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sent a delegation of 86 athletes and 6

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to compete at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. Italian competitors took part in 12 sports: athletics, rowing, cycling, judo, swimming, wheelchair fencing, equestrian, wheelchair tennis, shooting, archery, table tennis and sailing.Italian Paralympic Committee (''Comitato Italiano Paralimpico'')
July 28, 2008.

Medallists

Sports

Archery

Men

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Alberto Simonelli Alberto Simonelli is an Italian paralympic archer. He won the silver medal at the Men's individual compound - Open event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. See also * Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics *Italy at the 2016 Summer ...

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Fabio Luca Azzolini Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

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Oscar de Pellegrin Oscar De Pellegrin (born 17 May 1963) is an Italian Paralympic archer and former Paralympic sports shooter. At the 2022 Italian local elections, he has been elected mayor of Belluno. Biography His disability is due to a tractor accident at the ...

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W 107-76 ,
L 99-101 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Antonino Lisotta , 556 , 25 ,
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Marco Vitale Marco Vitale is an Italian paralympic archer. He won the bronze medal at the Men's team recurve event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), i ...

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Mario Esposito

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Women

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Elisabetta Mijno Elisabetta Mijno (born 10 January 1986) is an Italian Paralympic archer. Career At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Mijno won a silver medal. Then, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze. She studied medicine at the University of Turin ...

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Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Women's road

Women's track

Equestrian

Individual events

Team

Judo

Men

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men

Women

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Women

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women

Quads

External links

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official SiteInternational Paralympic Committee

References

{{NPCin2008SummerParalympics Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...