Valentina Petrillo became the first out transgender runner to take part in the Paralympics when she competed in the women’s 400m T12 heats on Monday. Italy’s Petrillo made it through to the ...

Visually impaired Italian Valentina Petrillo, 51, finished second in her heat in Paris, progressing as the sixth-fastest runner in a time of 58.35 seconds but failed to make the final. A ...

Valentina Petrillo failed to qualify for the final of the women's 400m - T12 - PA/Adam Davy Petrillo defiantly disregarded critical voices, arguing: “We are here finally. It’s a dream come true.

The first openly transgender athlete in Paralympics history, Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo, competed in the Paris Games on Monday. Petrillo, 50, finished second in her heat of the T12 400 ...

On Monday at 10.48am local time, Valentina Petrillo, a transgender athlete, lined up on the white line of Stade de France’s purple athletics track ready to run in the first round of the 400m T12 ...

For Valentina Petrillo, competing in the 2024 Paris Paralympics is monumental on multiple counts. Then, there’s the history-making component to Petrillo’s participation in Paris. By lacing up ...

Valentina Petrillo, a 51-year-old transgender athlete competing at the Paris Paralympics, has said she is “a trans dad, not everyone’s dream dad but hopes he (her son) will be proud of (her ...

Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo finished Monday with a time of 57.58 in the women’s 400m semifinal in the T12 classification for visually impaired athletes, good enough for sixth place.

Transgender Paralympic sprinter Valentina Petrillo missed out on a place in the women's 400m T12 final at Paris 2024 despite setting a new personal best. The 51-year-old - who has won 11 national ...