Annalisa Minetti

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Annalisa Minetti
Rho, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversità telematica San Raffaele
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • athlete
Years active1994–present
Spouses
Gennaro Esposito
(m. 2002; div. 2013)
Michele Panzarino
(m. 2016)
Children
  • Fabio Esposito
  • Elèna Panzarino
Musical career
GenresPop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Sports career
Club
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 1500m – T12
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 800m – T11
IPC European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Stadskanaal
1500m – T12
Modeling information
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorGreen
Websitewww.annalisaminetti.com

Annalisa Minetti (born 27 December 1976 in

athlete.[3]

Minetti was a beauty pageant contestant in the 1997 edition of Miss Italia; she gained public attention because she was the first blind woman admitted to the competition. She placed in 7th position and won the title of Miss Gambissime (Miss Super Legs).[4]

Sanremo Music Festival

At the age of 15, helped by her uncle, she took the first steps into the music scene, singing in piano bars covers of Prince, Ray Charles, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin, her favorite artist.[5] In 1998 she won the 48th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Senza te o con te.[6]

Paralympic Games

As a para-sport athlete Minetti competes in the

Miroslava Sedlackova.[3]

Personal history

In the

Italian legislative elections of 2013 Annalisa Minetti was candidate with the political movement of Mario Monti
.

References

  1. ^ "Minetti passa dall'atletica al ciclismo: "Adoro le sfide"" (in Italian). polizia.penitenziaria.it. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Nuova maglia per Annalisa Minetti, che passa dalle Fiamme Azzurre alle Fiamme Oro.
  2. ^ "Fiamme Azzurre, il ritorno di Annalisa Minetti" (in Italian). polizia.penitenziaria.it. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Singer and paralympic record breaker". Lifestyle 43. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Non vedente, subito prima". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "Annalisa Minetti – Biography". Official Website. Archived from the original on July 22, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "La Minetti conquista Sanremo". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "Annalisa Minetti profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012.

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