René De Silvestro

René De Silvestro
De Silvestro in 2026
Personal information
Born (1996-06-26) 26 June 1996
Sport
Country Italy
SportAlpine skiing
LW12-1
Medal record
Men's para alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaGiant slalom sitting
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingGiant slalom sitting
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano CortinaSuper combined sitting
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingSlalom sitting
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 LillehammerSuper combined sitting
Gold medal – first place2025 MariborGiant slalom sitting
Silver medal – second place2023 LleidaAlpine combined sitting
Silver medal – second place2023 LleidaSlalom sitting
Silver medal – second place2025 MariborSlalom sitting
Bronze medal – third place2021 LillehammerSuper-G sitting

René De Silvestro (Italian pronunciation: [reˌne dе silˈvɛstro]; born 26 June 1996) is an Italian para alpine skier. He is a three-time Paralympian.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "René De Silvestro". paralympic.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Magnificent Monday for Millie Knight and Rene De Silvestro in the Super-Combined". paralympic.org. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Thirty-two blues for Beijing, the name of Renè De Silvestro is there". breakinglatest.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Houston, Michael (10 March 2022). "Teenager Aigner wins second gold of Beijing 2022 Paralympics in giant slalom". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 March 2022.


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