Alvise De Vidi (born 30 April 1966, in San Biagio di Callalta) is a former paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Biography Alvise has competed in 6 Paralympics across two sports winning 15 medals seven of them gold. His first games were in 1988 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 25m Butterfly class 1A winning the gold medal, despite winning a gold medal this would prove to be the only time he competed outside of athletics. In the same games he also competed in seven track events ranging from 100m to 1500m including both the relays and it was in the 4 × 100 m that he won a bronze medal. In the 1992 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 100m, 400m, 800m and 1500m winning the bronze in the 800m.
At the 1996 Summer Paralympics proved to be a much more successful year when he won the 400m and 800m gold medals, silver in the 1500m and competed in the marathon. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics he achieved more success with a defence of his 800m gold medal and further gold medals in the 1500m and marathon as well as silver in 400m and bronze in the 200m. 2004 Summer Paralympics were to be his last but he managed to defend his marathon title and win a second consecutive bronze over 200m.
Achievements Year Competition Venue Event RankPara swimming1988 Paralympic Games Seoul25 m butterfly1stPara athletics1992Paralympics Games Barcelona 800 m3rd1994European Championships Helsinki 200 m3rd1996Paralympics Games Atlanta 1500 m2nd400 m1st800 m1st1998World Championships Birmingham200 m3rd400 m2nd800 m2ndMarathon2nd2000Paralympics Games Sydney200 m3rd400 m2nd800 m1st1500 m1stMarathon1st2002World Championships Lille400 m3rd800 m1st1500 m2ndMarathon1st2003European Championships Assen400 m2nd800 m3rd1500 m1st2004Paralympics Games Athens200 m3rdMarathon1st2012Paralympics Games London100 m2nd2013World Championships Lione100 m 3rd200 m3rd2014European Championships Swansea400 m 3rd2016European Championships Grosseto400 m 2ndParalympics Games Rio de Janeiro400 m 3rd
See also Italy at the Paralympics - Multiple medallists
References
External links
Alvise De Vidi at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (archived) Alvise De Vidi at Ability Channel