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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Napoli | 2 September 1973||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint with sighted guide | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Paralympic finals | 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valentina Petrillo (born 2 October 1973) is an Italian Paralympic athlete competing in the 100, 200 and 400 m T12 class visually impaired sprint. [1] [2] [3]
Petrillo has been the first trans woman to take part in an international Paralympic Women's Championship, debuting at the Italian Paralympic Athletics Championships, a milestone for the transgender people in sports. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Born in Naples on October 2, 1973, Petrillo started practising athletics at a young age until a loss of sight at age 14, due to a diagnosis of Stargardt disease. [2]
Soon after finishing studies in Bologna, she joined the Italy national futsal team for visually impaired. [2]
At age 41, Petrillo was determined to get back into athletics, winning 11 national titles in the men's category. [2] [1]
In 2019 she started a gender transitioning process; [1] [8] Petrillo competed for the first time in the Woman's category at the Italian Para Athletics Championships on September 11, 2020, marking the first time in Paralympic sports that a transgender person has been allowed to do so. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Petrillo’s story will be narrated through a movie, currently under development, named 5 nanomoli-Il sogno olimpico di una donna trans. [2] [7]
Petrillo began to practise athletics at a young age, but had to stop due to Stargardt disease; at 41 years old, Petrillo returned to sport as a para athlete.
As of 2020, she competes officially in the Women's category, [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [8] and on April 25, 2021, set a new national record on the 400 meters T13 class, then improved in June of the same year. [8] [9] [10]
On March 22, 2021, she set another new record, this time in 200 meters T12. [11]
Petrillo represented Italy at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships, ranking 5th. [9] [12] [13]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Napoli | 2 September 1973||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint with sighted guide | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Paralympic finals | 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valentina Petrillo (born 2 October 1973) is an Italian Paralympic athlete competing in the 100, 200 and 400 m T12 class visually impaired sprint. [1] [2] [3]
Petrillo has been the first trans woman to take part in an international Paralympic Women's Championship, debuting at the Italian Paralympic Athletics Championships, a milestone for the transgender people in sports. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Born in Naples on October 2, 1973, Petrillo started practising athletics at a young age until a loss of sight at age 14, due to a diagnosis of Stargardt disease. [2]
Soon after finishing studies in Bologna, she joined the Italy national futsal team for visually impaired. [2]
At age 41, Petrillo was determined to get back into athletics, winning 11 national titles in the men's category. [2] [1]
In 2019 she started a gender transitioning process; [1] [8] Petrillo competed for the first time in the Woman's category at the Italian Para Athletics Championships on September 11, 2020, marking the first time in Paralympic sports that a transgender person has been allowed to do so. [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Petrillo’s story will be narrated through a movie, currently under development, named 5 nanomoli-Il sogno olimpico di una donna trans. [2] [7]
Petrillo began to practise athletics at a young age, but had to stop due to Stargardt disease; at 41 years old, Petrillo returned to sport as a para athlete.
As of 2020, she competes officially in the Women's category, [2] [1] [4] [5] [6] [8] and on April 25, 2021, set a new national record on the 400 meters T13 class, then improved in June of the same year. [8] [9] [10]
On March 22, 2021, she set another new record, this time in 200 meters T12. [11]
Petrillo represented Italy at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships, ranking 5th. [9] [12] [13]