GARRONE Maria

Date of Birth: 22 Oct 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2

Place of birth: BUENOS AIRES

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : ITUZAINGO

Residence Country:

Argentina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 ARG Argentina	5
	Women's Singles - Classes 1-2	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Group A #1 ARG GARRONE MGARRONE Maria Sport Class: 2 1 ITA ROSSI GROSSI Giada Sport Class: 2 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Group A #9 FRA LAFAYE ILAFAYE Isabelle Sport Class: 2 0 ARG GARRONE MGARRONE Maria Sport Class: 2 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Quarterfinal 4 #16 ARG GARRONE MGARRONE Maria Sport Class: 2 0 CHN LIU JLIU Jing Sport Class: 2 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 Quarterfinal 1 #1 CHN China 2 ARG Argentina 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
5	Singles - Classes 1-2	2018	Lasko, SLO

Coty (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Listening to music. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Psychology - University of Moron, Argentina

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

ADIMA [Isidro Casanova, ARG]

Alejandra Gabaglio [national], ARG

She has been affected by tendinitis in her wrist during her career. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

She took up the sport in 2013 in Haedo, Argentina. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Before her accident she was a gymnast. A school psychologist suggested she take up table tennis after her injury. "Facing the accident was very hard for me, but I never lost my passion for sports." (laexcusadeportiva.com.ar, 20 Oct 2020; seccionnoticias.net.pe, 22 Aug 2019; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To win a Paralympic medal. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Winning bronze in the team event at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

She wears coloured taping with messages written on them. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
TT2 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (laexcusadeportiva.com.ar, 20 Oct 2020; Television Publica YouTube channel, 06 Dec 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (laexcusadeportiva.com.ar, 20 Oct 2020)

Impairment Details
At age 14 she fractured her fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae during a gymnastics training session. As a result she has quadriplegia. (laexcusadeportiva.com.ar, 20 Oct 2020; Television Publica YouTube channel, 06 Dec 2017)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She presents 'Sin Barreras' [Without Barriers], a weekly radio programme that is also available on YouTube. The show focuses on the social inclusion of people with impairments. "I love getting closer to people and motivating others by talking about my life story and the limitations that I encountered at the beginning. That is something I did not have and I don't want other people to go through the same process." (discapacidad.tv, 29 Mar 2021; laexcusadeportiva.com.ar, 20 Oct 2020; seccionnoticias.net.pe, 22 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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