Roberto Marson

Roberto Marson
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1944-06-29)29 June 1944
Pasiano di Pordenone, Italy
Died7 November 2011(2011-11-07) (aged 67)
Rome, Italy
Sport
Country Italy
SportParalympic athletics
Paralympic swimming
Wheelchair basket
Wheelchair fencing
Retired1982
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 16 7 3
Paralympic Games
Athletics
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Discus throw C
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Javelin throw C
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Discus throw D
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Javelin throw D
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Club throw D
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Club throw C
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Slalom open
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Tel Aviv Shot put D
Swimming
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv 50 m freestyle class 5
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv 50 m backstroke class 5
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv 50 m breaststroke class 5
Fencing
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Épée team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Épée individual
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Foil individual
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Foil team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Épée individual
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Sabre individual
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Épée team
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Épée individual
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Sabre individual
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Épée team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Sabre team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Heidelberg Sabre team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Sabre team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Toronto Épée team

Roberto Marson (29 June 1944 – 7 November 2011) was an Italian multisport athlete who competed at the Summer Paralympics on four occasions and won a total of 26 Paralympic medals.[1] He lost the use of his legs when a pine tree he was chopping down fell on his back.[2][3]

He is included in Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame of the International Paralympic Committee.[4]

  1. ^ "Roberto Marson". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Olympics Underway". Sarasota Herald Tribune. 7 November 1968. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ^ "CIP". Comitatoparalimpico.it. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  4. ^ "IPC Announces Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees". paralympic.org. Retrieved 8 September 2012.