Sara Morganti

Sara Morganti
Photo of Morganti smiling while holding a medal
Sara Morganti
Personal information
DisciplinePara-dressage
Born (1976-03-21) 21 March 1976 (age 48)
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy
Horse(s)
  • Royal Delight
  • Mariebelle
Medal record
Para-equestrian
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 1 3
World Equestrian Games 4 2 0
European Championships 2 2 4
Total 6 5 7
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Individual freestyle test grade I
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual championship test grade I
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual freestyle test grade I
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Individual championship test grade I

Sara Morganti (born 21 March 1976) is an Italian para-equestrian who won a silver and three bronze medals at the Paralympic Games, making her the first and only winner of a Paralympic medal in Equestrian for Italy.[1]

Early life

Sara Morganti was born on 21 March 1976 in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Tuscany, Italy.[2] In 1995, when she was 19, she contracted multiple sclerosis.[3][4] She studied foreign languages at the University of Pisa, graduating with 110 cum laude (the highest rank).[5] In 1998, Morganti married Stefano Meoli, who is an equestrian too.[4]

Career

Morganti rode the horse Royal Delight from the 2012 London Paralympics.[6] In 2014, she was Allianz Athlete of the Month.[7][8] Starting in 2018, she has been president of the National Commission for Paralympic Athletes, of the Italian Paralympic Committee.[9]

In 2021, she and Royal Delight competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Equestrian, winning on 27 August the first Paralympic Equestrian bronze medal for Italy in the Individual championship test, and on 30 August another bronze in the Individual freestyle test.

In 2024, Morganti and her mare Mariebelle participated in the Paris Paralympic Games. On 3 September they won a bronze medal in the individual championship test with a 74.625% score,[10] and on 7 September they won the first Paralympic Equestrian silver for Italy in the individual freestyle test with a 81.407% score.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sara Morganti". paralympic.org. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Paralimpiadi Parigi 2024: Paradressage. Sara Morganti e Mariebelle d'Argento nel Freestyle" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri. 7 September 2024. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Sara Morganti portavoce delle persone con sclerosi multipla alle Paralimpiadi" (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Sara Morganti, campionessa di dressage:«questa sarà la Paralimpiade del riscatto»" (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  5. ^ "La campionessa di paradressage Sara Morganti ricevuta dall'amministrazione di Pisa". PisaToday (in Italian). 24 September 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Royal Delight". fei.org. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Italy's Sara Morganti named Allianz Athlete of the Month Best Female". infobae (in European Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Equestrian Life - Sara Morganti voted Paralympic Athlete of the Month". www.equestrianlife.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Sara Morganti: The athlete, the woman". Cavalli & Cavalieri. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Paralimpiadi Parigi 2024: Medaglia di Bronzo per Sara Morganti e Mariebelle" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.