René De Silvestro Explained

René De Silvestro
Birth Date:	26 June 1996
Disability Class:	LW12-1
Sport:	Alpine skiing

René De Silvestro (pronounced as /it/; 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

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]}

Notes and References

1. News: Houston. Michael. 10 March 2022. Teenager Aigner wins second gold of Beijing 2022 Paralympics in giant slalom. InsideTheGames.biz. 10 March 2022.
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113641/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/ALP/PWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 13 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
3. Web site: Magnificent Monday for Millie Knight and Rene De Silvestro in the Super-Combined . paralympic.org . 17 January 2022 . 10 March 2022.
4. Web site: René De Silvestro . paralympic.org . 10 March 2022.
5. Web site: Thirty-two blues for Beijing, the name of Renè De Silvestro is there . breakinglatest.com . 30 January 2022 . 10 March 2022.