Role
Paralympic athlete, cross-country skier and paracyclist.
Bio
Nicknamed "the flying redhead," she competes in a wheelchair because she has been paraplegic since she was hit by a truck at eighteen months old. She began competing in track and field at seventeen. She has participated in 12 Paralympic Games (nine in the Summer Games and three in the Winter Games) and won 14 medals. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Milano Cortina and vice president of ASD Apre Olmedo.
Athletic career. A versatile athlete, she competes in distances ranging from the 100 m to the marathon (winning, among others, the New York, London, Boston, and Paris Games). She has participated in six Summer Paralympic Games, from Seoul 1988 to Beijing 2008, winning fourteen medals. Porcellato was also the flag bearer in Beijing.
Skiing career. After the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens, she also dedicated herself to Paralympic cross-country skiing, participating in the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games in Turin, 2010 Vancouver, and 2014 Sochi. On March 21, 2010, she won the gold medal in the sprint race.
Cycling career. After her experiences in athletics and cross-country skiing, she focused on her paracycling career, competing on handbikes in the H3 category. In 2015, at the Road World Championships in Nottwil (her first World Championship appearance), she won two gold medals, in the time trial and the H3 road race; that same season, she won a gold and two silver medals in World Cup events. At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won two bronze medals, and at the 2020 Tokyo Games, she won a silver medal.
With Paris 2024 he celebrated his 12th participation in the Paralympic Games (in total, 9 summer games, from Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2020 and 3 winter games, from Turin 2006, passing through Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014).