Immacolata Cerasuolo (born 18 June 1980) is a Paralympic swimmer for Italy.
 Receiving an award from Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1980 Naples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S8 - SB8 - SM8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | free style, breaststroke, butterfly swimming and mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Centro Ester Napoli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editA promising swimmer since childhood, she became an athlete with disability category S8 following a motorbike accident that left her without use of her right arm.
She has competed in two Paralympic Games (2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing), winning one gold and one silver medal. She also took part in the IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar del Plata (Argentina) in 2002 and in Durban (South Africa) in 2006, winning 2 silver medals.
External links
edit- Immacolata Cerasuolo at Paralympic.org
- Immacolata Cerasuolo at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Immacolata Cerasuolo at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Official website (in Italian)
- List of Italian gold medal winners at the Wayback Machine (archived July 14, 2014) (in Italian)
- Immacolata Cerasuolo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Immacolata Cerasuolo at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
