Italy at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

Italy competed at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics held between 12 and 21 December 2019 in Sondrio Province in Northern Italy. Alpine skier Giacomo Pierbon won gold medals in all five men's alpine skiing events which meant that the country finished in 2nd place in the medal table with a total of five gold medals and two bronze medals.

Italy at the
2019 Winter Deaflympics
Flag of Italy
IPC codeITA
in Province of Sondrio, Italy
12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) – 21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
5
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
7
Winter Deaflympics appearances
  • 1949
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  • 1967
  • 1971
  • 1975
  • 1979
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  • 2023

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldGiacomo PierbonAlpine skiingMen's downhill13 December
 GoldGiacomo PierbonAlpine skiingMen's alpine combined14 December
 GoldGiacomo PierbonAlpine skiingMen's Super-G15 December
 GoldGiacomo PierbonAlpine skiingMen's giant slalom16 December
 GoldGiacomo PierbonAlpine skiingMen's slalom17 December
 BronzeDuilio CollutiisChessMen's blitz tournament13 December
 BronzeErica DugnaniSnowboardingWomen's snowboard cross16 December

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

Giacomo Pierbon won the gold medal in the men's downhill event.[1] He also won the gold medal in the men's alpine combined event.[1]

He went on to win the gold medals in all other men's alpine skiing event as well: the men's Super-G event, the men's giant slalom event and the men's slalom event.[2]

Chess
Main article: Chess at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

Duilio Collutiis won the bronze medal in the men's blitz tournament.[3]

Curling
Main article: Curling at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

Italy competed in the men's tournament.

Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics

Erica Dugnani won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross event.[4]

References
  1. Etchells, Daniel (14 December 2019). "Pierbon and Yakovishina win again at Winter Deaflympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. Etchells, Daniel (17 December 2019). "Alpine skier Pierbon continues superb showing at home Winter Deaflympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "Chess". 2019 Winter Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. Gillen, Nancy (16 December 2019). "Noskova continues Russian success at Winter Deaflympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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