Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Italy at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Italy at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Italy
IPC code	ITA
NPC	Italian Paralympic Committee
Website	Official website
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	115 (52 men and 63 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Bebe Vio and Federico Morlacchi
Flag bearer (closing)	Matteo Parenzan
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 14 Silver 29 Bronze 26 Total 69
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
	← Rio 2016

Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.^[2] An analysis by Michelina Manzillo reports that Italy ranked as the top country in the European Union for the number of medals won at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. ^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Athlete/s	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	100 metre butterfly S13	25 August
Gold	Francesco Bocciardo	Swimming	200 metre freestyle S5	25 August
Gold	Francesco Bocciardo	Swimming	100 metre freestyle S5	26 August
Gold	Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	100 metre breaststroke SB9	26 August
Gold	Beatrice Vio	Wheelchair fencing	Women's foil B	28 August
Gold	Simone Barlaam	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S9	29 August
Gold	Arjola Trimi	Swimming	Women's 50 metre backstroke S3	29 August
Gold	Vittoria Bianco Xenia Palazzo Giulia Terzi Alessia Scortechini	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	29 August
Gold	Arjola Trimi	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle S3	30 August
Gold	Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13	30 August
Gold	Giulia Terzi	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle S7	31 August
Gold	Antonio Fantin	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S6	1 September
Gold	Paolo Cecchetto Luca Mazzone Diego Colombari	Cycling	Mixed team relay H1–5	2 September
Gold	Ambra Sabatini	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T63	4 September
Silver	Alessia Berra	Swimming	100 metre butterfly S13	25 August
Silver	Luigi Beggiato	Swimming	100 metre freestyle S4	26 August
Silver	Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	100 metre backstroke S13	26 August
Silver	Giulia Terzi Arjola Trimi Luigi Beggiato Antonio Fantin	Swimming	Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay	26 August
Silver	Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	400 metre freestyle S13	27 August
Silver	Anna Barbaro Guide: Charlotte Bonin	Paratriathlon	PTVI	28 August
Silver	Xenia Palazzo	Swimming	200 metre individual medley SM8	28 August
Silver	Giulia Terzi	Swimming	400 metre freestyle S7	29 August
Silver	Giulia Ghiretti	Swimming	100 metre breaststroke SB4	29 August
Silver	Andreea Mogoș Beatrice Vio Loredana Trigilia	Wheelchair fencing	Women's foil team	29 August
Silver	Antonio Fantin Simone Ciulli Simone Barlaam Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	30 August
Silver	Luca Mazzone	Cycling	Men's time trial H2	31 August
Silver	Assunta Legnante	Athletics	Women's discus throw F11	31 August
Silver	Fabrizio Cornegliani	Cycling	Men's road time trial H1	31 August
Silver	Francesca Porcellato	Cycling	Women's road time trial H1–3	31 August
Silver	Giorgio Farroni	Cycling	Men's road time trial T1–2	31 August
Silver	Alberto Amodeo	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S8	31 August
Silver	Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S10	31 August
Silver	Luca Mazzone	Cycling	Men's road race H1–2	1 September
Silver	Simone Barlaam	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S9	2 September
Silver	Antonio Fantin	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S6	2 September
Silver	Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S10	2 September
Silver	Vincenza Petrilli	Archery	Women's individual recurve open	2 September
Silver	Arjola Trimi	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle S4	2 September
Silver	Martina Caironi	Athletics	Women's long jump T63	2 September
Silver	Assunta Legnante	Athletics	Women's shot put F12	3 September
Silver	Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM10	3 September
Silver	Elisabetta Mijno Stefano Travisani	Archery	Mixed team recurve open	4 September
Silver	Martina Caironi	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T63	4 September
Bronze	Francesco Bettella	Swimming	100 metre backstroke S1	25 August
Bronze	Monica Boggioni	Swimming	200 metre freestyle S5	25 August
Bronze	Monica Boggioni	Swimming	100 metre freestyle S5	26 August
Bronze	Sara Morganti^[a]	Equestrian	Individual championship test grade I	27 August
Bronze	Veronica Yoko Plebani	Paratriathlon	PTS2	28 August
Bronze	Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	100 metre freestyle S10	28 August
Bronze	Giovanni Achenza	Paratriathlon	PTWC	29 August
Bronze	Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	50 metre freestyle S13	29 August
Bronze	Carolina Costa	Judo	Women's +70 kg	29 August
Bronze	Maria Andrea Virgilio	Archery	Women's individual compound open	30 August
Bronze	Andrea Liverani	Shooting	Mixed R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2	30 August
Bronze	Oney Tapia	Athletics	Men's shot put F11	30 August
Bronze	Sara Morganti^[a]	Equestrian	Individual freestyle test grade I	30 August
Bronze	Xenia Palazzo	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle S8	31 August
Bronze	Michela Brunelli Giada Rossi	Table tennis	Women's team – Class 1–3	1 September
Bronze	Katia Aere	Cycling	Women's road race H5	1 September
Bronze	Xenia Palazzo	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle S8	1 September
Bronze	Oney Tapia	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11	2 September
Bronze	Francesco Bettella	Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke S1	2 September
Bronze	Luigi Beggiato	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S4	2 September
Bronze	Ndiaga Dieng	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T20	3 September
Bronze	Federico Mancarella	Paracanoeing	Men's KL2	3 September
Bronze	Giulia Terzi	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly S7	3 September
Bronze	Monica Boggioni	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM5	3 September
Bronze	Riccardo Menciotti Stefano Raimondi Simone Barlaam Antonio Fantin Federico Bicelli^[b] Federico Morlacchi^[b]	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay	3 September
Bronze	Monica Contrafatto	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T63	4 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	11	16	12	39
Cycling	1	5	1	7
Athletics	1	4	4	9
Wheelchair fencing	1	1	0	2
Archery	0	2	1	3
Paratriathlon	0	1	2	3
Equestrian	0	0	2	2
Judo	0	0	1	1
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Paracanoeing	0	0	1	1
Total	14	29	26	69

