The Paralympic water polo player born in 2002 Sofia Perlowill be a guest of the “Opening Dayof baseball on the schedule Sunday 23 April in Fossanoon the diamond of the sports facility “Dario Bono” of Viale della Repubblica.
She will therefore be the one to throw the ball that will open the first home match of the Serie B National Championship 2023which on the occasion will see the training directed by Claudius Sandrone oppose that of the CABS Seveso.
Sofia Perlo was born and raised in Fossano, 4 years ago she had to face profound and difficult experiences, as she lost complete use of her right leg following a school accident.
During the long stay in hospital, a friendship was born with a boy with an arm and leg amputee, impairments that did not prevent him from playing in a Paralympic water polo team and he proposed her to join it.
Sofia has never lost the will to live and get involved, the difficulties have not taken away that strength and the contagious smile that distinguish her.
Recently at the end of a game of Serie A Championship was awarded as athlete MVP.
The one with the leadership of the Fossano Baseball Club it was a chance encounter, it only took a few minutes to understand how important it is to support and raise public awareness on the issue of diversity.
«We are happy to contribute in our Piedmont and in the places that are dear to Sofia to send a message: e? It’s important to make everyone understand that sport is a good habit, an outlet and no one should feel left out. Sofia is a sporting example, and at the same time she is a positive and determined role model who should serve as an inspiration for young people» – commented the president of BC Fossano Miranda Scottowho added: “Valuing inclusion, sport and the strength of the link with one’s own territory is everyone’s duty. Through the face of Sofia we want to speak to young people by presenting an athlete, but above all a woman, with a strong and positive message».
Sofia has big dreams: to get to the national team and participate in the Paralympics, perhaps those of Paris 2024.
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2023-04-20 13:01:52
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