Italy has sent delegations to the Summer Paralympics since the first games in 1960, and to the Winter Paralympics since 1980.
The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Hosted Games Italy has hosted the Games on three occasions. Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1960 Summer Paralympics Rome 25 August – 11 September 23 400 572006 Winter Paralympics Turin 10–19 March 39 486 582026 Winter Paralympics Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 6–15 March 55 612 79
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1960 Rome 65 29 28 23 80 1 1964 Tokyo 19 14 15 16 45 3 1968 Tel-Aviv 38 12 10 17 39 7 1972 Heidelberg 25 8 4 5 17 9 1976 Toronto 24 2 5 11 18 25 1980 Arnhem 38 6 5 9 20 20 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 61 9 19 14 42 21 1988 Seoul 96 16 15 27 58 16 1992 Barcelona 88 10 7 18 35 17 1996 Atlanta 69 11 20 14 45 14 2000 Sydney 63 9 8 10 27 18 2004 Athens 77 4 8 7 19 31 2008 Beijing 86 4 7 7 18 28 2012 London 98 9 8 11 28 13 2016 Rio de Janeiro 101 10 14 15 39 9 2020 Tokyo 115 14 29 26 69 9 2024 Paris 141 24 15 32 71 6 Total 191 217 262 670 12
Medals by Winter Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1980 Geilo 1 0 0 0 0 — 1984 Innsbruck 7 0 0 1 1 13 1988 Innsbruck 24 3 0 6 9 10 1992 Tignes-Albertsville 27 0 1 3 4 16 1994 Lillehammer 24 0 7 6 13 17 1998 Nagano 21 3 4 3 10 12 2002 Salt Lake City 14 3 3 3 9 11 2006 Turin 39 2 2 4 8 9 2010 Vancouver 35 1 3 3 7 11 2014 Sochi 34 0 0 0 0 — 2018 Pyeongchang 25 2 2 1 5 12 2022 Beijing 32 2 3 2 7 11 2026 Milano Cortina 42 7 7 2 16 4 Total 23 32 32 87 16
Multiple medallists
These are official report of International Paralympic Committee. Athletes in bold are athletes who are still competing. Updated to Tokyo 2020.
# Athlete Years (no. of games) Total 1Roberto Marson 1964-1976 (4) 16 7 3 26 2Maria Scutti 1960 (1) 10 3 2 15 3Anna Maria Toso 1960-1964 (2) 8 10 2 20 4Luca Pancalli 1984-1996 (4) 8 6 1 15 5Alvise De Vidi 1988-2012 (7) 8 3 4 15 6Franco Rossi 1960-1972 (4) 6 3 4 137Paola Fantato 1992-2004 (4) 5 1 2 8Santo Mangano 1984-1996 (4) 5 1 2 8 9Renzo Rogo 1960-1964 (2) 5 0 2 7 10Giovanni Ferraris 1960-1976 (5) 4 4 5 13 11Alex Zanardi 2012-2016 (2) 4 2 0 6 12Bruno Oberhammer 1984-1998 (5) 3 5 4 1213Mariella Bertini1984-1996 (4)3508Luca Mazzone2000-2020 (6)3508 15Francesca Porcellato 1988-2016 (10) 3 4 7 14 16Aldo Manganaro 1992-2008 (5) 3 2 4 9
See also Italy at the Summer Paralympics Italy at the Winter Paralympics Italy at the Olympics
References
External links Italian Paralympic Committee International Paralympic Committee