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	25 August	2	1	2	5
2	26 August	2	3	1	6
3	27 August	0	1	1	2
4	28 August	1	2	2	5
5	29 August	3	3	3	9
6	30 August	2	1	4	7
7	31 August	1	7	1	9
8	1 September	1	1	3	5
9	2 September	1	6	3	10
10	3 September	0	2	5	7
11	4 September	1	2	1	4
12	5 September	0	0	0	0
Total		14	29	26	69

Carlotta Gilli shows her five medals won in Tokyo 2020.

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Carlotta Gilli	Swimming	2	2	1	5
Giulia Terzi	Swimming	2	2	1	5
Arjola Trimi	Swimming	2	2	0	4
Francesco Bocciardo	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Stefano Raimondi	Swimming	1	4	2	7
Antonio Fantin	Swimming	1	3	1	5
Simone Barlaam	Swimming	1	2	1	4
Xenia Palazzo	Swimming	1	1	2	4
Luca Mazzone	Cycling	1	2	0	3
Beatrice Vio	Fencing	1	1	0	2
Luigi Beggiato	Swimming	0	2	1	3
Martina Caironi	Athletics	0	2	0	2
Assunta Legnante	Athletics	0	2	0	2
Monica Boggioni	Swimming	0	0	3	3
Francesco Bettella	Swimming	0	0	2	2
Sara Morganti	Equestrian	0	0	2	2
Oney Tapia	Athletics	0	0	2	2

Archery

Italy qualified eight archers.

