CONTRAFATTO Monica Graziana

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T63

Place of birth: GELA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : ROME

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m - T63	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T63 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T63 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	100m - T42	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	16.30
World Championships
2	100m - T63	2019	Dubai, UAE	15.56
2	100m - T42	2017	London, GBR	15.35
5	100m - T42	2015	Doha, QAT	16.98
European Championships
2	100m - T63	2018	Berlin, GER	15.61

Languages spoken:

Athletic Student Rieti [Italy]

Michele Gionfriddo [national, personal], ITA

Other sports:

She represented Italy in Para swimming and wheelchair basketball at the 2014 Invictus Games in London, England. (2014.invictusgames.org, 2014)

2015 for Italy, Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy (rietilife.com, 10 Apr 2017)

In 2014 she injured her knee and missed a year of training. (NPC, 15 Oct 2015)

She took up Para athletics in 2014, but a knee injury meant she did not compete until 2015. Her first competition was in Rome, Italy. (NPC, 15 Oct 2015)

She was inspired to take up the sport after watching Italian Para sprinter Martina Caironi win gold in the T42 100m at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She was in hospital recovering from the injuries she sustained in Afghanistan at the time, and has since competed against Caironi. (NPC, 15 Oct 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sky.it, 20 Feb 2019)

She does three track sessions and one gym session each week. (marieclare.com, 06 Mar 2021)

Winning bronze in the T42 100m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Ivorian sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou. (marieclare.com, 06 Mar 2021)

Coaches Nadia Checchini and Michele Gionfriddo. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017; NPC, 15 Oct 2015)

Before her race she listens to energising music. (marieclare.com, 06 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." (Facebook page, 31 Dec 2019)

In 2020 she received the Gold Medal for Sporting Valour from the Italian Paralympic Committee [CIP]. (today24.info, 04 Aug 2020)

General Interest

Classification
T63, F63 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (ilmessaggero.it, 04 May 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
She lost her right leg in 2012 while serving with the Italian army in Afghanistan. (ilmessaggero.it, 04 May 2015; meetingrimini.org, 22 Aug 2013)

General
ARMY CAREER
She served as a corporal in the Italian army, having first joined in June 2006 as a volunteer. She first went to Afghanistan from November 2009 to April 2010, but during her second mission to the country in 2012 she lost her right leg below the knee. She was the first female soldier in the Italian Army to receive a gold medal for bravery, which she was awarded in May 2015. (alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com, 14 Nov 2019; ilgiornale.it, 26 Mar 2012; ilsole24ore.com, 25 Mar 2012)

BIOGRAPHY
In 2018 she released her biography, which is called 'You don't know how strong you are'. (mondadoristore.it, 25 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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