Intesa Sanpaolo is proud to be supporting Ambra Sabatini, reaffirming its commitment to excellence, the next generation and sport.

Speed is one of the most immediate aspects of sport: just a few seconds of competition are a microcosm of years of training and preparation. In this context, Ambra Sabatini has established herself as one of the leading figures in Italian Paralympic athletics, thanks to her international achievements and an extraordinary capacity for reinventing herself.

Sport has been a part of her life since childhood. As a child, she enjoyed skating and volleyball, before turning her attention to athletics and middle-distance running. Her life changed forever in 2019 when she suffered a serious scooter accident, caused by a car swerving into her lane and requiring the amputation of her left leg. During here rehabilitation, she began exercising again through swimming and cycling, before eventually moving on to athletics, a sport that became the focus of her new sporting and personal journey.

And her competitive growth was rapid. Ambra Sabatini’s finest hour came at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, where she won gold in the T63 100 metres, with a time of 14.11 seconds – a new world record. The race has also gone down in Italian sporting history, with her compatriots and friends, Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto, grabbing silver and bronze.

In the years that followed, Sabatini cemented her international reputation. In 2023, at the World Championships in Paris, she took gold, breaking the world record with a time of 13.98 seconds. She retained her title with another gold medal the World Championships in New Delhi in 2025, cementing her place among the world’s top Paralympic sprinters. However, these highlights were interspersed with her unfortunate experience at the Paris Games, where a fall just a few metres from the finish line prevented her from defending her Olympic title – an incident she addressed with commendable composure in her post-race comments.

Alongside her 100-metre sprinting, Ambra has broadened her range of skills by taking up the long jump, a discipline that requires coordination, power and precision.

On top of her sporting achievements, Ambra Sabatini is admired for her ability to speak candidly about her journey. Her personal and sporting experiences have become a source of inspiration for many young people, demonstrating how sport can be a vehicle for recovery and personal growth.

And her inspiring story makes her the perfect partner for Intesa Sanpaolo, which supports athletes who combine sporting excellence with social responsibility. Alongside Ambra Sabatini, the Group is reaffirming its commitment to promoting merit and championing sport as a means of inclusion, growth and participation.