Andrea Cionna (born 1968)^[1] is an Italian athlete from Osimo^[2] in the Province of Ancona. He holds the world record for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man, set in 2:31:59 in Rome in 2007,^[3][4] and has won two bronze medals in blind long-distance running at the Paralympic Games.^[5]

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Andrea Cionna

Andrea Cionna (left) running with his sighted guide
Medal record
Track and field (T11)
Representing  Italy
Paralympic Games
	2004 Athens	10000 m
	2004 Athens	Marathon

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Cionna first competed at the Paralympic Games in 2004, entering two long-distance events and running with a sighted guide. In the 10,000 metres T11 event for totally blind runners, he finished third in 33:59.98, winning the bronze medal, behind Kenya's Henry Wanyoike (gold) and Portugal's Carlos Amaral Ferreira (silver). In the T11 marathon, he also finished third, in 2:49:59, behind Japan's Yuichi Takahashi (gold), and Portugal's Carlos Ferreira (silver).^[5]

He competed again at the Paralympics in 2008, a year after setting a world record in the blind marathon. At the 2008 Paralympics, however, the T11 marathon had been abolished as a separate event, and athletes categorised T11 (totally blind) ran in the same marathon as athletes categorised T12 (partially sighted). Cionna ran fastest of the blind athletes, setting a Paralympic record for his category in 2:36:43, but he finished the race in seventh place, behind six runners categorised T12. The marathon was the only event he entered; the 10,000 metre race was now also a T12 event.^[5]

• Marathon at the Paralympics
• Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics