| Italy at the 2018 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ITA |
| NPC | Comitato Italiano Paralimpico |
| Website | www |
| in Pyeongchang | |
| Competitors | 25 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Florian Planker (ice sledge hockey) |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea The delegation was composed by 25 competitors, [1] and won 5 medals (two gold), after the "zero" in Sochi 2014.
25 in 4 sports, all the athletes are men. [2]
| Sport | Women | Men | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alpine skiing (30) () | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Cross-country skiing (20) () | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Para ice hockey (1) () | 0 | 17 | 17 |
 Snowboarding (10) () | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's Giant slalom, visually impaired | March 14 |
| Gold | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's Slalom, visually impaired | March 17 |
 Silver | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's Super-g, visually impaired | March 11 |
| Silver | Manuel Pozzerle | Snowboarding | Men's Snowboard cross SB-LL2 | March 12 |
 Bronze | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Fabrizio Casal | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill, visually impaired | March 10 |
Italy finished 4th.
| Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||
| 15 March | ||||||
 Canada | 7 | |||||
| 18 March | ||||||
 South Korea | 0 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| 15 March | ||||||
 United States | 2 | |||||
| United States | 10 | |||||
 Italy | 1 | |||||
| Bronze medal game | ||||||
| 17 March | ||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||
Key:
| Team | Group stage | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||
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| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |
| Italy men's |  Norway W 3–2 GWS |  Canada L 0–10 |  Sweden W 2–0 | 2 QS | United States | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
| 10 March 2018 12:00 | Norway  | 2–3 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) |  Italy | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 5,543 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Kjell Christian Hamar | Goalies | Gabriele Araudo | Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen:  Chae Young-jin David Nothegger | |||||||||||
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Solberg  Vatne Pedersen | Shootout |  Larch Rosa | ||||||||||||
| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 11 March 2018 19:00 | Canada | 10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0) | Italy | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,795 |
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| Corbin Watson | Goalies | Santino Stillitano | Referee: Sotaro YamaguchiLinesmen: David Nothegger Leon Wesley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 24 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 March 2018 19:00 | Italy | 2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) |  Sweden | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,322 |
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| Gabriele Araudo | Goalies | Ulf Nilsson | Referee: Sotaro Yamaguchi Linesmen: Jan Vaněk Leon Wesley | |||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||
| 20 | Shots | 2 | ||||||
| 15 March 2018 20:00 | United States  | 10–1 (5–0, 3–0, 2–1) | Italy | Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,889 |
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| Steve Cash Jen Lee | Goalies | Gabriele Araudo Santino Stillitano | Referee: Kevin Webinger Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Matt Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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