Paralympics 2024, President Fontana, Lombardy in Paris with 35 athletes, the most represented Region in the Italian team.

There will be as many as 35 athletes from Lombardy who will compete in the Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The Italian team is growing compared to Tokyo, rising from 113 to 141 participants and setting a new Italian record.

The representation of Lombardy in the competition is also increasing: in fact, there will be 35 athletes from the region compared to the 24 of the previous Paralympics, thus confirming Lombardy as the most represented territory, as confirmed by the Italian Paralympic Committee.

In 2021, in Tokyo, the Lombards competed in 7 disciplines, while in Paris the sports with athletes from Lombardy will be 8, with the novelty of judo thanks to Simone Cannizzaro from Brescia.

“My great 'good luck' goes to the Lombard athletes, as to the rest of the Italian team at the Paralympics. – these are the words of the President of the Region, Attilio Fontana – I am sure that everyone will give their best to give us many emotions and medals, to continue the successes of the Tokyo Paralympics where Italy, thanks also to the Lombard team, was the European nation with the most medals starting from the first gold medal won by the swimmer Alessia Berra, born in Monza and resident in Buccinasco in the province of Milano".

On the eve of the competitions, the regional undersecretary for Sport and Youth, Federica Picchi, also sends a message to athletes: "The sport – underlines Picchi – it is also and above all inclusion and the Italian protagonists in Paris are the highest representation of how each discipline is 'for everyone' and to be experienced with joy and passion".

In view of the start of the competitions, the Lombardy Region announces that, as for the Paris Olympics, it will give all Lombard athletes who will take part in the Paralympic Games a certificate of participation and thanks.

LOMBARDY ATHLETES AT THE PARALYMPICS DIVIDED BY PROVINCE OF BIRTH

MILAN (13)

Fabio Bottazzini (athletics); Alessandro Galbiati (athletic guide); Arjola Dedaj (athletics); Federico Andreoli (cycling); Alberto Amodeo (swimming); Simone Barlaam (swimming), Federico Cristiani (swimming); Martina Rabbolini (swimming); Giulia Terzi (swimming); Livia Cecagallina (shooting); Andrea Liverani (shooting); Daila Dameno (archery); Stefano Travisani (archery).

BERGAMO (7)

Martina Caironi (athletics); Oney Tapia (athletics); Claudia Cretti (cycling); Davide Plebani (cycling); Mirko Testa (cycling); Mirko Nicoli (canoe); Matteo Bonacina (archery).

BRESCIA (5)

Simone Cannizzaro (judo); Federico Bicelli (swimming); Pamela Novaglio (shooting); Veronica Yoko Plebani (triathlon); Giuseppe Romele (triathlon).

CREMONA (1)

Efrem Morelli (swimming).

LECCO (1)

Kwadzo Klokpah (canoe).

MONZA AND BRIANZA (1)

Alessia Berra (swimming).

PAVIA (3)

Fabrizio Cornegliani (cycling); Monica Boggioni (swimming); Giulia Pesci (archery).

SONDRIO (1)

Martino Pini (cycling);

VARESE (3)

Eleonora Mele (cycling); Federico Morlacchi (swimming); Arianna Talamona (swimming).