Santino Stillitano Explained

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Birth Date: 26 June 1969 df=yes
Birth Place:Saronno
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Santino Stillitano (born 26 June 1969 in Saronno) is an Italian ice sledge hockey goaltender.

Career

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

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.[2]

Already in 2007, he was called up to join the Italy national para ice hockey team.[3]

With the Azzurri, he took part in four editions of the Paralympic Winter Games[1] [3] (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022, where he was the oldest athlete of the Italian expedition)[3] [4] [5] and ten World Championships,[3] in addition to winning two European medals: gold in 2011 and silver in 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comitato Italiano Paralimpico - Stillitano Santino . it . 14 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Armata Brancaleone: primo incontro . 17 October 2006 . it . 14 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Stillitano ai Giochi Paralimpici di Pechino . 28 January 2022 . it . 14 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Paralimpiadi Invernali Pechino 2022: da Bertagnolli a De Silvestro, tutti gli italiani in gara . 2 March 2022 . it . 14 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Paralimpiadi invernali di Pechino, ai nastri di partenza 32 atleti in quattro discipline - INAIL . 14 March 2023.

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