| A baseball player played professional baseball in Italy for the Nettuno Indians.
A native of Penn Hill, PA, Tony Lonero found baseball success early on as the youngest player to have ever played legion ball for Penn Hills at the age of fifteen. He received high school co-player of the year honors and was twice named all conference before setting additional records in junior college and at perennial college baseball powerhouse Louisiana State which he received a full scholarship. In addition to playing in the pros, Tony rounded out his baseball career by landing a starting spot for Italy's National Team in the World Games and also in the 1984 Olympics.
Even with such a star-studded baseball career, Tony insists that none those accomplishments compare to the victory that he achieved in 2001.
"My biggest victory to date came after finding out that I had Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. I was able to finish an 80-mile bicycle race a year after discovering that I had this disease. It took me 18 hours to finish this race, and when I arrived at the finish line, there was no longer anybody there. Even with that, I did not despair. I knew that I had found a way to battle Multiple Sclerosis." – Tony Lonero |
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2001- Discovered to have multiple sclerosis
2003- 200km , 300km ,400km, 600km qualification for paris
2003 * - Paris Brest Paris 1250km 89 hours
2005 - 200km, 300km nettuno Italy, 500km Milano
2005 * london edinburgh london 1400km this ride I stopped half way because I got cold and I didn't know at the time that my ms kicks in when I am exposed to cold for a prolonged period of time.
2006 - 200km nettuno, 300km nettuno, 200km Corchiano
2006*- Sicilia no stop 1000km
2007- 200km,200km,300km,400km, 600km , 400km Siena
2007*- Paris - Brest-Paris 1250km (my second)89 hours 20 minutes
2008- 200km Nettuno, 200km Corchiano, 300km Nettuno, 600km Roma-siena-roma
2008*- 1001miglia Italia 1650km
2009- 200km nettuno,300km nettuno,200km rimini,400km nettuno,200km corchiano
2009***london edinburgh london 1400km
2010*Sicilia no stop 1000km
2011*** Completed the Paris Brest Paris for the 3rd time with paolo bronzetti taking 23 hours of my total time 67hours and 30 minutes.
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