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
Matteo Bonacina	Individual compound	685	16	Miyamoto (JPN) L 136-141	Did not advance
Giampaolo Cancelli	Individual compound	669	28	Pavlík (SVK) L 139-142	Did not advance
Stefano Travisani	Individual recurve	609	12	Singh (IND) L 5-6	Did not advance

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
Asia Pellizzari	Individual W1	604	3	—		Rumary (GBR) L 124-130	Did not advance
Maria Andrea Virgilio	Individual compound	684	5	Bye	Asgari (IRI) W136-135	Sarti (ITA) W138-121	Paterson Pine (GBR) L137-140	Artakhinova (RPC) W142-139
Eleonora Sarti	Individual compound	672	13	Choi (KOR) W140-121	Gögel (BRA) W146-140	Virgilio (ITA) L121-138	Did not advance
Elisabetta Mijno	Individual recurve	633	2	Bye	Özbey Torun (TUR) W6-0	Poimenidou (GRE) L5-6	Did not advance
Vincenza Petrilli	Individual recurve	625	4	Bye	Oktrininda (AUS) W 6-0	Chaisty (GBR) W 6-2	Wu (CHN) W 6-5	Wu (CHN) L 5-6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maria Andrea Virgilio Matteo Bonacina	Team compound	1369	7	Nagano/ Miyamoto (JPN) W145-144	Artakhinova/ Shigaev (RPC) L 153-153	Did not advance
Elisabetta Mijno Stefano Travisani	Team recurve	1242	3	Selengee/ Mönkhbaatar (MGL) W 6-0	Shigesada/ Ueyama (JPN) W 6-2	Nemati/ Rahimi (IRI) W 5-3	Sidorenko/ Smirnov (RPC) L4-5

Athletics

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

Men's track

Athletes	Event	Heats		Final
Athletes	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ndiaga Dieng	400m T20	48.91	4 q	48.42 PB	5
Ndiaga Dieng	1500m T20	Bye		3:57.24
Alessandro Ossola	100m T63	12.77	3 Q	12.66	6

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Oney Tapia	Discus throw F11	39.52
Oney Tapia	Shot put F11	13.60 PB
Nicky Russo	Shot put F35	12.58	8
Marco Cicchetti	Long jump T44	6.66	6

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	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	3 Q	15.68	8
Oxana Corso	200m T35	—	—	33.13 SB	8

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	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
Assunta Legnante	Shot put F12	14.62

Cycling

Italy entered a team of 11 road cyclists: 8 men and 3 women.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
Luca Mazzone	Road race	H1-2	1:53:43
Fabrizio Cornegliani		H1-2	DNF
Paolo Cecchetto		H3	DNF
Diego Colombari		H5	DNF
Fabio Anobile		C3	2:11:06	4
Andrea Tarlao		C5	2:22:35	8
Pierpaolo Addesi		C5	2:23:53	9
Giorgio Farroni		T1	55:48	7
Fabrizio Cornegliani	Time trial	H1	45:44.56
Luca Mazzone		H2	31:23.79
Paolo Cecchetto		H3	44:03.16	5
Diego Colombari		H5	41:21.29	4
Fabio Anobile		C3	37:54.37	9
Pierpaolo Addesi		C5	48:37.55	9
Andrea Tarlao		C5	46:12.99	6
Giorgio Farroni		T1	27:49.78

Women

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
Francesca Porcellato	Road race	H1-4	59:45	7
Katia Aere		H5	2:28:11
Ana Maria Vitelaru		H5	DNF
Francesca Porcellato	Time trial	H1-3	33:30.52
Katia Aere		H4-5	50:40.24	6
Ana Maria Vitelaru		H4-5	50:58.69	7

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
Luca Mazzone Paolo Cecchetto Diego Colombari	Road race	Mixed team relay H1-H5	52:32

Equestrian

Italy fielded a squad of four riders to compete.

Athlete	Horse	Grade	Dressage individual Test		Dressage freestyle Test		Dressage team test
Athlete	Horse	Grade	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sara Morganti	Royal Delight	Grade I	76.964		81.100		79.286	—
Carola Semperboni	Paul	Grade I	67.678	12	Did not advance		—
Francesca Salvadé	Oliver-Vitz	Grade III	66.941	16	Did not advance		68.794	—
Francesca Sileoni	Burberry	Grade V	69.048	9	Did not advance		65.977	—
Francesca Sileoni Sara Morganti Francesca Salvadé	Burberry Royal Delight Oliver-Vitz	Team	—				214.057	8

