Stefanía Ferrando

Stefanía Ferrando

Personal information
Born	(1993-11-30) 30 November 1993 (age 31) Gualeguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Boccia
Disability class	BC3
Medal record Women's boccia Representing  Argentina Paralympic Games 2024 Paris Pairs BC3 Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago Pairs BC3 2023 Santiago Individual BC3

Stefanía Ferrando (born 30 November 1993) is an Argentine boccia player.[1] She is a two-time medalist at the Parapan American Games and a bronze medalist at the Summer Paralympics.

Early life

Ferrando was born on 30 November 1993 with spinal muscular atrophy.[2]

Career

Ferrando won the 2019 Americas Regional Championships, enabling her to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[3][4] In Tokyo 2020, she was place in Pool E of the mixed individual BC3 event, where she finished in third place, failing to qualify for the quarterfinal.[5] Ferrando competed in two events at the 2023 Parapan American Games, winning the silver medal in the individual BC3 event and the gold medal in the pairs BC3 event, having been paired with Rodrigo Romero in the latter.[6][7]

Ferrando represented Argentina at two events the 2024 Summer Paralympics. In the women's BC3 event she qualified for the quarterfinals where she lost to Jamieson Leeson, the latter in whom went on to win the silver medal.[8][9] Ferrando and Romero also competed in the pairs BC3 event, where they won the bronze medal.[10][11]

References

1. "Stefanía Ferrando". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
2. "Nació con atrofia muscular espinal, le dieron 10 años de vida y tres décadas después representará a Argentina en los Juegos Paralímpicos". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
3. "Stefania Ferrando steals the show in Sao Paulo". International Paralympic Committee. 7 October 2019.
4. "Stefania Ferrando named Americas ´Athlete of the Month´". International Paralympic Committee. 5 November 2019.
5. "Stefanía Ferrando". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
6. "Women's individual BC3 − Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
7. "Boccia Medallistas por evento" (PDF) (in Spanish). 25 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
8. "Paris Paralympics 2024: Australia's Daniel Michel, Jamieson Leeson win boccia silver". www.nine.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
9. Decent, Tom (2 September 2024). "Double silver for Michel and Leeson on historic day for Australian boccia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
10. "Argentina cerró un gran día en los Juegos Paralímpicos en París con una medalla de plata y dos de bronce" (in Spanish). Infobae. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
11. "Romero y Ferrando buscan hacer historia" (in Spanish). Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

External links

• Stefanía Ferrando at the International Paralympic Committee