Irene Monaco
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| National team | Italy | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1940 Rome, Italy[1] | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Uber Sala | |||||||||||||
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| Disability | Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||||
| Club | Ascip Ostia[2] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irene Monaco (born 7 October 1940) is a former Italian a paralympic multi-sport athlete who won ten medals at the Summer Paralympics from 1964 to 1984.[3]
Married to paralympic athlete Uber Sala who competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Dartchery.[4] She has a twin sister Elena, who also has polio.[4] who won six medals at the Summer Paralympics between Tokyo 1964 and Tel Aviv 1968.[3]
Career[edit]
Irene Monaco continued to compete in archery in the masters category until almost 50 years, winning some national[5] and world titles.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Irene Monaco - Sport disabili". coni.it. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Irene Monaco - Gallery". memoriaparalimpica.it. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b "All-Time Paralympic Summer Games Multi-Medallists - Country Italy". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Memoria paralimpica - Uber Sala e Irene Monaco". youtube.com (in Italian). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Campionati itliani targa - Arco olimpico" (PDF). fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Irene Monaco at CONI
Categories:
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Italy
- Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
- Paralympic silver medalists for Italy
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing
- Archers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from the Province of Pisa
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Rome
- Italian masters athletes