VITELARU Ana Maria

Date of Birth: 30 Mar 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Female

Sport Class: H5

Birth Country:

Romania

Place of residence : ITALY

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Women's H5 Road Race	DNF
	Women's H4-5 Time Trial	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's H4-5 Time Trial	Finished
	Fuji International Speedway	Women's H5 Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Road World Championships
2	H5 Road Race	2021	Cascais, POR
2	H5 Time Trial	2021	Cascais, POR
3	H5 Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
3	H5 Time Trial	2018	Maniago, ITA
10	H1-5 Team Relay	2018	Maniago, ITA

Trekking. (lapelleazzurra.it, 21 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

ASD Anmil Sport Italia [Rome, ITA]

Mario Valentini [national]

Other sports:

She has represented Italy in wheelchair basketball at senior international level. (lapelleazzurra.it, 21 Apr 2020)

She took up cycling in 2013. (buonepratichesociali.cittadinanzattiva-er.it, 19 Jul 2019)

"In 2013 I was in Liguria [Italy] for a wheelchair basketball tournament, and I saw these bicycles. After the first time I got on one, I knew that I would never want to get off." (buonepratichesociali.cittadinanzattiva-er.it, 19 Jul 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 20 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Nothing happens for no reason. Suffering changes us and makes us understand who we are. It puts us at a crossroads and we have to choose white or black. You can become more sensitive, grow through the trauma suffered and appreciate what you have much more. Or you can sit and say the world owes me everything after what has happened to me, and do nothing for yourself. Sport helps a lot. It removes the limitations." (ilmessaggero.it, 14 Jul 2019)

General Interest

Classification
H5 (uci.org, 21 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (ilmessaggero.it, 14 Jul 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (ilmessaggero.it, 14 Jul 2019)

Impairment Details
She had both of her legs amputated at age 17 after she slipped on to a railway track as a train was passing at a station in Romania. (ilmessaggero.it, 14 Jul 2019)

General
TREKKING PASSION
She refused to give up her love for mountain trekking following her accident at age 17. "They told me that I would never be able to trek in the mountains again and that I could not tackle the climbs. But, in September 2014, I proved that I could by walking eight-and-a-half kilometres with prostheses in Val Pusteria [Italy]. Then I realised that nothing is impossible." (ilmessaggero.it, 14 Jul 2019)

FROM ROMANIA TO ITALY
Born in Romania, she moved to Italy at age 17, following her then partner. (lapelleazzurra.it, 21 Apr 2020; incodaalgruppo.gazzetta.it, 17 Nov 2016)

OCCUPATION
She has worked in the textile industry. (lapelleazzurra.it, 21 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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