Santino Stillitano (born 26 June 1969 in Saronno) is an Italian

ice sledge hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitat ...

goaltender.

Career

Stillitano suffers from

agenesis In medicine, agenesis () refers to the failure of an organ to develop during embryonic growth and development due to the absence of primordial tissue. Many forms of agenesis are referred to by individual names, depending on the organ affected: * A ...

in his right leg. He started playing

in 2006, after the

2006 Winter Paralympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games ( it, Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were ...

in Turin, with the Armata Brancaleone Varese of the Italian para ice hockey championship. Already in 2007, he was called up to join the Italy national para ice hockey team. With the Azzurri, he took part in four editions of the Paralympic Winter Games (2010 Winter Paralympics, Vancouver 2010, 2014 Winter Paralympics, Sochi 2014, 2018 Winter Paralympics, Pyeongchang 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics, Beijing 2022, where he was the oldest athlete of the Italian expedition) and ten World Championships, in addition to winning two European medals: gold in 2011 and silver in 2016.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stillitano, Santino 1969 births Living people Italian sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players for Italy Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics