René De Silvestro
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René De Silvestro (; born 26 June 1996) is an Italian para alpine skier who competed at the
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and
2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), also known as XIII Paralympic Winter Games, commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), were an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter ...
. He won a silver and bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.


Career

Silvestro represented Italy at the
2018 Winter Paralympics The 2018 Winter Paralympics (), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the Internation ...
and finished in seventh place in the slalom sitting event and eighth place in the
giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...
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. He again competed at the
2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), also known as XIII Paralympic Winter Games, commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), were an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter ...
and won a silver medal in the
giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...
and a bronze medal in the slalom sitting events.


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* * * Living people 1996 births Italian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-Paralympic-medalist-stub