CIPELLI Francesca

Date of Birth: 23 Feb 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T37

Place of birth: DOLO

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : MIRA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump - T37	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Women's Long Jump - T37 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
8	Long Jump - T37	2019	Dubai, UAE	3.99
European Championships
4	Long Jump - T37	2018	Berlin, GER	3.81

Music, travel. (Instagram profile, 23 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Motivational Speaker, Student

Education - Salesian University Institute of Venice [IUSVE], Mestre, ITA

Languages spoken:

English, Italian, Spanish

Veneto Special Sport [Italy]

She took up Para athletics at age 14 in Santa Maria di Sala, Italy. She began competing in 2013. (ilgazzettino.it, 24 Aug 2015)

Her physical therapist suggested that she try the sport. "Since I was a child I always played sports, of any kind, and before the accident I played volleyball. Later, after rehabilitation and a year of curative gymnastics, at the suggestion of my Russian physiotherapist in high school, I started doing athletics because I wanted to get closer to my peers and I wanted to start moving again." (metropolitano.it, 19 Oct 2019; storieparalimpiche.altervista.org, 12 Feb 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 17 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"I won't waste a second of the second life that was given to me." (Facebook profile, 15 Oct 2019)

She was one of the recipients of the 2013 Futursport Award. The honour is presented to young athletes in the Veneto region of Italy in recognition of their sporting results. (nuovavenezia.gelocal.it, 08 Dec 2013)

General Interest

Classification
T37 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (storieparalimpiche.altervista.org, 12 Feb 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
At age 10 she fell and hit her head against a wall in her school gym. The subsequent head trauma resulted in muscle weakness on the right side of her body [right hemiplegia with spasticity]. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; storieparalimpiche.altervista.org, 12 Feb 2016; abilitychannel.tv, 01 Dec 2015)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. (Facebook profile, 13 Mar 2021; Instagram profile, 09 Mar 2021; sponsoo.it, 24 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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