Mersed Becirovic

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

F57

Further personal information

Residence

Rome, ITA

Languages

Italian

Sport specific information

Why this sport?

He was inspired to take up para-sport after watching the Paralympic Games on television.

Club / Team

ASD Athletic Terni: Italy

Name of coach

Nadia Checchini [club], ITA

General interest

Impairment

He has a motor impairment after being struck by shrapnel from a grenade while he was a child in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (comitatoparalimpico.it, 06 Jul 2016)

Other information

MOVING TO ITALY
He was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina but moved to Italy at age eight. (comitatoparalimpico.it, 06 Jul 2016; tuttoggi.info, 22 Mar 2015)