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matilde Lauria	Women's 70 kg	Bye	Maldonado (BRA) L 00-10	Bye	Zabrodskaia (RPC) L 00-10	Did not advance
Carolina Costa	Women's +70 kg	Bye	Katie Davis (USA) W 10-00	Zarina Baibatina (KAZ) L 00-10	Bye	Anastasiia Harnyk (UKR) W 10-00

Paracanoeing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federico Mancarella	Men's KL2	43.975	3 SF	42.292	1 FA	42.574
Kwadzo Klokpah	Men's KL3	44.217	6 SF	42.398	5 FB	42.854	11
Eleonora De Paolis	Women's KL1	57.659	2 SF	57.484	1 FA	56.226	4
Veronica Biglia	Women's VL2	1:15.671	6 SF	1:09.247	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Paratriathlon

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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Giovanni Achenza	Men's PTWC	1:02:05
Pier Alberto Buccoliero	Men's PTWC	1:09:16	9
Rita Cuccuru	Women's PTWC	1:19:06	8
Anna Barbaro Guide: Charlotte Bonin	Women's PTVI	1:11:11
Veronica Yoko Plebani	Women's PTS2	1:15:55

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Attempts				Result	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Result	Rank
Donato Telesca	Men's 80 kg	~~193~~	193	~~199~~	—	193	6

Rowing

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.^[6] Meanwhile, mixed double sculls crew qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gianfilippo Mirabile Chiara Nardo	Mixed double sculls	9:04.22	3 R	8:20.98	2 FA	9:11.65	5
Cristina Scazzosi Alessandro Brancato Lorenzo Bernard Greta Muti Lorena Fuina (cox)	Mixed coxed four	7:32.07	3 R	7:08.15	2 FA	7:37.53	5

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

Shooting

Italy entered four 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.^[8] Jacopo Cappelli break the Paralympic qualification at the 2021 World Cup.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jacopo Cappelli	R1 Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	606.4	16	Did not advance
	R3 Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	628.9	31	Did not advance
	R6 Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	607.4	40	Did not advance
	R7 Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	1132-22x	14	Did not advance
Nadia Fario	P2 Women's 10 m air pistol SH1	545-5x	12	Did not advance
Nadia Fario	P4 Mixed 50m pistol SH1	509-7x	25	Did not advance
Andrea Liverani	R4 Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	635.3	3 Q	230.7
	R5 Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	639.4	8 Q	124.5	8
	R9 Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2	623.3	6 Q	208.0	4
Pamela Novaglio	R4 Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	620.5	26	Did not advance
Pamela Novaglio	R9 Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2	620.9	10	Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

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.^[9]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	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

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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	Semifinals
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

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

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

Swimming

Federico Morlacchi won in Tokyo his 8th Paralympic medal.

