Beatrice Vio’s path to wheelchair fencing began after a severe case of meningitis in childhood resulted in the loss of her limbs. According to her Wikipedia profile, she went on to compete as a wheelchair fencer in the foil B category, building a championship record that includes European titles in 2014 and 2016 and World titles in 2015 and 2017.
Her breakthrough on the Paralympic stage came in 2016, when she won her first Paralympic gold medal — a result that made her, per reporting on her career, the first quadruple amputee to compete in official wheelchair fencing. She followed that with a second Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games, as confirmed by Olympics.com.
Vio has been recognized internationally for her athletic achievements, with profiles from the Paralympic organization and the European Union’s sport program documenting her record and standing in the sport. Her story is tied closely to her hometown of Mogliano Veneto, near Venice, where she was raised after her 1997 birth.
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