Luca Mazzone (born 3 May 1971) is an Italian paralympic cyclist and before para swimmer who won eight medals at the

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

(3 gold and 3 silver in cycling, 2 silver in swimmimg).

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He competed in five

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 ...

, three in

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

(2000, 2004, 2008) and two in

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

(2016, 2020). He also won 18 world titles in cycling.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzone, Luca 1971 births Living people Paralympic cyclists for Italy Paralympic gold medalists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic medalists in cycling Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the European Para Championships Paralympic swimmers for Italy 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people

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