Transpersonal Valentina Petrillo wins the Italian Indoor Championships. She is the first trans woman to be allowed to compete in a Paralympic event. It has been reported telegraph channel Basis.
According to the source, on March 18, 49-year-old Petrillo won the race at the championship in Ancona, setting another record by taking his eighth title.
Prior to 2019, the woman Valentina Petrillo was reported to be a man named Fabrizio. The Italian has been involved in athletics since childhood, but at the age of 14 he almost lost his sight due to Stargardt’s disease. At the age of 41, Fabrizio decided to return to sports, after which she made a significant change in her life and became a woman.
It is noted that Petrillo did not win everywhere – for example, he only finished fifth at the 2021 European Paralympic Athletics Championships.
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