BIGLIA Veronica

Date of Birth: 2 Aug 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VL2

Place of residence : ITALY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Va'a Single 200m - VL2	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 Heat 1 #3	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Va'a Single 200m - VL2 Semi-final 2 #22	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2019	Szeged, HUN	1:05.61
6	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:09.622
7	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2016	Duisburg, GER	1:14.498
European Championships
3	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2021	Duisburg, GER	1:08.822
5	Va'a Single 200m - VL2	2018	Belgrade, SRB	1:10.741

CUS Torino [Turin, ITA]

Stefano Porcu [national]

She took up the sport in September 2015, during her therapies at Unipolar Spinal Unit in Turin, Italy. (ilmonferrato.it, 22 Aug 2019)

"I tried many sports, from tennis to archery, but nothing gave me the emotions I was looking for. I feel free on the boat, my disability disappears." (ilmonferrato.it, 02 Jul 2018)

She does 10-12 training sessions per week, divided between paddling, weight training and gym work. (comitatoparalimpico.it, 02 Oct 2019)

General Interest

Classification
VL2 (ICF, 23 Sep 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (luiginovarese.org, 28 Jun 2018)

Impairment Details
She had a serious complication during the birth of her daughter in 2013. As a result she suffered transverse myelitis, a condition that causes inflammation of both sides of one section of the spinal cord. This led to damage to the spinal cord, from which motor, sensory and autonomic functions were affected. (luiginovarese.org, 28 Jun 2018; ilmonferrato.it, 22 Aug 2019)

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Legend

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

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