Alessia Berra

Alessia Berra
Personal information
Born (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)
Monza, Italy
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing  Italy
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m butterfly S13
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 50 m freestyle S12

Alessia Berra (born 17 January 1994) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer.[1] She won a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly S13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2][3][4]

Life

She studied at University of Milan. She initially took part in able bodied swimming competitions before switching to Para swimming in 2015.[5]

Career

She competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.[6]

She made her Paralympic debut representing Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

References

  1. ^ "Swimming - BERRA Alessia". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Chi Alessia Berra, l'atleta paralimpica milanese che vince l'argento a Tokyo". MilanoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Paralimpiadi 2021, è nata a Monza la medaglia d'argento Alessia Berra • MBNews". mbnews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Alessia Berra - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Alessia Berra". Ability Channel (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2021.