Irene Monaco (born 7 October 1940) is a former Italian a paralympic multi-sport athlete who won ten medals at the Summer Paralympics from 1964 to 1984.

[3] Married to paralympic athlete Uber Sala who competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Dartchery.

[4] She has a twin sister Elena, who also has polio.

[4] who won six medals at the Summer Paralympics between Tokyo 1964 and Tel Aviv 1968.

[3] Irene Monaco continued to compete in archery in the masters category until almost 50 years, winning some national[5] and world titles.