Italy at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
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IPC code	ITA
NPC	Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website	comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Beijing, China 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors	32 (28 men and 4 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Giacomo Bertagnolli^[1]
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Paralympics medal table

The following Italian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, visually impaired	13 March
Gold	Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Alpine skiing	Men's super combined, visually impaired	7 March
Silver	Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, visually impaired	10 March
Silver	Rene de Silvestro	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, sitting	10 March
Silver	Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G, visually impaired	6 March
Bronze	Rene de Silvestro	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom, sitting	13 March
Bronze	Giuseppe Romele	Cross-country skiing	Men's 12.5 km, sitting	12 March

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	1	6
Cross country	0	0	1	1
Total	2	3	2	7

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	3	2	7
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	2	3	2	7

Participants

32 in 4 sports. 4 athletes are women.^[2]


Sport	Men	Women	Total
Para-alpine skiing	4 + 1 guides	2 + 2 guide	6 + 3 guides
Para cross country skiing	3	0	3
Para ice hockey	17	0	17
Para snowboard	3	0	3
TOTAL	27 + 1 guides	2 + 2 guides	29 + 3 guides

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Four male athletes and two female athletes, plus three guides, competed in alpine skiing for Italy,^[3] including the country's flagbearer in the opening ceremony, Giacomo Bertagnolli.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federico Pelizzari	Downhill, standing	—				1:19.73	12
	Salom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	58.77	4	57.59	4	1:56.36	4
	Super-G, standing	—				1:14.70	18
	Super combined, standing	1:15.15	13	40.74	3	1:55.89	5
Davide Bendotti	Salom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:05.20	21	1:02.30	20	2:07.50	21
	Super-G, standing	—				1:16.30	22
	Super combined, standing	1:17.37	22	DNF
Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli	Downhill, visually impaired	—				1:17.05	6
	Slalom, visually impaired	39.62	1	47.20	2	1:26.81
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	54.88	1	56.14	2	1:51.02
	Super-G, visually impaired	—				1:09.31
	Super combined, visually impaired	1:10.71	3	39.09	1	1:49.80
René De Silvestro	Slalom, sitting	42.22	3	56.22	7	1:38.44
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:00.02	3	57.48	2	1:57.50
	Super-G, sitting	—				1:11.54	4
	Super combined, sitting	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martina Vozza Guide: Ylenia Sabidussi	Downhill, visually impaired	—				DNF
	Giant slalom, visually impaired	1:03.20	8	1:05.63	8	2:08.83	8
	Slalom, visually impaired	DNF
	Super combined, visually impaired	DNF
	Super-G, visually impaired	—				DNF
Chiara Mazzel Guide: Fabrizio Casal	Giant slalom, visually impaired	DNF
Chiara Mazzel Guide: Fabrizio Casal	Slalom, visually impaired	48.39	7	51.21	9	1:39.60	7

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Three Italian athletes competed in cross-country skiing.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Toninelli	1.5 km sprint, sitting	3:20.99	24	Did not advance
Cristian Toninelli	12.5 km free, standing	—				41:28.5	16
Michele Biglione	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:48.54	29	Did not advance
	10 km, sitting	—				40:56.0	25
	18 km, sitting	—				57:38.0	21
Giuseppe Romele	1.5 km sprint, sitting	2:24.46	8 Q	2:57.6	4	Did not advance
	10 km, sitting	—				31:42.5
	18 km, sitting	—				48:03.3	5

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Michele Biglione Giuseppe Romele Cristian Toninelli	4 x 2.5 km open relay	34:04.7	10

Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Italy qualified at the Paralympic Qualification Tournament held in Berlin, Germany.^[6]^[7]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	5th place
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Italy	Mixed tournament	Czech Republic L 0–5	Slovakia W 2–1 GWS	China L 0–6	3 Q	South Korea L 0–4	DNQ	Czech Republic W 4–3	5

The selected players are:

Alessandro Andreoni
Gabriele Araudo
Bruno Balossetti
Cristoph De Paoli
Alex Enederle
Stephan Kafmann
Julian Kasslatter
Gabriele Lanza
Nils Larch
Andrea Macrì
Roberto Radice
Matteo Remotti Marnini
Gianluigi Rosa
Santino Stillitano
Francesco Torella
Gian Luca Cavaliere
Stefan Kerschbaumer

