Oxana Corso

Oxana Corso
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Residence Rome, Italy
Sport
Country  Italy
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class T35
Event(s) Sprints
Club Fiamme Gialle
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 2 0
World Championships 2 0 0
European Championships 2 1 0
Summer Paralympic Games
Paralympic athletics
2012 London 100 m T35
2012 London 200 m T35
IPC World Championships
2013 Lyon 100m - T35
2013 Lyon 200m - T35
IPC European Championships
2012 Stadskanaal 100m - T35
2012 Stadskanaal 200m - T35
2014 Swansea 200m - T35

Oxana Corso (born 9 July 1995 in Saint Petersburg) is an Italian Paralympic athlete. As of April 2014, she holds the Women's 100 metre and 400 metre world records for the T35 cerebral palsy classification.[1][2]

Biography

Oxana was born in Russia in 1995, she arrived in Italy at the age of three years and she was adopted by the Roman family Corso, that has chosen to adopt her despite cerebral palsy.[3] She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,[4] and two gold medals at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition/Cat. Venue Position Event Time Notes
2009 T38 Italy Vigna di Valle 800m 4:11.7
2012 T37 Italy Rome 100m 15.73
T37 Italy Rieti 200m 33.43
T37 Italy Terni 400m 1:17.93
Paralympic Games United Kingdom London 2nd 100 metres T35 15.94
2nd 200 metres T35 33.68
2013 T35 Italy Lyon 100m 15.63
T35 Italy Grosseto 200m 33.19
T35 Italy Grosseto 400m 1:22.37

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IPC Athletics World Records - Women's 100m" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "IPC Athletics World Records - Women's 400m" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Atletica, scherma e basket in carrozzina: 9 laziali alle Paralimpiadi" (in Italian). epubblica.it. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "OXANA CORSO – DOPPIO ARGENTO NELL’ATLETICA" (in Italian). londra2012.abilitychannel.tv. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Oxana Corso on smashing European Record in 200m T35". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

External links

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