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Alvise De Vidi

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Alvise De Vidi
Alvise De Vidi receives award from the former Italian President, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1966-04-30) April 30, 1966 (age 58)
San Biagio di Callalta, Italy
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Paralympic swimming
ClubASPEA Padova
G.S. Fiamme Azzurre[1]

Alvise De Vidi (born 30 April 1966, in San Biagio di Callalta) is a former paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.[2]

Biography

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Alvise has competed in 6 Paralympics across two sports winning 15 medals seven of them gold. His first games were in 1988 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 25m Butterfly class 1A winning the gold medal, despite winning a gold medal this would prove to be the only time he competed outside of athletics. In the same games he also competed in seven track events ranging from 100m to 1500m including both the relays and it was in the 4 × 100 m that he won a bronze medal. In the 1992 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 100m, 400m, 800m and 1500m winning the bronze in the 800m.

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics proved to be a much more successful year when he won the 400m and 800m gold medals, silver in the 1500m and competed in the marathon. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics he achieved more success with a defence of his 800m gold medal and further gold medals in the 1500m and marathon as well as silver in 400m and bronze in the 200m. 2004 Summer Paralympics were to be his last but he managed to defend his marathon title and win a second consecutive bronze over 200m.[3]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Event Rank
Para swimming
1988 Paralympic Games South Korea Seoul 25 m butterfly 1st
Para athletics
1992 Paralympics Games Spain Barcelona 800 m 3rd
1994 European Championships Finland Helsinki 200 m 3rd
1996 Paralympics Games United States Atlanta 1500 m 2nd
400 m 1st
800 m 1st
1998 World Championships United Kingdom Birmingham 200 m 3rd
400 m 2nd
800 m 2nd
Marathon 2nd
2000 Paralympics Games Australia Sydney 200 m 3rd
400 m 2nd
800 m 1st
1500 m 1st
Marathon 1st
2002 World Championships France Lille 400 m 3rd
800 m 1st
1500 m 2nd
Marathon 1st
2003 European Championships Netherlands Assen 400 m 2nd
800 m 3rd
1500 m 1st
2004 Paralympics Games Greece Athens 200 m 3rd
Marathon 1st
2012 Paralympics Games United Kingdom London 100 m 2nd
2013 World Championships France Lione 100 m 3rd
200 m 3rd
2014 European Championships United Kingdom Swansea 400 m 3rd
2016 European Championships Italy Grosseto 400 m 2nd
Paralympics Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro 400 m 3rd

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alvise De Vidi - Atletica leggera". comitatoparalimpico.it. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Alvise De Vidi - Profile". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.Archived 2020-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Alvise De Vidi - Biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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