Oney Tapia

Tapia awarded by the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace in 2021.
Personal information
Born	27 February 1976 (1976-02-27) (age 47) Havana, Cuba[1]
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Vision impairment
Disability class	F11
Events	Discus throw Shot put
Medal record Representing  Italy Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F11 2020 Tokyo Shot put F11 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F11 World Championships 2019 Dubai Discus throw F11 European Championships 2016 Grosseto Discus throw F11 2018 Berlin Discus throw F11 2018 Berlin Shot put F11

Oney Tapia (born 27 February 1976)^[2] 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 men's discus throw F11 event.^[3] He represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the discus throw and shot put events, winning two bronze medals.^[4][5]

Career

He won the gold medal in the 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, he won the gold medal in the men's discus throw F11-13 event at the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy.^[6] At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Berlin, Germany, he won the gold medals in both the men's shot put F11 and men's discus throw F11 events.^[7][8] In the discus throw event, he set a new world record of 46.07 m.^[8] In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F11 event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.