Xenia Francesca Palazzo (born 29 April 1998) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer of Russian descent who competes in international level events, She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[1] and 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 100m Backstroke - S8, Women's 200 individual medley SM8 winning a silver medal, Women's 4×100 freestyle relay P34 winning a gold medal, Women's 400 freestyle S8 winning a bronze medal and in Women's 50 metre freestyle S8, winning a bronze medal.[2]
Life
She was born with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy which has caused her to not have enough oxygen and blood due to disseminated intravascular coagulation and had a brain haemorrhage which has resulted in quadriplegia mainly on the right side of her body.[3][4]
Her highest achievements are becoming a World silver medalist and a European champion, in 200 meter medley and 400 meter freestyle.
See also
References
- ^ "Xenia Francesca Palazzo - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Swimming PALAZZO Xenia Francesca". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Xenia Francesca Palazzo - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Biografia". Xenia Palazzo - Personal Website (in Italian). 8 September 2020.
External links
- Xenia Francesca Palazzo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Xenia Palazzo at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Xenia Francesca Palazzo at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)
- Official website (in Italian)