Beatrice Vio
Beatrice Maria Adelaide Marzia Vio (born 4 March 1997), better known as Bebe Vio, is an Italian wheelchair foil fencer. She won two gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games.[1][2]
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| Nickname(s) | Bebe Vio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1997 Venice, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | bebevio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Foil fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Scherma Mogliano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Federica Berton, Alice Esposito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Beatrice Vio was born in Venice, Italy, on 4 March 1997. She grew up in Mogliano Veneto. At 5, she started fencing.
In 2008, when she was 11 years old, she got meningitis, a bad infection. She stayed in the hospital for more than a hundred days. To save her live, the doctors cut her forearms and her legs at the knee.[1]
As soon as she got out of the hospital, she started wheelchair fencing.
Career
Vio's coaches are Federica Berton and Alice Esposito. She is in the Paralympic category B.[1]
When she was 19, Vio took part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 14 September, she beat Zhou Jingjing in the final and won the gold medal in the wheelchair fencing foil individual event.[3]
Vio later took part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, that took place in 2021 in Tokyo. On 28 August, she beat Zhou Jingjing again and she won her second gold medal in the wheelchair fencing foil individual event.[4]
Works
- Mi hanno regalato un sogno, English translation: They gifted me a dream (2015, Rizzoli Libri, Milano; ISBN 978-88-586-7878-7)
- Se sembra impossibile allora si può fare, English translation: If it seems impossible then it can be done (2017, Rizzoli Libri, Milano; ISBN 978-88-17-09713-0)
Filmography
- Rising Phoenix (2020)[5]
Beatrice Vio Media
Vio at the State of the European Union with Ursula von der Leyen in September 2021
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Beatrice Vio". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ↑ "Vio, Bebe". Treccani.
- ↑ "Victory for Vio in wheelchair fencing foil event". International Paralympic Committee. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ↑ "Bebe Vio makes history with second Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair fencing". International Paralympic Committee (in English and español). 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ↑ Horst, Carole (25 August 2020). "Netflix’s ‘Rising Phoenix’ Celebrates Top Paralympic Athletes" (in en). Variety (Penske Media Corporation). https://variety.com/2020/film/spotlight/netflix-rising-phoenix-paralympics-1234748744/. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Other websites
- Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 90: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Vio, Bebe at Treccani (in Italian)
- Beatrice Vio at the International Paralympic Committee
- Beatrice Maria Vio at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)
- Beatrice Vio Grandis at the Federazione Italiana Scherma (in Italian)