What is Agnese Grigio?
'''Agnese Grigio''' (born 12 January 1963 in [[Albignasego]]) was an Italian Paralympic athlete. She won a silver medal at the [[1984 Summer Paralympics]], in the Pentathlon, and bronze medal in the 800 meters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/agnese-grigio|title=Agnese Grigio - Athletics {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en|access-date=2020-07-25}}</ref> In 2014, she was awarded the Silver lion by the Veneto regional, Italian National Olympic Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportvicentino.it/2014/10/16/100-anni-di-coni-leone-d-argento-ai-medagliati-veneti-festa-al-teatro-comunale/|title=Tra storia e futuro, il Veneto celebra a Vicenza i cento anni del Coni|last=Redazione|date=2014-10-16|website=SPORTvicentino|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-07-25}}</ref> ==Life== Visually impaired from birth, she attended schools graduating as a massage therapist at the L. Configliachi Institute of Padua. She also started training in sport. She worked, and she continued as a pentathlete and middle-distance runner, winning two medals in the [[1984 Summer Paralympisc|1984 Paralympic Games]] For personal reasons, she soon stopped her athletic career, continuing to play torball (a discipline not present in the Paralympics), at national and international levels. She is the sister of [[Emanuela Grigio]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grigio, Agnese}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Blind sportspeople]] [[Category:Italian athletes]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy]] [[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Italy]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Veneto]] [[Category:Pentathletes]]