Alessia Scortechini
Scortechini, on the right half hidden by Vittoria Bianco (in the foreground with glasses) awared by Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale in 2021. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Scortys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | 11 February 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alessia Scortechini (born 11 February 1997) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She is a double World champion and a double European bronze medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 50m Freestyle-S10.[1]
Biography[]
She is born with a shortened forearm and has limited strength in her wrist.[2][3][4] She competed at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships,[5] and 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Swimming SCORTECHINI Alessia - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Alessia Scortechini - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Alessia Scortechini - Ability Channel (in Italian)". Ability Channel. 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Never surrender to adversity, Alessia Scortechini will fly at the World Championships in Mexico City (in Italian)". Swim4Life Magazine. 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Alessia Scortechini - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Sokeland, Kyle. "Reitz swimmer Mikaela Jenkins wins gold medal at Para World Championships". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links[]
- Alessia Scortechini at Paralympic.org
- Alessia Scortechini at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Rome
- Paralympic swimmers of Italy
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- Paralympic gold medalists for Italy