freestyle S9	4:25.33	7 Q	4:24.75	=7
	100 metre individual medley SM9
Misha Palazzo	100 metre breaststroke SB14	1:12.19	13	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S14	1:58.63	9	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM14
Stefano Raimondi	50 metre freestyle S10	23.89	2 Q	23.74	4
	100 metre breaststroke SB9	1:05.58	1 Q	1:05.35
	100 metre backstroke S10
	100 metre butterfly S10
	200 metre individual medley SM10
	100 metre freestyle S10
	400 metre freestyle S10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alessia Berra
	100 metre backstroke S12	1:14.19	6 Q	1:14.33	5
	100 metre butterfly S13	1:07.42	6 Q	1:05.67
	100 metre freestyle S12
Vittoria Bianco	100 metre freestyle S9
	400 metre freestyle S9	4:57.51	9	Did not advance
Monica Boggioni	50 metre backstroke S5
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:55.69	6 Q	1:58.28	6
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:22.62	2 Q	1:22.43
	200 metre freestyle S5	2:53.67	2 Q	2:55.70
	200 metre individual medley SM5
Giulia Ghiretti
Carlotta Gilli	100 metre backstroke S13	1:08.00	2 Q	1:06.10
	100 metre breaststroke SB13
	100 metre butterfly S13	1:04.16	1 Q	1:02.65
	50 metre freestyle S13	27.32	3 Q	27.07
	400 metre freestyle S13	4:38.69	1 Q	4:26.14
	200 metre individual medley SM13	2:26.52	1 Q	2:21.44 WR
Giorgia Marchi
Xenia Palazzo	200 metre individual medley SM8	2:55.64	3 Q	2:47.86
Angela Procida
Martina Rabbolini
Alessia Scortechini
Giulia Terzi	400 metre freestyle S7	5:05.80	2 Q	5:06.32
Arjola Trimi	50 metre backstroke S3	54.79	1 Q	51.34
	100 metre freestyle S3	1:45.41	2 Q	1:30.22
Vittoria Bianco Xenia Palazzo Giulia Terzi Alessia Scortechini	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts	4:26.39	2 Q	4:24.85

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francesco Bocciardo Antonio Fantin Arianna Talamona Giulia Terzi Arjola Trimi	4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts	2:25.48	1 Q	2:21.45

Italy entered seven players into the Games. Giada Rossi qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other four athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Borgato	Individual C1
Federico Falco
Matteo Orsi	Individual C3
Matteo Parenzan	Individual C6
Mohamed Amine Kalem	Individual C9	Chee (MAS) W 3-0

Women

Italy qualified one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Antonino Bossolo qualified by entered top six in the world ranking.

Matteo Betti, Marco Cima, Edoardo Giordan, Emanuele Lambertini, Ionela Andreea Mogos, Rossana Pasquino, Loredana Trigilia and Beatrice Vio have all qualified to compete.

Italy qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. She qualified by world ranking.

• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics

• Italian Paralympic Committee