Oney Tapia (born 27 February 1976) is a visually impaired Italian-Cuban

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer Paralympic Games, Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports a ...

competing in

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

and

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

events. He represented Italy at the

2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, f ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event. He represented Italy at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

in the discus throw and shot put events, winning two bronze medals.

Career

Tapia won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and ...

held in Grosseto, Italy. In 2017, he participated and won that year's edition of the dancing television show '' Ballando con le Stelle''. In 2018, Tapia won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11-13 event at the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy. At the

2018 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability sport, disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Isra ...

held in Berlin, Germany, he won the gold medals in both the men's shot put F11 and men's discus throw F11 events. In the discus throw event, Tapia set a new world record of 46.07 m. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the

World Para Athletics Championships The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tapia, Oney 1976 births Living people Athletes from Havana Italian male discus throwers Italian male shot putters Visually impaired discus throwers Visually impaired shot putters Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters Paralympic athletes for Italy Paralympic gold medalists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Reality show winners 21st-century Italian sportsmen

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