Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

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)

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.

Participants

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

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

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 Norway2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Italy ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,543
Game reference
Kjell Christian HamarGoaliesGabriele AraudoReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Austria 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 MISS
Vatne MISS
Pedersen MISS
ShootoutGOAL Larch
MISS Rosa
6 minPenalties4 min
12Shots18
11 March 2018
19:00
Canada Canada10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)
Italy ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,795
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesSantino StillitanoReferee:
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
Austria David Nothegger
Czech Republic 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 Italy2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Sweden SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,322
Game reference
Gabriele AraudoGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Czech Republic 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 United States10–1
(5–0, 3–0, 2–1)
Italy ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,889
Game reference
Steve Cash
Jen Lee
GoaliesGabriele Araudo
Santino Stillitano
Referee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Canada 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

References

  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.