Monica Contrafatto

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Monica Graziana Contrafatto (born 9 March 1981 in Gela) is an Italian Paralympic athlete. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in 100m T42, winning a bronze medal.{{Cite web |title=Monica Graziana Contrafatto - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/monica-graziana-contrafatto |access-date=28 August 2021 |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in 100m T63.{{Cite web |title=Athletics: CONTRAFATTO, Monica Graziana |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1681664-contrafatto-monica-graziana.htm |access-date=28 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828193606/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1681664-contrafatto-monica-graziana.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |date=24 August 2021 |title=Amputee says at Paralympics for Italy and Afghanistan - English |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/sports/2021/08/24/amputee-says-at-paralympics-for-italy-and-afghanistan_3f10e3b7-4020-482d-b160-a87f4e7afa93.html |access-date=28 August 2021 |website=ANSA.it |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=28 August 2021 |title=Paralimpiadi, Monica Contrafatto: 'Una medaglia per l'Afghanistan' |url=https://video.lastampa.it/dossier/olimpiadi-tokyo-2020/paralimpiadi-monica-contrafatto-una-medaglia-per-l-afghanistan/144043/144294 |access-date=28 August 2021 |website=La Stampa - Lastampa |language=it-IT}}

Biography

A soldier of the Italian Army's 1st Bersaglieri Regiment Contrafatto was injured on 24 March 2012, during a mortar attack on Forward Operating Base "Ice" in Gulistan District, Farah Province in Afghanistan. As a consequence of her injuries her right leg had to be amputated.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=1420077&refreshauto=1 |language=english |title=CONTRAFATTO Monica Graziana - Biography |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=4 October 2016 |archive-date=5 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005121750/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=1420077&refreshauto=1 |url-status=dead }}

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
rowspan=1\|2016 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|Paralympics Games \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro \| bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \| 100 m – T42 \| 16.30 \|
rowspan=1\|2021 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|Paralympics Games \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Tokyo \| bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \| 100 m – T63 \| 14.73 \| {{efn\|name=fn1\|She ran her PB (14.72) in heats.}}

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rowspan=1|2016

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