Angela Procida

Angela Procida
Personal information
Born	29 June 2000 (age 24); Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Disability class	S2
Event(s)	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Fiamme Oro
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing Italy
World Championships
European Championships

Angela Procida (born 29 June 2000) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international swimming competitions. She is a two-time World silver medalist and a European bronze medalist in backstroke. She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she reached three finals but did not medal.^[1]^[2]

Accident

In November 2005, Procida and her family were involved in a serious car accident: her father and young sister died at the scene, her mother and her other sister survived uninjured, Angela was the only occupant of the vehicle who had permanent damage to her lower body.^[3]

References

^ "Angela Procida - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 2 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Angela Procida - Italian Paralympic Committee (in Italian)". Italian Paralympic Committee. 2 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Angela Procida: "Swimming teaches me that there are no limits even with a handicap" (in Italian)". La Repubblica. 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Angela Procida - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 2 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Angela Procida - Italian Paralympic Committee (in Italian)". Italian Paralympic Committee. 2 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Angela Procida: "Swimming teaches me that there are no limits even with a handicap" (in Italian)". La Repubblica. 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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