Santino Stillitano

Santino Stillitano (born 26 June 1969 in Saronno) is an Italian ice sledge hockey goaltender.

Santino Stillitano

Personal information
Born	(1969-06-26) 26 June 1969 (age 55) Saronno
Medal record Men's para ice hockey Representing  Italy European Championships 2011 Sollefteå Team competition 2016 Östersund Team competition

Career

Stillitano suffers from agenesis in his right leg.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

Already in 2007, he was called up to join the Italy national para ice hockey team.^[4]

With the Azzurri, he took part in four editions of the Paralympic Winter Games^[1][4] (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022, where he was the oldest athlete of the Italian expedition)^[4][5][6] and ten World Championships,^[4] in addition to winning two European medals: gold in 2011 and silver in 2016.^[1][2][4]

References

1. "Comitato Italiano Paralimpico - Stillitano Santino" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2023.
2. #versopechino: Santino Stillitano, para ice hockey on YouTube
3. "Armata Brancaleone: primo incontro" (in Italian). 17 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
4. "Stillitano ai Giochi Paralimpici di Pechino" (in Italian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
5. "Paralimpiadi Invernali Pechino 2022: da Bertagnolli a De Silvestro, tutti gli italiani in gara" (in Italian). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. "Paralimpiadi invernali di Pechino, ai nastri di partenza 32 atleti in quattro discipline - INAIL". Retrieved 14 March 2023.

External links

• Santino Stillitano at the International Paralympic Committee
• Santino Stillitano at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)