Monica Graziana Contrafatto (born 9 March 1981 in Gela) is an Italian Paralympic athlete. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in 100m T42, winning a bronze medal.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in 100m T63.[2][3][4]
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| Full name | Monica Graziana Contrafatto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1981 Gela, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editA soldier of the Italian Army's 1st Bersaglieri Regiment Contrafatto was injured on 24 March 2012, during a mortar attack on Forward Operating Base "Ice" in Gulistan District, Farah Province in Afghanistan. As a consequence of her injuries her right leg had to be amputated.[5]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2016 | Paralympics Games |  Rio de Janeiro
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3rd | 100 m – T42 | 16.30 | |
| 2021 | Paralympics Games |  Tokyo
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3rd | 100 m – T63 | 14.73 | [a] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ She ran her PB (14.72) in heats.
References
edit- ^ "Monica Graziana Contrafatto - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics: CONTRAFATTO, Monica Graziana". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Amputee says at Paralympics for Italy and Afghanistan - English". ANSA.it. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Paralimpiadi, Monica Contrafatto: 'Una medaglia per l'Afghanistan'". La Stampa - Lastampa (in Italian). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "CONTRAFATTO Monica Graziana - Biography". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
External links
edit- Monica Graziana Contrafatto at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Monica Graziana Contrafatto at Paralympic.org
- Monica Graziana Contrafatto at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Monica Graziana Contrafatto at the Italian Paralympic Committee (in Italian)
