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Oscar De Pellegrin

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Oscar De Pellegrin
De Pellegrin at 2012 Summer Paralympics
Mayor of Belluno
Assumed office
17 June 2022
Preceded byJacopo Massaro
Personal details
Born (1963-05-17) 17 May 1963 (age 61)
Belluno, Veneto, Italy
Political partyCentre-right independent
ProfessionArcher, sports manager
Oscar De Pellegrin
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1963-05-17) 17 May 1963 (age 61)
Belluno, Italy
Sport
Country Italy
SportParalympic archery
Paralympic shooting
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Archery
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Teams Open
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual Recurve W1/W2
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Individual W2
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team Recurve Open
Shooting
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Olympic Match SH3
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta English Match SH1

Oscar De Pellegrin (born 17 May 1963) is an Italian Paralympic archer and former Paralympic sports shooter.[1] At the 2022 Italian local elections, he has been elected mayor of Belluno.

Biography

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His disability is due to a tractor accident at the family farm. He began in sport in 1990 due to a friend. He has been one of the main athletes of the "Nazionale Sport Disabili" (Disabled Italian National Team) for archery, and shooting. In the two sports he achieved 70 Italian titles, 11 Italian records and 4 world records.

In 2000, after winning the Team Gold Medal at the Paralympics, he's been decorated with the title of commendatore of the Italian Republic, while the CONI gave him their highest honorary medal, the "collare d'oro" (literally, the golden collar).

On the occasion of the journey of the Olympic Flame of Turin 2006, Oscar has been chosen as the last torch-bearer of Belluno's leg, and he lighted up the tripod in the city's main plaza. In 2012 he's been Italy's flag bearer at the Paralympic Games in London.[2]

Archery

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Archery is the only sport where there are no distinctions between able-bodied and disabled athletes. Due to this peculiarity, in 1993 and 1994 Oscar became part of the Italian National Team. He represented Italy at the Paralympic Games in Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing, (2008) and London (2012), for a total of 6 editions. In 2009 he won a Guinness World Record together with Marco Vitale and Alberto Simonelli, shooting light bulbs.

References

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  1. ^ "Oscar De Pellegrin - Biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Italy's De Pellegrin wins archery gold at Paralympics - English - Gazzetta del Sud online". gazzettadelsud.it. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Belluno
since 2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent