Giusy Versace
Italian Paralympic athlete (born 1977)
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- Giuseppina " Giusy " Versace (born 20 May 1977) is an Italian Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events in international level events and a television presenter and member of the Senate.
- Personal life Versace is the daughter of Alfredo Versace and cousin to fashion designers Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace and Santo Versace through her father's side.
- She is also an ambassador for Save the Dream, a national project organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee which aims to promote sport among young people.
- She lost control of the car that she was driving and crashed into crash barriers, which caused her to lose both of her legs below the knee.
Giuseppina "Giusy" Versace (born 20 May 1977) is an Italian Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events in international level events and a television presenter and member of the Senate. She was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Personal life
Versace is the daughter of Alfredo Versace and cousin to fashion designers Gianni Versace, Donatella Versace and Santo Versace through her father's side.
Versace founded the non-government organisation Disability No Limits, it is a support charity that encourages disabled children to try different sports. She is also an ambassador for Save the Dream, a national project organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee which aims to promote sport among young people.
Accident
On 22 August 2005, Versace was the victim of a serious traffic accident on a motorway. She lost control of the car that she was driving and crashed into crash barriers, which caused her to lose both of her legs below the knee. A few years after the accident, she went to the Court of Rome to sue Anas, the company that improves safety of motorways, for the poor maintenance of the crash barrier which caused her life changing injury, the court ruled that the barrier was of "very poor maintenance conditions and had very serious installation anomalies", Anas stated that they "could not allow the barrier extension on the stretch of road without imposing necessary measures to eliminate risks", Versace was awarded compensation of €1,485,182.
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