LEGNANTE Assunta

Date of Birth: 14 May 1978

Age: 43

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F11

Place of birth: NAPLES

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : ASCOLI PICENO

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F12	2
	Women's Discus Throw - F11	2

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F11 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put	Women's Shot Put - F12 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Shot Put - F12	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	15.74
1	Women's Shot Put F11/12	2012	London, GBR	16.74
4	Discus Throw - F11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	31.51
8	Women's Discus Throw F11/12	2012	London, GBR	30.81
World Championships
1	Discus Throw - F11	2019	Dubai, UAE	37.89
1	Shot Put - F12	2019	Dubai, UAE	15.83
1	Shot Put - F12	2017	London, GBR	15.82
1	Shot Put - F12	2015	Doha, QAT	14.02
1	Shot Put - F11	2013	Lyon, FRA	16.79
4	Women's Discus Throw F11/12	2013	Lyon, FRA	33.60
European Championships
1	Shot Put - F12	2018	Berlin, GER	15.85

Cannoncino [Little Cannon]. (azzurridigloria.com, 14 May 2020)

Singing, watching football, watching films, listening to music, reading. (Facebook profile, 10 Mar 2021)

Political Science - University of Macerata, Italy

Languages spoken:

Anthropos Civitanova Marche [Italy]

Roberto Minnucci [personal]

Other sports:

She competed in able-bodied shot put at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Mar 2020; european-athletics.org, 15 May 2013)

2012 for Italy, in Turin, Italy (comitatoparalimpico.it, 13 May 2012)

An Achilles tendon injury meant she missed the 2020 Italian Paralympic Championships in Rome, Italy. (Facebook page, 01 Oct 2020; atleticanotizie.myblog.it, 01 Oct 2020)

She suffered an injury in October 2014 that meant she was unable to train for eight months. She returned to competition in July 2015 at the Grand Prix event in Grosseto, Italy. (grossetosport.org, 13 Jun 2015; Facebook page, 06 Jun 2015)

She took up athletics in 1995 while she was at school in Frattamaggiore, Italy. In 2012 she began competing in Para athletics. (odiarenoneunosport.it, 20 Feb 2020; Athlete, 15 Jul 2013)

She wanted to participate in the youth school games so she signed up for a number of sports. "Until the youth school games, I was practising volleyball. I was already tall, but in my area, Naples, there were no good teams that could offer me a bright future in the sport. At school I started experimenting with different disciplines of athletics, running, jumping, until they put a weight in my hand and the teachers noticed that I was capable. In a short time I made a lot of progress and found a club in Naples where I could train continuously." (odiarenoneunosport.it, 20 Feb 2020; Athlete, 15 Jul 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (odiarenoneunosport.it, 20 Feb 2020)

Coach Nicola Silvaggi. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2013)

Philosophy:

"The eyes are blind. We have to look with the heart." (Facebook profile, 03 Mar 2020)

In 2013 she became Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. (azzurridigloria.com, 14 May 2020)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (ilgiornale.it, 25 Jul 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (ilgiornale.it, 25 Jul 2012)

Impairment Details
She was born with congenital glaucoma in both eyes. In 2009 her sight worsened and she lost the vision in her right eye. In November 2011 the retina in her left eye deteriorated and doctors confirmed that her sight could not be saved. "I accepted the situation almost immediately. I said to myself, 'It's happened, but it could have been worse'." (odiarenoneunosport.it, 20 Feb 2020; ilgiornale.it, 25 Jul 2012; european-athletics.org, 15 May 2012)

General
MASK
She wears an eye mask while competing, and in 2012 she began wearing one with eyes printed on the front that she named 'Diabolik'. In 2019 she switched to a new mask that has tiger eyes and is named 'Uomo Tigre' [Tiger Man]. The mask was picked by her fans in a poll she launched on social media prior to the 2019 World Championships. "Half-jokingly during practice I said to my colleagues that if I managed to qualify and compete [at the 2012 Paralympic Games] in London, I would have to think of something that distinguished me. The idea of the Diabolik eyes came from two guys who trained with me, Massimo Maruffi and Alessio Giovannini. After wearing Diabolik for a while, I decided to let my fans choose a new mask for the [2019] World Championships, and they chose Uomo Tigre." (odiarenoneunosport.it, 20 Feb 2020; Facebook page, 31 Jul 2019; picenotime.it, 14 Sep 2016; giornale.uici.it, 01 Jan 2012)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She works as a public speaker at events and in schools, and is a Paralympic Ambassador for the Italian Paralympic Committee. "What interests me most is to make people understand that if I have managed to find a second way, then there is another opportunity for everyone." (comitatoparalimpico.it, 09 Dec 2020; comune.castelfidardo.an.it, 22 Nov 2020)

Milestones

She represented Italy at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, making her the first female Italian track and field athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. (abilitychannel.tv, 30 Apr 2013; european-athletics.org, 15 May 2012)

Social Media

Legend

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

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