Beatrice Maria Adelaide Marzia Vio, better known as Bebe Vio is an Italian wheelchair fencer, 2014 and 2016 European champion, 2015 and 2017 World champion, and 2016 Paralympic champion in the foil B category.
Country represented: | Italy |
Born: | March 4, 1997, Venice, Italy |
Weapon(s): | foil |
Hand: | left-handed |
National coach(es): | Simone Vanni |
Club: | Scherma Mogliano |
Head coach(es): | Federica Berton, Alice Esposito |
Twitter: | Beatrice Vio's Twitter profile |
Facebook: | Beatrice Vio's Facebook profile |
IMDb: | Beatrice Vio's IMDb |
About Beatrice Vio
Italian wheelchair fencer who became a European Champion in 2014 before winning her first World Championship in 2015. She took home the gold in the Foil B category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil.
Beatrice Vio Before Fame
She grew up in Mogliano Veneto, Italy, where she partook in fencing, scouting and soccer. She was diagnosed with meningitis, which eventually led to the amputation of all of her arms and legs, in 2008.
Achievement of Beatrice Vio
Her autobiography, Mi Hanno Regalato un Sogno, was published in 2015.
Beatrice Vio Family Life
She is the middle of three siblings.
Associations of Beatrice Vio
She had huge success at the 2016 Paralympics, where Ivete Sangalo performed at the closing ceremonies.
Information related to Beatrice Vio
- Wheelchair fencers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic wheelchair fencers of Italy
- Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing
- Italian female fencers
- Sportspeople from Venice