Davide Migliore and Gabriele Zarbo won gold and bronze medals at the European Championships for athletes with Down syndrome in Ferrara
The judokas from Palermo Davide Migliore, dell’Asd Special Boys, e Gabriele Zarbo of the Ssd Conca d’Oro won the gold medal and that of bronze to the European Championships for athletes with Down syndrome ending today a Ferrara. Best won gold in the men’s category -60 kg, in the same category Zarbo took bronze.
In the blue delegation present at the Suds Open Euro Trigames 2021 also the Palermo technician Giosuè Giglio, coach of the Italian national judo team together with Chiara Meucci and Paola Baroncelli, the latter national technical referent of Fisdir judo. The Italian judo team, made up of eight athletes, took home six medals and also won the team competition, finishing ahead of Poland and Portugal.
Giglio’s words
“It was a wonderful experience – says the national team coach Giosuè Giglio – to live everyday life and find yourself in a group with the boys but above all to share joys and emotions with them after a long time spent dealing with the limitations for Covid. I will never forget the embrace of David and Gabriel after the end of the meeting. Behind that embrace there was all the desire to show the whole world that they are not the last, that they follow their passions, that sacrifice and work are necessary to achieve a great goal but above all that disability can and must be seen as an opportunity. We should all take an example from them ”.
The Euro Trigames they saw the participation of about five hundred athletes who came to Ferrara from seventeen different countries to compete in eight disciplines including athletics, 5-a-side football, judo, swimming, synchronized swimming, basketball, tennis and table tennis.
