Roberto La Barbera

Roberto La Barbera

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1967-02-25) 25 February 1967 Alessandria, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Unilateral amputation
Club	ASD Scanavino Team
Coached by	Alessandro Kuris
Medal record Men's para athletics Representing Italy Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Long jump - F44 World Championships 2002 Lille Long jump - F44 2002 Lille Pentathlon - P44 2006 Assen Long jump - F44 European Championships 2016 Grosseto 4x100m relay - T42-47

Roberto La Barbera (born 25 February 1967) is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category F44 long jump and pentathlon events.

Biography

La Barbera has competed in three Paralympic Games winning a silver medal. His first games were in 2000 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 200m, 400m, 800m, discus, long jump and pentathlon but was unable to win any medals. This he corrected in 2004 where he won a silver medal in the long jump as well as competing in the 400m, 4 × 100 m and pentathlon. His third games were in Beijing in 2008 where he competed in the long jump and pentathlon but was unable to win a second medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Measure
2004	Paralympics Games	Athens	2nd	Long jump F44	6.45 m

External links

• Media related to Roberto La Barbera at Wikimedia Commons
• Roberto La Barbera at the International Paralympic Committee
• Roberto La Barbera at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• The Jumper: A Paralympic Story