René De Silvestro
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| Born | 26 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | LW12-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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René De Silvestro (Italian pronunciation: [reˌne dе silˈvɛstro]; born 26 June 1996) is an Italian para alpine skier who competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics. He won a silver and bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Silvestro represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and finished in seventh place in the slalom sitting event and eighth place in the giant slalom sitting event.
He competed at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships and won a gold medal in the super combined sitting event, and a bronze medal in the Super-G sitting event.[3]
He again competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze medal in the slalom sitting events.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Houston, Michael (10 March 2022). "Teenager Aigner wins second gold of Beijing 2022 Paralympics in giant slalom". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Magnificent Monday for Millie Knight and Rene De Silvestro in the Super-Combined". paralympic.org. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "René De Silvestro". paralympic.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Thirty-two blues for Beijing, the name of Renè De Silvestro is there". breakinglatest.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- René De Silvestro at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- René De Silvestro at the International Paralympic Committee
- René De Silvestro at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)
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- Living people
- 1996 births
- Italian male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Italy
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
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