Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea The delegation was composed by 25 competitors,[1] and won 5 medals (two gold), after the "zero" in Sochi 2014.

Italy at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeITA
NPCComitato Italiano Paralimpico
Websitewww.comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Pyeongchang
Competitors25 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Florian Planker (ice sledge hockey)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Participants

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25 in 4 sports, all the athletes are men.[2]

Sport Women Men Total
 Alpine skiing (30) (details) 0 3 3
 Cross-country skiing (20) (details) 0 1 1
 Para ice hockey (1) (details) 0 17 17
 Snowboarding (10) (details) 0 4 4
Total 0 25 25

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom, visually impaired March 14
  Gold Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
Alpine skiing Men's slalom, visually impaired March 17
  Silver Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
Alpine skiing Men's Super-g, visually impaired March 11
  Silver Manuel Pozzerle Snowboarding Men's Snowboard cross SB-LL2 March 12
  Bronze Giacomo Bertagnolli
Guide: Fabrizio Casal
Alpine skiing Men's downhill, visually impaired March 10

Para ice hockey

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Italy finished 4th.

 
SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
  Canada7
 
18 March
 
  South Korea0
 
  Canada1
 
15 March
 
  United States2
 
  United States10
 
 
  Italy1
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
17 March
 
 
  South Korea1
 
 
  Italy0
Summary
Team Group stage Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Italy men's   Norway
W 3–2 GWS
  Canada
L 0–10
  Sweden
W 2–0
2 QS   United States
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 0 35 0 +35 9 Semifinals
2   Italy 3 1 1 0 1 5 12 −7 5
3   Norway 3 1 0 1 1 5 12 −7 4 5–8th place semifinals
4   Sweden 3 0 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
10 March 2018
12:00
Norway  2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,543
Game reference
Kjell Christian HamarGoaliesGabriele AraudoReferee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  David Nothegger
0–116:02 – Kalegaris (Leperdi)
Værnes (Nordstoga, Hamre) (PP) – 26:321–1
1–233:19 – Rosa (Larch)
Bakke (Nordstoga, Pedersen) – 42:252–2
Solberg  
Vatne  
Pedersen  
Shootout  Larch
  Rosa
6 minPenalties4 min
12Shots18
11 March 2018
19:00
Canada  10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,795
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesSantino StillitanoReferee:
  Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
  David Nothegger
  Leon Wesley
McGregor (Dixon, Westlake) (PP) – 03:591–0
Dixon (Sholomicki) – 09:212–0
Delaney (Cozzolino, Armstrong) – 11:363–0
Hickey (Bridges, Delaney) – 17:034–0
Hickey – 19:115–0
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 20:206–0
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 25:347–0
Cozzolino (Bridges) – 33:068–0
Dunn (SH) – 36:279–0
Dunn – 41:2310–0
24 minPenalties6 min
16Shots4
12 March 2018
19:00
Italy  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,322
Game reference
Gabriele AraudoGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
  Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
  Jan Vaněk
  Leon Wesley
Kalegaris (Planker, Rosa) (PP) – 13:161–0
Rosa – 39:362–0
10 minPenalties8 min
20Shots2
Semifinal
15 March 2018
20:00
United States  10–1
(5–0, 3–0, 2–1)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,889
Game reference
Steve Cash
Jen Lee
GoaliesGabriele Araudo
Santino Stillitano
Referee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Matt Clark
Grove (Landeros) – 03:231–0
Misiewicz (Pauls, Roybal) – 03:582–0
Roybal (Pauls, Misiewicz) – 04:093–0
Landeros (PP) – 13:504–0
McDermott (Grove) – 14:565–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) (PP) – 22:526–0
Landeros (Carron, Farmer) – 23:357–0
Farmer (Page, Pauls) – 27:448–0
McKee (Grove, Page) – 33:329–0
9–138:30 – Corvino (Depaoli) (PP)
Landeros (Roybal, Hanning) (PP) – 42:0310–1
16 minPenalties14 min
33Shots4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NPC Entries - Italy". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Italy - Participants". Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.