Andrea Macri

Ma Ki, Il Conte [The Count]. (sportdipiu.it, 2016)

Gardening, mountain biking. (comitatoparalimpico.it, 08 Feb 2018)

Claiming gold at the 2011 European Championships in Solleftea, Sweden, and winning silver at the 2016 European Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2018)

His teammates with the Italian national squad. (comitatoparalimpico.it, 08 Feb 2018)

The Dalai Lama. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2018)

In December 2015 an injury prevented him from competing at an international tournament in Turin, Italy. He returned to the national team in February 2016. (paralympic.org, 07 Feb 2016; paralimpici.gazzetta.it, 06 Dec 2015)

"Have fun in whatever you do." (Athlete, 08 Mar 2014)

He competed in wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (paralympic.org, 30 Oct 2013)

In November 2008 he was a pupil at Darwin High School in Rivoli, Italy, when the building's ceiling collapsed. His legs and spine were crushed by cast iron pipes, which resulted in paraplegia. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2018; comitatoparalimpico.it, 16 Mar 2014)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 he was named an athlete representative on the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Para ice hockey sport technical committee. He has also served as a member of the athlete's commission at the Italian Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 01 Jun 2017; Facebook profile, 04 Oct 2020)

SPORTING TRIBUTE
His classmate Vito Scafidi was killed in the same accident that led to his impairment. "Every time I get a result in sport my first thought goes to my classmate Vito. It is the only way to remember him in the right way." (spoomeweek.com, 11 Nov 2013)