Pasquale Gallo (born 15 August 1988) is a

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from

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who competes mainly in category T12 sprint events. Pasquale competed in the T12 100m and 200m in 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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. Though he failed to win a medal in either of these events he was part of the French team that won the bronze medal in the visually impaired 4 × 100 m.

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* * 1988 births Living people French male sprinters Paralympic athletes for France Paralympic bronze medalists for France Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 21st-century French people {{France-Paralympic-medalist-stub