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Sport and disability - An event within the “104 - The caregiving expo” Fair of Pordenone

Fiera di Pordenone - Viale Treviso 1

8, 9, 10 May 2025 

Three days dedicated to inclusive sport, with the participation of experts, technicians, managers and over 200 athletes from 20 sports clubs from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. Tournaments, exhibitions, round tables, presentations to understand how sport can overcome all barriers and unite people. 

Patroness of the event will be Paralympic gold medal athlete Giada Rossi.

The pavilion dedicated to sport will be officially inaugurated on Thursday 8 May at 1.45 p.m. The President of Panathlon International Giorgio Chinellato and the National President ANAOAI Novella Calligaris will bring the greetings, together with the representatives of the municipal administration and the Fair of Pordenone. There will be the patroness of the event, Giada Rossi, Paralympic gold medallist in Table Tennis in Paris, and the international delegations of Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. 

The conferences

Thursday, May 8, 2:00 PM: Disability without borders

Moderated by RAI journalist Filippo Grassia, representatives from Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria will be present:

Damir Bucic, Olympic waterpolo player and secretary of Istria Sportsmen; spokesperson for Italian Paralympic athletes Matteo Parenzan and a CIP representive; Michael Aussewinkler, President of Panathlon Club Klagenfurt, former governor of Carinthia and Minister of Health of the Austrian Republic; Damjan Lazar, President of the Slovenian Paralympic Committee.i 

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