Lor sport as a tool for rebirth, as a lever to overcome obstacles. The meeting “La forza è tu” held last December 5th in Cavallerizza in Vigevano was an opportunity for Daila Dameno to tell her story to the school children of Vigevano.
HIS STORY Paralympic athlete who took part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games competing in archery and receiving a bronze medal in the team event, throughout his career Dameno has learned not to give up and to always get back up, facing every obstacle with determination. In 2004 he took part in the Athens Summer Games, competing in swimming, freestyle and butterfly. Two years later she took part in the Turin Winter Games, in 2006, during which she managed to obtain two medals: a silver in the special slalom and the bronze in the giant slalom: «I dedicated them to my father, who passed away in 2004. If I play sports it is above all thanks to him, he always took me with him when he went cycling and when he played tennis. He taught me the importance of commitment and sacrifice. In 1999 I had an accident that changed my life. I remained in a wheelchair but at the same time it was this episode that made me fully understand that with willpower you can face anything. And that’s how I continued to play sports.”
THE BOW IN HAND After a period of reflection, during which she stopped swimming and skiing to dedicate herself to herself, Daila Dameno understands that she wants to start practicing archery:
I worked in a school and one of my students talked to me a lot about the bow: it all started from there. Two years ago I set myself the goal of reaching the Olympics and here I am, I managed to achieve what I set out to do.
I COMMIT For Dameno, in sport, as in life, commitment and courage cannot be lacking if you want to achieve important results: «Nothing happens by chance, only with consistency and the right dedication in what you do can you get far. With the bow I learned to be calmer and to believe in myself more. Archery is a sport that requires a lot of concentration, it taught me to work on movement and to be focused on what I do. I continue to tell young people to dare, to get involved and to never be afraid to chase their dreams. Above all, defeats are not failures, indeed they can often represent stimuli for growth. You can learn more from a defeat than from a victory.”
Edward Varese
