Stefanía Ferrando (born 30 November 1993) is an Argentine boccia player. She is a two-time medalist at the Parapan American Games and a bronze medalist at the

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Early life

Ferrando was born on 30 November 1993 with

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Career

Ferrando won the 2019 Americas Regional Championships, enabling her to qualify for the

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in Tokyo. In Tokyo 2020, she was place in Pool E of the mixed individual BC3 event, where she finished in third place, failing to qualify for the quarterfinal. Ferrando competed in two events at the

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, winning the silver medal in the individual BC3 event and the gold medal in the pairs BC3 event, having been paired with

Rodrigo Romero Rodrigo Romero (born 8 October 1982) is a Paraguayan footballer that plays as a goalkeeper. He was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan 2004 Olympic football team. Club *2002 General Caballero ZC *2002–2003 Sportivo Trinidense *2 ...

in the latter. Ferrando represented Argentina at two events the

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. In the women's BC3 event she qualified for the quarterfinals where she lost to Jamieson Leeson, the latter in whom went on to win the silver medal. Ferrando and Romero also competed in the pairs BC3 event, where they won the bronze medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrando, Stefania 1993 births Living people Argentine boccia players Sportspeople at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Boccia players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic boccia players for Argentina Paralympic bronze medalists for Argentina Paralympic medalists in boccia