Bruno Moretti (Paralympian)

{{Short description|Australian Paralympic athlete (1941–2021)}}

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| name = Bruno Moretti

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| caption = Moretti (fourth from left) at the 50-year reunion of the 1960 Australian Paralympic Team

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| birth_date = 1941

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| death_date = 1 November 2021 (aged 80)

| death_place = Melbourne, Australia

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{{MedalSport | Table tennis}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | Men's Doubles Class B}}

{{MedalSport | Athletics}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Tel Aviv|Men's Slalom A}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Tel Aviv|Men's 100 m Wheelchair A}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Tel Aviv|Men's 4x40 mm Relay open}}

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Bruno Moretti (1941 – 1 November 2021) was an Australian Paralympic competitor.

Moretti was born in Ivanhoe, Victoria in 1940. His spine was dislocated while he was being delivered at birth, four hours after his twin brother.{{cite web|title=From Trauma to Rehabilitation and Elite Sport:|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/619058/DSR_-_The_Foundation_Years_-_Without_Appendix.pdf|website=Clearinghouse for Sport|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312165713/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/619058/DSR_-_The_Foundation_Years_-_Without_Appendix.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=PA Saddened By The Loss Of Paralympic Pioneer|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/11/pa-saddened-by-the-loss-of-paralympic-pioneer/|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2021|website=Paralympics Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103063601/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/11/pa-saddened-by-the-loss-of-paralympic-pioneer/ |archive-date=3 November 2021 }}

He won a silver medal in men's class b table tennis at the 1960 Rome Paralympics with Bill Mather-Brown.{{cite book|page=559|title=Paralympic Games results : Rome 1960 to Atlanta 1996|author1=International Paralympic Committee|author2=Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee|location=Sydney, Australia|publisher=Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee|year=2000|oclc=223030936}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=moretti&fname=&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=22 April 2012}}

At the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, Perth, Western Australia, he won four gold medals – basketball, weightlifting and table tennis (two) and three bronze medals in athletics.

At the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's Slalom A event and two silver medals in the Men's 100 m Wheelchair A and Men's 4x40 m Relay open events; he also participated in table tennis events and in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.{{cite web|url=http://wheelchairscanjump.com/rosters/WCJ_TR01_Paralympics-Men_A.pdf|title=Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980|publisher=Wheelchairs Can Jump|first1=Stan|last1=Labanowich|first2=Armand|last2=Thiboutot|accessdate=25 April 2012|format=PDF|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085404/http://wheelchairscanjump.com/rosters/WCJ_TR01_Paralympics-Men_A.pdf|url-status=dead}} He coached Australia's wheelchair basketball team at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics.{{cite web|url=http://wheelchairscanjump.com/rosters/WCJ_TR01_Paralympics-Men_B.pdf|title=Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1984–2008|publisher=Wheelchairs Can Jump|first1=Stan|last1=Labanowich|first2=Armand|last2=Thiboutot|accessdate=25 April 2012|format=PDF|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021105021/http://wheelchairscanjump.com/rosters/WCJ_TR01_Paralympics-Men_B.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Moretti was a founding member of Disability Sport & Recreation and contributed significantly to the disabled sports movement after his retirement from competition.{{Cite web|title=Photo of Bruno Moretti with trophies, 1960s|url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e530c9821ea6720ec801683|url-status=live|access-date=10 November 2021|website=Victorian Collections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109232703/https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5e530c9821ea6720ec801683 |archive-date=9 November 2021 }} He was awarded life membership in 1993.

He was married to Scarlette, and had one son, Domenico. Moretti died in Melbourne on 1 November 2021, at the age of 80.{{cite web |title=MORETTI, Bruno |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/moretti-bruno/5806090/ |website=My Tributes |access-date=28 November 2021 |date=5 November 2021}}