PORCELLATO Francesca

Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1970

Age: 51

Gender: Female

Sport Class: H3

Place of birth: CASTELFRANCO VENETO

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Women's H1-4 Road Race	7
	Women's H1-3 Time Trial	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's H1-3 Time Trial	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's H1-4 Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	H1-4 Road Race	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	H1-3 Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
1	H3 Time Trial	2021	Cascais, POR
1	H3 Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
1	H3 Time Trial	2018	Maniago, ITA
1	H3 Road Race	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
1	H3 Time Trial	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
1	H3 Road Race	2015	Nottwil, SUI
1	H3 Time Trial	2015	Nottwil, SUI
2	H3 Road Race	2021	Cascais, POR
10	H1-5 Team Relay	2018	Maniago, ITA

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Women's 100m 2	1988	Seoul, KOR	21.64
1	Women's 4 x 100m Relay 2-6	1988	Seoul, KOR	1:17.78
2	100m - T53	2004	Athens, GRE	17.63
2	800m - T53	2004	Athens, GRE	1:59.55
2	Women's 200m 2	1988	Seoul, KOR	41.24
3	400m - T53	2004	Athens, GRE	59.59
3	100m - T53	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	18.26
3	Women's 400m TW3	1992	Barcelona, ESP	1:03.65
3	Women's 4 x 200m Relay 2-6	1988	Seoul, KOR	2:41.43
3	Women's 4 x 400m Relay 2-6	1988	Seoul, KOR	5:36.54
4	100m - T53	2008	Beijing, CHN	17.86
4	Women's 800m T52	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	2:08.34
5	400m - T53	2008	Beijing, CHN	58.83
5	800m - T53	2008	Beijing, CHN	2:01.99
5	400m - T53	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	1:04.70
5	800m - T53	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	2:10.93
6	Women's 200m T53	2008	Beijing, CHN	31.61
6	Women's 200m T53	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	34.65
6	100m - T52	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	18.73
6	Women's 200m T52	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	33.62
7	400m - T52	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	1:08.60
9	Marathon - T54	2008	Beijing, CHN	1:54:27
10	Women's Marathon T52-53	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	2:19:24
DNS	Women's 1500m T52-53	1996	Atlanta, GA, USA	DNS
World Championships
2	100m - T54	1998	Birmingham, GBR	19.08
3	100m - T53	2006	Assen, NED	18.21
3	Women's 200m T53	2006	Assen, NED	31.62
3	Women's 200m T54	1998	Birmingham, GBR	35.28
4	800m - T53	2006	Assen, NED	2:12.24
4	100m - T53	2002	Lille, FRA	18.32
4	400m - T53	2002	Lille, FRA	1:06.33
4	800m - T53	2002	Lille, FRA	2:11.17
5	800m - T53	2011	Christchurch, NZL	2:06.21
5	Marathon - T54	2006	Assen, NED	1:59.52
5	Marathon - T54	2002	Lille, FRA	1:58:57
6	100m - T53	2011	Christchurch, NZL	18.10
6	Women's 200m T53	2011	Christchurch, NZL	32.08
7	400m - T53	2006	Assen, NED	1:02.76

La Rossa Volante [The Flying Redhead] (ilnuovodiario.com, 19 May 2021)

Travelling, reading, cooking. (IPC, 19 Nov 2009)

Occupation:

Husband Dino Farinazzo

Languages spoken:

Italian, English, French

GC-Apre Olmedo [Predazzo, ITA]

Mario Valentini [national], ITA; Dino Farinazzo [personal, husband]

Other sports:

She has represented Italy in Para athletics and Para cross-country skiing at international level. In Para athletics, she competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008, winning a total of 10 medals [two gold, three silver and five bronze]. In para cross-country skiing, she competed at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and won gold in the sitting sprint at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Aug 2021)

She took up Para cycling in 2014. (incodaalgruppo.gazzetta.it, 24 Mar 2016)

She was introduced to Para cycling as part of her training programme for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, where she competed in Para cross-country skiing. (incodaalgruppo.gazzetta.it, 24 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ilnuovodiario.com, 19 May 2021)

Winning gold in the H3 category time trial at the 2021 Road World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Aug 2021; Instagram profile, 12 Jun 2021)

Her husband and coach Dino Farinazzo. (atleticalive.it, 19 Apr 2018)

Philosophy:

"We are all different, but it is diversity that makes the world beautiful and life worth living. Sport can truly be a means of bringing all diversity closer." (ilnuovodiario.com, 19 May 2021)

She received the 2012 Verona Giovani award in Italy in recognition of her sporting successes. (verona-in.it, 18 Dec 2012)

In 2010 she was named a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. (quirinale.it, 10 Sep 2010)

She was joint flag bearer with swimmer Cecilia Camellini for Italy at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (inail.it, 09 Jul 2009)

In 2004 she was named an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. She had previously been named a Knight in 2000. (quirinale.it, 01 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Classification
H3 (uci.org, 21 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 13 Mar 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 13 Mar 2014)

Impairment Details
She was run over by a truck when she was 18 months old after the driver mistook her for a doll. The accident damaged her spine and resulted in paraplegia. (Athlete, 13 Mar 2014; inail.it, 9 Jul 2009)

General
FROM ATHLETICS AND SKIIING TO CYCLING
She believes that her background in Para athletics has given her the endurance required to compete at international level in Para cycling, but adds that she needed to lose some of the body mass she acquired for Para cross-country skiing when she transitioned to the bike after the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. "In athletics, in addition to speed, I also ran marathons, so I have always done endurance training, which is the basis for all three disciplines. Then, for skiing, it was necessary to have resistant strength so I intensified my training in that aspect. For cycling, instead, I had to lose some mass and become more agile and, therefore, I did different work on strength. Perhaps the greatest difficulty was the tactical and technical adaptation, because the disciplines are almost the opposite of each other, but I would say that I have succeeded well." (atleticalive.it, 19 Apr 2018)

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Legend

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

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