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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1999 Cavalese, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visually impaired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Gialle [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Giacomo Bertagnolli (born 18 January 1999) is a male Italian paralympic alpine skier, and is a four-time Paralympic Games gold medal winner.
He won four medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics three at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships. [2]
In 2022, he won the gold medal in the men's giant slalom visually impaired alpine skiing event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway. [3] [4]
He won two silver medals at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, in the Super-G visually impaired and giant slalom visually impaired events held in Beijing, China. [5] [6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Paralympics Games |  Pyeongchang | 1st | Giant slalom visually impaired | 1:36.12 | |
| 1st | Slalom visually impaired | 2:10.51 | [7] | |||
| 2nd | Super-G visually impaired | 1:26.29 | ||||
| 3rd | Downhill visually impaired | 1:26.46 | ||||
| 2022 | Paralympics Games |  Beijing | ||||
| 2nd | Super-G visually impaired | 1:09.31 | [8] |
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