Oscar De Pellegrin
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 17, 1963 Belluno, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic archery Paralympic shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oscar De Pellegrin (born in Belluno on 17 May 1963) is an Italian Paralympic archer and former Paralympic sports shooter.[1]
He won his first individual gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. At those Olympics he had been his nation's flag-bearer.[2]
Biography
His disability is due to a tractor accident at the family farm. He began in sport in 1990 due to a friend. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics and 1996 Summer Paralympics he won bronze medals in shooting. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics he was on the gold medal winning Italian archery team and that same year was named a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He also had won two individual bronze medals in archery, one at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and the other at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[3]
References
- ^ "Oscar De Pellegrin - Biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Gazzetta Del Sud
- ^ IPC bio
External links
- Athlete profile at IPC web site
- Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Shooters at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Shooters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Archers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- People from Belluno
- 1963 births
- Italian archers
- Paralympic archers of Italy
- Living people