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	3	0	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Italy	3	0	1	0	2	2	12	−10	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	1	2	1	12	−11	1	Eliminated

Source: Beijing 2022
(H) Host

5 March 2022
16:35

Czech Republic

5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference

Martin Kudela

Goalies

Gabriele Araudo
Julian Kasslatter

Referee:

Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:

Tibor Fazekaš

David Nothegger

Kubeš (Wagner, Raul) (EA) – 10:49	1–0
Zelinka (Doležal, Raul) – 12:36	2–0
Palát (Krupička, Hábl) – 15:54	3–0
Hečko (Wagner) – 17:31	4–0
Geier (Wagner, Kubeš) (PP) – 36:35	5–0

6 min

Penalties

2 min

14

Shots

11

6 March 2022
16:35

Italy

2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference

Gabriele Araudo
Julian Kasslatter

Goalies

Eduard Lepáček

Referee:

Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:

Tony Rundström

Jan Vaněk

	0–1	29:50 – Korman (Stašák)
Rosa (Larch) – 39:03	1–1

Larch

Depaoli

Rosa

Larch

Shootout

Stašák

Joppa

Ligda

Joppa

2 min

Penalties

4 min

24

Shots

12

8 March 2022
16:35

Italy

0–6
(0–4, 0–2, 0–0)

China

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,224

Game reference

Julian Kasslatter
Gabriele Araudo

Goalies

Wang Wei

Referee:

Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:

Tony Rundström

Jan Vaněk

	0–1	00:16 – Wang Z. (Shen)
	0–2	02:41 – Bai (Wang Z.)
	0–3	03:52 – Qiu (Li, Tian)
	0–4	12:08 – Hu (Tian) (PP2)
	0–5	17:42 – Wang Z. (Tian, Li)
	0–6	25:23 – Qiu (Lyu)

22 min

Penalties

10 min

1

Shots

25

Quarterfinal

9 March 2022
16:35

South Korea

4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,206

Game reference

Choi Hyuk-jun

Goalies

Gabriele Araudo

Referee:

Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:

Matt Fergenbaum

Andreas Lundén

Jang D. – 03:30	1–0
Jung (Jang D., Lee Jo.) – 25:53	2–0
Lee Jo. (Jung) – 30:25	3–0
Jang D. (Jang J.) (ENG) – 42:38	4–0

10 min

Penalties

12 min

17

Shots

15

Fifth place game

11 March 2022
16:05

Czech Republic

3–4 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Italy

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Game reference

Michal Vápenka

Goalies

Julian Kasslatter

Referee:

Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:

Louis Beelen

Tibor Fazekaš

	0–1	24:11 – Rosa (Macrì) (PP)
Ohar (Veselý, Palát) (PP) – 27:24	1–1
Novotný (PS) – 37:05	2–1
	2–2	40:48 – Rosa (Larch, Depaoli)
Geier (Novotný, Raul) – 44:15	3–2
	3–3	44:48 – Macrì (Rosa) (EA)
	3–4	51:47 – Depaoli (Macrì)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

19

Shots

18

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Three athletes competed for Italy in snowboarding.^[8]

Banked slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Jacopo Luchini	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:11.60	1:10.28	1:10.28	5
Riccardo Cardani	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:12.89	1:13.25	1:12.89	10
Mirko Moro	Men's banked slalom, SB-UL	1:13.17	1:12.95	1:12.95	11

Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Seed	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Jacopo Luchini	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:03.34	1:22.14	1:03.34	5 Q	2 Q	3 FB	2	6
Riccardo Cardani	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:07.92	1:08.29	1:07.92	13 Q	3	Did not advance
Mirko Moro	Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL	1:07.64	1:06.27	1:06.27	12 Q	4	Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

References

^ "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
^ "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
^ "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
^ "La squadra italiana ai Giochi Paralimpici Invernali di Beijing 2022".
^ "Cross-country Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Morgan, Liam (30 November 2021). "Italy secure place in Para ice hockey event at Beijing 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Berlin 2021: Italy and Slovakia book last tickets to Beijing Winter Paralympics". Paralympic.org. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

v t e Nations at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Iran Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia South Korea
Europe	Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Banned	Belarus Neutral Paralympic Athletes

Medalists

Participants

Alpine skiing

Cross-country skiing

Para ice hockey

Snowboarding

See also

References