Italy qualified 29 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Amodeo	100 metre freestyle S8	1:00.08	6 Q	59.93	7
	400 metre freestyle S8	4:39.52	6 Q	4.25.93
	100 metre butterfly S8	1:05.323	3 Q	1:04.316	6
Simone Barlaam	50 metre freestyle S9	25.13	1 Q	24.71 =PR
	400 metre freestyle S9	4:17.95	3 Q	4:22.40	6
	100 metre backstroke S9	1:04.27	5 Q	1:02.92	5
	100 metre butterfly S9	1:00.71	2 Q	59.43
Federico Bassani	100 metre breaststroke SB11	1:21.24	7 Q	1:20.57	7
Luigi Beggiato	50 metre freestyle S4	38.76	3 Q	38.12
	100 metre freestyle S4	1:22.93	1 Q	1:23.21
	200 metre freestyle S4	3:05.40	4 Q	3:00.85	4
Francesco Bettella	50 metre backstroke S1	1:12.91	3 Q	1.14.87
Francesco Bettella	100 metre backstroke S1	2:32.21	3 Q	2:32.08
Federico Bicelli	50 metre freestyle S7	28.78	7 Q	28.77	8
	100 metre freestyle S8	1:01.37	11	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle S7	4:45.53	2 Q	4:43.67	5
	100 metre backstroke S7	1:13.68	5 Q	1:12.25	6
Francesco Bocciardo	50 metre freestyle S5	33.71	6 Q	33.22	7
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:13.96	5 Q	1:09.56
	200 metre freestyle S5	2:35.44	2 Q	2:26.76 PR
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:51.11	8 Q	1:51.06	8
Vincenzo Boni	50 metre freestyle S3	49.78	7 Q	47.68	7
	100 metre freestyle S4	1:39.56	12	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle S3	3:33.79	5 Q	3:32.40	5
	50 metre backstroke S3	48.04	4 Q	47.88	5
Simone Ciulli	50 metre freestyle S9	26.39	9	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S10	57.44	14	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke S9	1:07.41	10	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly S9	1:03.25	11	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM9	2:29.68	9	Did not advance
Antonio Fantin	50 metre freestyle S7	29.70	10	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S6	1:04.16 PB	1 Q	1:03.71 WR
	400 metre freestyle S6	5:12.08	3 Q	4.55.70
	100 metre backstroke S6	1:27.90	19	Did not advance
Emmanuele Marigliano	50 metre freestyle S3	47.68	11	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke S3	1:03.64	12	Did not advance
	50 metre breaststroke SB2	1:09.01	6 Q	1:08.55	5
	Individual medley SM3	3:29.51	7 Q	3:28.43	7
Riccardo Menciotti	50 metre freestyle S10	25.59	11	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S10	56.29	11	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke S10	1:03.05	6 Q	1.01.46	4
	100 metre butterfly S10	58.85	6 Q	58.65	7
	100 metre individual medley SM10	DNS		Did not advance
Efrem Morelli	50 metre breaststroke SB3	49.35	1 Q	49.42	4
Efrem Morelli	Individual medley SM4	2:50.38	7	2:48.63	7
Federico Morlacchi	400 metre freestyle S9	4:25.33	7 Q	4:24.75	=7
	100 metre breaststroke SB8	1:13.24	9	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly S9	1:01.42	4 Q	1:00.75	4
	200 metre individual medley SM9	DSQ		Did not advance
Misha Palazzo	200 metre freestyle S14	1:58.63	9	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB14	1:12.19	13	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM14	2:19.95	15	Did not advance
Stefano Raimondi	50 metre freestyle S10	23.89	4 Q	23.74	4
	100 metre freestyle S10	52.39	3 Q	51.45
	400 metre freestyle S10	4:26.82	8 Q	4:07.38	4
	100 metre backstroke S10	1:01.58	2 Q	59.36
	100 metre breaststroke SB9	1:05.58	1 Q	1:05.35
	100 metre butterfly S10	58.19	2 Q	55.04
	200 metre individual medley SM10	2:16.65	2 Q	2:07.68
Antonio Fantin (S6) Simone Ciulli (S9) Simone Barlaam (S9) Stefano Raimondi (S10)	4x100 metre freestyle relay 34 pts	—	—	3:45.89 ER

