CORSO Oxana

Classification
T35 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (repubblica.it, 16 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with cerebral palsy. (repubblica.it, 16 Jun 2019; thetimes.co.uk, 04 Sep 2016)

General
OVERCOMING RIO DISAPPOINTMENT
She found it difficult to overcome the disappointment of missing out on a medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She has since married her husband Domenico, and also finished on the podium at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. "I lived through a terrible period, even tinged with a hint of depression, about how it went in Rio. It was my husband who convinced me not to give up, because he knows how important a sports career is for me. I consider Berlin and marrying my husband Domenico as my sporting rebirth." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; repubblica.it, 16 Jun 2019)

FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO ITALY
Born in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, at age two she and her younger sister Olga were adopted by an Italian family. "I feel 100% Italian. From Russia and the orphanage I don't remember anything. My mother says that I used to speak a little bit of Russian but then I stopped speaking it. I don't know, perhaps I wanted to forget it." (it.sputniknews.com, 29 Mar 2016; santaluciasport.it, 29 May 2015)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She is a Paralympic Sport Ambassador for the Italian Paralympic Committee. "In a historical period like this [speaking in 2021], being an Ambassador is something I am very proud of because it allows me to try to break down barriers, prejudices, stereotypes of every kind of which society is still full." (comitatoparalimpico.it, 26 Jan 2021)