Santino Stillitano

Santino Stillitano (Saronno, 26 June 1969) is an Italian ice sledge hockey goaltender.

Santino Stillitano
Personal information
Born (1969-06-26) June 26, 1969
Saronno
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's para ice hockey
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sollefteå Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2016 Östersund Team competition

Career

Stillitano suffers from agenesis in his right leg.[1][2]

He started playing ice sledge hockey in 2006, after the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, with the Armata Brancaleone Varese of the Italian para ice hockey championship.[3]

Already in 2007, he was called up to join the Italy national para ice hockey team.[4]

With the Azzurri, he took part in four editions of the Paralympic Winter Games[1][4] (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022, where he was the oldest athlete of the Italian expedition)[4][5][6] and ten World Championships,[4] in addition to winning two European medals: gold in 2011 and silver in 2016.[1][2][4]

References
  1. "Comitato Italiano Paralimpico - Stillitano Santino" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. #versopechino: Santino Stillitano, para ice hockey on YouTube
  3. "Armata Brancaleone: primo incontro" (in Italian). 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. "Stillitano ai Giochi Paralimpici di Pechino" (in Italian). 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  5. "Paralimpiadi Invernali Pechino 2022: da Bertagnolli a De Silvestro, tutti gli italiani in gara" (in Italian). 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  6. "Paralimpiadi invernali di Pechino, ai nastri di partenza 32 atleti in quattro discipline - INAIL". Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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