Xenia Palazzo
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| Full name | Xenia Francesca Palazzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1998 Palermo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xenia Francesca Palazzo (born 29 April 1998) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer of Russian descent who competes in international level events, her highest achievements are becoming a World silver medalist and a European champion. She was born with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy which has caused her to not have enough oxygen and blood due to disseminated intravascular coagulation and had a brain haemorrhage which has resulted in quadriplegia mainly on the right side of her body.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Xenia Francesca Palazzo - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 8 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Biografia (in Italian)". Xenia Palazzo - Personal Website. 8 September 2020.
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Palermo
- Sportspeople from Verona
- Paralympic swimmers of Italy
- Italian female freestyle swimmers
- Italian female medley swimmers
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Italian people of Russian descent