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alessia Berra	100 metre freestyle S12	1:04.29	6 Q	1:00.68	4
	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
Vittoria Bianco	100 metre freestyle S9	1:07.32	14	Did not advance
Vittoria Bianco	400 metre freestyle S9	4:57.51	9	Did not advance
Monica Boggioni	100 metre freestyle S5	1:22.62	2 Q	1:22.43
	200 metre freestyle S5	2:53.67	2 Q	2:55.70
	50 metre backstroke S5	46.10	5 Q	45.46	5
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:55.69	6 Q	1:58.28	6
	200 metre individual medley SM5	3:35.94	2 Q	3:39.50
Giulia Ghiretti	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:52.67	4 Q	1:50.36
	50 metre butterfly S5	47.88	8 Q	46.66	8
	200 metre individual medley SM5	3:37.93	3 Q	3:40.88	4
Carlotta Gilli	50 metre freestyle S13	27.32	3 Q	27.07
	400 metre freestyle S13	4:38.69	1 Q	4:26.14
	100 metre backstroke S13	1:08.00	3 Q	1:06.10
	100 metre breaststroke SB13	1:22.73	9	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly S13	1:04.16	1 Q	1:02.65
	200 metre individual medley SM13	2:26.52	1 Q	2:21.44 WR
Giorgia Marchi	100 metre breaststroke	1:26.44	12	Did not advance
Xenia Palazzo	50 metre freestyle S8	31.57	3 Q	31.17
	400 metre freestyle S8	4:51.21	3 Q	4:56.79
	100 metre backstroke S8	1:20.32	5 Q	1:20.90	4
	200 metre individual medley SM8	2:55.64	3 Q	2:47.86
Angela Procida	100 metre freestyle S3	2:42.37	12	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke S2	1:14.16	5 Q	1:12.69	5
	100 metre backstroke S2	2:40.54	4 Q	2:43.58	6
Martina Rabbolini	400 metre freestyle S11	5:47.78	8 Q	5:47.25	8
	100 metre backstroke S11	1:23.37	8 Q	1:24.34	8
	100 metre breaststroke SB11	1:33.02	8 Q	1:34.29	8
	200 metre individual medley SM11	3:02.85	8 Q	3:03:07	8
Alessia Scortechini	50 metre freestyle S10	28.55	5 Q	28.26	4
	100 metre freestyle S10	1:02.31	8 Q	1:02.97	8
	100 metre butterfly S10	1:07.46	3 Q	1:08.62	4
Arianna Talamona	50 metre freestyle S6	38.89	14	Did not advance
Arianna Talamona	100 metre breaststroke SB5	1:44.60	3 Q	1:43.83	5
Giulia Terzi	100 metre freestyle S7	1:11.70	2 Q	1:09.21 ER
	400 metre freestyle S7	5:05.80	2 Q	5:06.32
	50 metre butterfly S7	35.40	3 Q	34.32
Arjola Trimi	50 metre freestyle S4	42.88	3 Q	40.32
	100 metre freestyle S3	1:45.41	2 Q	1:30.22 ER
	50 metre backstroke S3	54.79	1 Q	51.34
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
Athlete	Event	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

Table tennis

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.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Borgato	Individual C1	Major (HUN) L 1-3	Godfrey (USA) W 3-1	—	2 Q	—	Matthews (GBR) L 1-3	Did not advance
Federico Falco	Individual C1	Joo (KOR) L 0-3	Eberhardt (ARG) W 3-2	—	2 Q	—	Kim (KOR) L 0-3	Did not advance
Matteo Orsi	Individual C3	Feng (CHN) L 0-3	Nalepka (POL) L 1-3	—	3	Did not advance
Matteo Parenzan	Individual C6	Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0-3	Seidenfeld (USA) L 0-3	—	3	Did not advance
Mohamed Amine Kalem	Individual C9	Chee (MAS) W 3-0	Ma Lin (AUS) L 0-3	Stacey (GBR) L 2-3	3	Did not advance
Andrea Borgato Federico Falco	Team C1-C2	—					Slovakia L 0-2	Did not advance
Matteo Parenzan Mohamed Amine Kalem	Team C9-C10	—					Ukraine L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giada Rossi	Individual C1-2	Garrone (ARG) W 3-1	Lafaye (FRA) W 3-0	—	1 Q	—	Cátia Oliveira Brazil L 0-3	Did not advance
Michela Brunelli	Individual C3	Mužinić (CRO) L 1-3	Soledad (ARG) W 3-0	Sigala (MEX) W 3-0	2 Q	—	Lee Mi-gyu (KOR) L 0-3	Did not advance
Giada Rossi Michela Brunelli	Team C1-C3	—					Thailand W 2-1	China L 1-2	—

Taekwondo

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

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Antonino Bossolo	Men's –61kg	Zukhriddin Tokhirov (UZB) W 64-30	Ganbatyn Bolor-Erdene (MGL) W 40-28	Nathan Torquato (BRA) L 34-37	—	Mahmut Bozteke (TUR) L 2-14	5

