Francesca Porcellato Athlete

Francesca Porcellato (born in Castelfranco Veneto September 5, 1970) is an Italian wheelchair athlete. She fell when she was 2 years old and broke here back. She discovered that she is paralyzed. In addition to participation in the Paralympics, Porcellato is the only woman to have won four London Marathon wheelchair races. She has competed in wheelchair racing at every Summer Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2008, and in 2006 participated in the Winter Paralympics in cross-country sit-skiing. She has won a total of two gold, three silver, and five bronze medals, all in athletics. She won the silver medal in the 800 metres T54 race at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.