MANCARELLA Federico

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: KL2

Place of birth: BOLOGNA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : BOLOGNA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL2	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL2 Heat 1 #5	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL2 Semi-final 2 #24	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Kayak Single 200m - KL2 Final A #31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
5	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	45.596
World Championships
2	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2019	Szeged, HUN	42.80
4	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2015	Milan, ITA	45.972
5	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	43.795
5	Men's K1 200m TA	2014	Moscow, RUS	44.571
6	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2017	Racice, CZE	45.642
6	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2016	Duisburg, GER	46.844
European Championships
3	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2021	Duisburg, GER	48.043
3	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2019	Poznan, POL	45.511
4	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2018	Belgrade, SRB	43.391
4	Kayak Single 200m - KL2	2017	Plovdiv, BUL	43.140

Commerce, Economics - University of Ferrara, Italy

Languages spoken:

Canoa Club Bologna [Italy]

Gianni Anderlini [personal]; Stefano Porcu [national], ITA

Sporting relatives:

His mother represented Italy in softball. (mancaneverstops.it, 05 Apr 2016)

Other sports:

He played canoe polo at national level and won several Italian national championships in canoe slalom. (cipemiliaromagna.it, 20 Mar 2015)

2014 for Italy, European Championships in Brandenburg, Germany (mancaneverstops.it, 05 Apr 2016)

National team:

2014 (mancaneverstops.it, 05 Apr 2016)

He took up canoeing in 2010. (cipemiliaromagna.it, 20 Mar 2015)

He began with canoe slalom, then switched to canoe polo, until 2012 when the national coach encouraged him to switch to canoe sprint. "Canoeing helps me to relax and opens my mind. My teammates have helped me a lot, they have given me motivation and courage. Previously I used to get very down when things went wrong, but now I have learned to keep on fighting and continue during difficult moments." (cipemiliaromagna.it, 20 Mar 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ilrestodelcarlino.it, 17 Mar 2021)

Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero. (azzurridigloria.com, 29 Apr 2016)

In 2019 he won the Premio Telamone award from the Social Action Programming Centre of Agrigento, Italy. (Facebook post, 03 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
KL2 (ICF, 02 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (ilrestodelcarlino.it, 17 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cipemiliaromagna.it, 20 Mar 2015)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida, a condition in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy. He underwent his first surgery at age 18 months. The muscles in the area below his knees are absent and his lower limbs are asymmetrical. (cipemiliaromagna.it, 20 Mar 2015; progetti.ognisportoltre.it, 17 Dec 2019; atletispeciali.com, 20 Aug 2015)

Social Media

Legend

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

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