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Athlete	Event		Pools	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event		Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edoardo Giordan	Men's épée	Category A	9 Q	Manko (UKR) L 8-15	Did not advance
Emanuele Lambertini		Category A	6 Q	Bye	Tian (CHN) L 14-15	Did not advance
Edoardo Giordan Matteo Betti Emanuele Lambertini Matteo Cima		Team	8	Did not advance
Matteo Betti	Men's foil	Category A	5 Q	Bye	Nalewajek (POL) W 15-12	Sun (CHN) L 6-15	Nagaev (RPC) L 11-15	4
Emanuele Lambertini		Category A	11 Q	Li (CHN) W 15-14	Osvath (HUN) L 14-15	Did not advance
Marco Cima		Category B	8 Q	Kuzyukov (RPC) L 11-15	Did not advance
Matteo Betti Emanuele Lambertini Marco Cima		Team	5	Did not advance
Edoardo Giordan	Men's sabre	Category A	2 Q	Bye	Demchuk (UKR) L 11-15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event		Pools	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event		Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rossana Pasquino	Women's épée	Category B	10 Q	Fedota (UKR) L 9-15	Did not advance
Ionela Andreea Mogos	Women's foil	Category A	7 Q	Mandryk (UKR) W 15-11	Morkvych (UKR) L 5-15	Did not advance
Loredana Trigilia		Category A	8 Q	Sycheva (RPC) L 7-15	Did not advance
Beatrice Maria Vio		Category B	1 Q	Bye	Khetsuriani (GEO) W 15-6	Vasileva (RPC) W 15-4	Zhou (CHN) W 15-9
Ionela Andreea Mogos Loredana Trigilia Beatrice Maria Vio		Team	1 Q	—	—	HungaryW45-27	ChinaL41-45
Ionela Andeea Mogos	Women's sabre	Category A	12	Did not advance
Loredana Trigilia		Category A	10 Q	Tibilashvili (GEO) L 9-15	Did not advance
Rossana Pasquino		Category B	3 Q	Bye	Khetsuriani (GEO) W 14-15	Did not advance

Notes

^ ^a ^b Horse Royal Delight.
^ ^a ^b He swam in heats.

References

^ "Paralimpiadi al via tra una settimana con 115 atleti italiani". blogtaormina.it (in Italian). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ "Tokyo Paralympics, Italy presents itself with the largest delegation ever with a female majority (in Italian)". Italian Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2021.
^ "Paralimpiadi, Italia prima nazione UE per medaglie vinte. Azzurri fonte d'ispirazione per un Paese migliore". 6 September 2021.
^ "Atletica: 10 azzurri ai Giochi di Tokyo 2020" (in Italian). comitatoparalimpico.it. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "Quali sono i nuovi nomi dell'atletica paralimpica per Tokyo 2020?" (in Italian). abilitychannel.tv. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "2021 FISA Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Double success for Italy who make Tokyo 2020 and play Russia in Women's #EuroSittingVolley final". European Sitting Volleyball Championships. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

External links

Italian Paralympic Committee

[fn1-4] Horse Royal Delight.

[fn2-5] He swam in heats.

[1] "Paralimpiadi al via tra una settimana con 115 atleti italiani". blogtaormina.it (in Italian). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[2] "Tokyo Paralympics, Italy presents itself with the largest delegation ever with a female majority (in Italian)". Italian Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2021.

[3] "Paralimpiadi, Italia prima nazione UE per medaglie vinte. Azzurri fonte d'ispirazione per un Paese migliore". 6 September 2021.

[6] "Atletica: 10 azzurri ai Giochi di Tokyo 2020" (in Italian). comitatoparalimpico.it. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[TEAM-7] "Quali sono i nuovi nomi dell'atletica paralimpica per Tokyo 2020?" (in Italian). abilitychannel.tv. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[8] "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[9] "2021 FISA Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta". worldrowing.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[10] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[eurosittingvolley_qualified-11] "Double success for Italy who make Tokyo 2020 and play Russia in Women's #EuroSittingVolley final". European Sitting Volleyball Championships. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[12] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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