VIO Beatrice Maria

Wheelchair Fencing

Date of Birth: 4 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B

Place of birth: VENICE

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : MOGLIANO VENETO

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Fencing	Women's Foil Individual - Category B	1
	Women's Foil Team ITA Italy	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #1 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5 GEO KHETSURIANI IKHETSURIANI Irma Sport Class: B 0	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #7 BRA SANTOS MSANTOS Monica Sport Class: B 1 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #8 CHN XIAO RXIAO Rong Sport Class: B 1 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #10 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5 HKG CHUNG YPCHUNG Yuen Ping Sport Class: B 2	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 2	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #14 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5 JPN ABE CABE Chisato Sport Class: B 0	Finished
Followed By	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 2	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1 #15 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 5 RPC VASILEVA LVASILEVA Ludmila Sport Class: B 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Quarterfinal #51 GEO KHETSURIANI IKHETSURIANI Irma Sport Class: B 6 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 2	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Semifinal #55 RPC VASILEVA LVASILEVA Ludmila Sport Class: B 4 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 2	Women's Foil Individual - Category B Gold Medal Bout #58 CHN ZHOU JZHOU Jingjing Sport Class: B 9 ITA VIO BMVIO Beatrice Maria Sport Class: B 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #1 ITA Italy 45 USA United States 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #2 UKR Ukraine 24 ITA Italy 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Red 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Preliminary Pool 1 #6 ITA Italy 45 HKG Hong Kong, China 32	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Yellow 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Semifinal #13 HUN Hungary 27 ITA Italy 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1 & 2	Women's Foil Team Gold Medal Match #16 CHN China 45 ITA Italy 41	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Foil Individual - Category B	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Foil Team	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Foil Individual - Category B	2019	Cheongju, KOR
1	Foil Team	2017	Rome, ITA
1	Foil Individual - Category B	2017	Rome, ITA
1	Foil Individual - Category B	2015	Eger, HUN
3	Foil Team	2019	Cheongju, KOR
3	Foil Team	2015	Eger, HUN
8	Women's Team Sabre	2019	Cheongju, KOR
10	Foil Individual - Category B	2013	Budapest, HUN
11	Sabre Individual - Category B	2019	Cheongju, KOR
European Championships
1	Foil Team	2018	Terni, ITA
1	Foil Individual - Category B	2018	Terni, ITA

Bebe (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

Art, travelling, knitting. (art4sport.org, 01 Jan 2019; Instagram profile, 19 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Police Athlete, Student

Communications - John Cabot University, Rome, ITA

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

GS Fiamme Oro [Rome, ITA]

2012 for Italy, World Cup in Lonato, Italy (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

She first took up able-bodied fencing at age five, and took up wheelchair fencing in 2010 in Bologna, Italy. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016; ilgazzettino.it, 01 Jan 2020)

She stumbled across fencing while attending volleyball training. "It was love at first sight. I went to a gym in Mogliano Veneto [Italy], my hometown, to try a volleyball lesson. At the end, in the next room, there was a fencing lesson. I saw all those 'white Zorros' fighting and I was totally fascinated. The coach invited me to try and I fell in love with fencing." (assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to become president of the Italian Olympic Committee [CONI]. (Twitter profile, 04 Jan 2021; news.johncabot.edu, 08 Dec 2018)

She trains eight to 10 hours a day, five days a week. "When I fight, I have to take off my prostheses and I can't hold on to the wheelchair. For this reason I have to train my abdominals in a particular way to keep myself in balance and move quickly." (assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020)

Italian fencer Valentina Vezzali, and her family. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016; bebevio.com, 28 Aug 2020)

She always carries a stuffed animal named 'Squacchero'. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"I realised that I was enjoying wheelchair fencing much more than standing fencing. In standing fencing if you are afraid you can escape to the bottom of the platform, while sitting instead you are blocked there. You can not escape. You can't be afraid." (bebevio.com, 28 Aug 2020)

She was named Sportsperson of the Year With a Disability at the 2017 Laureus Awards. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Feb 2017)

General Interest

Classification
B (IWAS, 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 31 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with fulminant meningitis at age 11, which resulted in the amputation of her forearms and legs. She remained in hospital for 104 days. (ilgazzettino.it, 01 Jan 2020; assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020)

General
FOUNDATION
In 2009 she and her parents founded Art4sport, an organisation which aims to support people with impairments through sport. "Art4sport [was] founded in 2009, after my illness, to help amputee children enjoy life through sport. In Italy there is a total lack of support from the health care system regarding sports prostheses which are so expensive. Art4sport designs, studies and finances sports prostheses and promotes knowledge of the Paralympic world throughout Italy. Art4sport carries out numerous projects and organises events such as 'Games without Barriers', a charity event in which eight teams compete." (assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She was featured on the 2020 Para sports documentary 'Rising Phoenix - The story of the Paralympics', which profiles Paralympic athletes from across the world. She has also worked as a motivational speaker, a voice actress in the animated film 'The Incredibles 2', has authored books, worked as a television host in Italy, and has been involved in a number of campaigns promoting sport for people with impairments. (pro-motivate.com, 01 Jan 2019; assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020; bebevio.com, 28 Aug 2020; avantionline.it, 13 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BeatriceVioOfficialPage
https://instagram.com/bebe_vio/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/viobebe?lang=it
Athlete Website: http://www.bebevio.com/

Legend

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

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