Oney Tapia
Oney Tapia is a visually impaired Italian-Cuban Paralympic athlete competing in discus throw and shot put events. He represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the Athletics at the [2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw|men's discus throw F11] event. He represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the discus throw and shot put events, winning two bronze medals.
Career
Tapia won the gold medal in the 2016 [IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's discus throw|men's discus throw F11] event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships 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] held in Berlin, Germany, he won the gold medals in both the 2018 [World Para Athletics European Championships – Men's shot put|men's shot put F11] and 2018 World Para [Athletics European Championships – Men's discus throw|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 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|men's discus throw F11] event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.