Vittorio Loi (22 November 1942 - 14 October 2015) was an Italian
wheelchair fencer
Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation that is a federation of the International Paralympic Committee, and is one of ...
who won ten 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 ...
.
Career
He won the
Wheelchair Fencing World Championships for thirteen consecutive years from 1962 to 1974. He was a founding member of the Italian Federation of Sports for the Disabled (Federazione Italiana Sport Disabili, FISD) today the
Italian Paralympic Committee
The Italian Paralympic Committee ( it, Comitato Italiano Paralimpico; CIP), founded in 1990 and a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), is responsible for the development and management of paralympic sports in Italy.
President ...
(Comitato Italiano Paralimpico, IPC) and at International level was vice-president of
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWASF) until 2013.
See also
* Italian multiple medallists at the Summer Paralympics
References
External links
*
Vittorio Loi
at Memoria paralimpica
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1942 births
2015 deaths
Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Italy
Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
Paralympic silver medalists for Italy
Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy
Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair fencers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
wheelchair fencers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
wheelchair fencers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
wheelchair fencers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics