Italy at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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IPC codeITA
Websitewww.comitatoparalimpico.it
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
7
Bronze
2
Total
16
Italy at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeITA
Websitewww.comitatoparalimpico.it
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
4 March 2026 (2026-03-04) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
7
Bronze
2
Total
16
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

Italy was represented at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 15 March 2026. Italy hosted the competition and was the thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Winter Paralympic Games for this country since the event in 1980.[1]

Italy, including the 2026 Milano-Cortina Paralympics, has won a total of 89 medals: 23 gold, 32 silver, and 34 bronze.[2]

The following Italy competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Para alpine skiing 5 + 1 guide2 + 2 guides7 + 3 guides
Para biathlon 202
Para cross-country skiing 404
Para ice hockey 17017
Para snowboard 505
Wheelchair curling 437
Total37 + 1 guide5 + 2 guides42 + 3 guides

Para ice hockey

Italy qualified a para ice hockey team by virtue of being the games hosts.

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Italy Tournament  United States
L 1–14		  China
L 1–11		  Germany
W 2–1		 3  Japan
W 5–0		  Germany
W 5–2		 5
Roster

Head coach:

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 34 2 +32 9 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 24 8 +16 6
3  Italy (H) 3 1 0 0 2 4 26 −22 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
(H) Host
7 March 2026
17:05		United States 14–1
(3–1, 7–0, 4–0)		 ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 8,992
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesJulian Kasslatter
Santino Stillitano		Referee:
Canada Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
Sweden Andreas Lunden
0–100:25 – Depaoli (Rosa)
Eustace (Dodson) – 03:461–1
Bolton (Farmer, Pauls) – 09:002–1
Farmer (Grove, Beasley) – 11:183–1
Bolton (Pauls, Grove) – 16:394–1
McKee (Roybal, Wallace) – 17:545–1
Farmer (Pauls) – 18:296–1
Beasley (Farmer) – 18:577–1
Grove (Nichols, Roybal) – 20:188–1
Farmer (Eustace) – 22:259–1
Farmer (Pauls) – 23:1610–1
Jones (Grove, Roybal) – 33:4011–1
Nichols (Roybal, Grove) – 34:1212–1
Wallace (Dodson, Cunningham) – 35:4413–1
Eustace (Grove, Dodson) – 42:4614–1
2 minPenalties4 min
53Shots2
9 March 2026
10:05		China 11–1
(1–1, 6–0, 4–0)		 ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,500
Game reference
Wang WeiGoaliesSantino Stillitano
Julian Kasslatter		Referee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Tian (Lyu, Song) – 12:221–0
1–113:07 – Landeros (Kalegaris, Kafmann)
Qiu (Shen, Zhu) – 19:092–1
Wang Z. (Li) – 19:553–1
Tian (Shen) – 21:014–1
Tian (Shen) – 23:105–1
Wang Z. (Lyu, Song) – 24:086–1
Shen (Tian) – 26:027–1
Wang J. (Wang Z.) (PP) – 31:468–1
Song (Che) – 33:159–1
Wang Z. (Shen, Tian) – 34:4710–1
Li (Shen, Song) (PP) – 44:2711–1
4 minPenalties6 min
39Shots8
10 March 2026
10:05		Italy 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,873
Game reference
Julian KasslatterGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–102:40 – Bußmann (Kuhli-Lauenstein, Stumpe)
Larch (Rosa, Landeros) (PP) – 11:551–1
Landeros (Kalegaris, Macri) – 18:312–1
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots12
5–8th place semifinal
12 March 2026
19:05		Italy 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,634
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Landeros (Larch, Rosa) (PP) – 06:321–0
Landeros (Macri, Larch) – 19:372–0
Radice (Rosa) – 26:283–0
Kalegaris (Depaoli) – 28:014–0
Landeros (Torella) – 44:335–0
6 minPenalties10 min
29Shots13
Fifth place game
14 March 2026
16:05		Italy 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 6,495
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
0–109:09 – Hering (Schrader, Rädler) (PP)
Landeros (Enderle, Rosa) – 17:541–1
1–221:08 – Hering
Depaoli (Rosa) (PP) – 26:562–2
Landeros (Depaoli, Rosa) – 37:053–2
Rosa (Macri, Kalegaris) – 38:054–2
Rosa (Larch, Macri) – 42:535–2
18 minPenalties24 min
25Shots11

Wheelchair curling

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Egidio Marchese
Fabrizio Bich
Matteo Ronzani
Angela Menardi
Giuliana Turra		 Mixed team  CAN
L 8–9		  CHN
L 3–5		  USA
L 1–10		  SVK
W 10–0		  GBR
W 8–6		  NOR
L 3–9		  SWE
W 4–3		  LAT
W 10–5		  KOR
L 5–6		 6 Did not advance
Orietta Bertò
Paolo Ioriatti		 Mixed doubles  KOR
W 7–5		  EST
L 4–6		  CHN
L 7–8		  JPN
L 5–6		  LAT
L 4–9		  USA
L 5–7		  GBR
W 11–10		 N/a 8 Did not advance

Mixed tournament

Final Round Robin Standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 Canada Mark Ideson 9 9 0 – 71 36 36 26 2 19 68.2% 84.488 Playoffs
 China Wang Haitao 9 8 1 – 76 42 38 26 1 15 68.3% 83.350
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 9 5 4 1–0 47 48 31 31 6 13 62.8% 98.125
 South Korea Yang Hui-tae 9 5 4 0–1 55 48 36 32 1 17 64.6% 90.525
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 9 4 5 1–0 41 55 28 31 2 12 58.3% 130.863
 Italy Egidio Marchese 9 4 5 0–1 52 53 32 27 0 15 60.6% 107.831
 Latvia Ojārs Briedis 9 3 6 2–0 45 67 27 33 0 12 50.2% 113.381
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 9 3 6 1–1 42 56 26 37 1 13 51.9% 117.688
 United States Sean O'Neill 9 3 6 0–2 54 52 34 32 0 14 58.3% 72.156
 Great Britain Hugh Nibloe 9 1 8 – 40 66 26 39 0 7 55.7% 129.675

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 1, 6 and 9.[4]

Draw 2
Saturday, March 7, 18:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 8
 Canada (Ideson) 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 9

Draw 3
Sunday, March 8, 9:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 3
 China (Wang) 🔨 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 5

Draw 4
Sunday, March 8, 18:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (O'Neill) 🔨 3 0 4 1 1 1 X X 10
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Draw 5
Monday, March 9, 9:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 Italy (Marchese) 🔨 2 2 2 1 2 1 X X 10

Draw 7
Tuesday, March 10, 9:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Great Britain (Nibloe) 🔨 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Italy (Marchese) 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 X 8

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 10, 18:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
 Norway (Stordahl) 🔨 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 X 9

Draw 10
Wednesday, March 11, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 🔨 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3

Draw 11
Thursday, March 12, 13:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 🔨 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 X 10
 Latvia (Briedis) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 12
Thursday, March 12, 18:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Yang) 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Italy (Marchese) 🔨 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5

Mixed doubles

Final Round Robin Standings
Team
 Athletes Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 China Wang Meng / Yang Jinqiao 7 6 1 – 66 32 32 21 0 14 64.9% 106.033 Playoffs
 United States Laura Dwyer / Stephen Emt 7 4 3 1–1 43 43 25 27 0 9 53.4% 89.717
 South Korea Baek Hye-jin / Lee Yong-suk 7 4 3 1–1 58 26 30 19 0 17 59.9% 142.058
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova / Agris Lasmans 7 4 3 1–1 46 45 28 25 0 12 48.5% 150.675
 Great Britain Jo Butterfield / Jason Kean 7 3 4 1–0 47 56 25 29 0 8 51.5% 95.075
 Japan Aki Ogawa / Yoji Nakajima 7 3 4 0–1 30 53 19 30 0 8 49.0% 88.067
 Estonia Katlin Riidebach / Ain Villau 7 2 5 1–0 31 58 22 28 0 9 47.6% 98.233
 Italy Orietta Bertò / Paolo Ioriatti 7 2 5 0–1 43 51 28 30 0 11 55.6% 73.700

Round robin

Draw 1
Wednesday, March 4, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 7
 South Korea (Baek / Lee) 🔨 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5

Draw 2
Thursday, March 5, 10:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Riidebach / Villau) 🔨 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

Draw 3
Thursday, March 5, 19:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 🔨 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7
 China (Wang / Yang) 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 8

Draw 4
Friday, March 6, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5

Draw 5
Saturday, March 7, 14:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 🔨 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
 Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans) 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 9

Draw 6
Sunday, March 8, 14:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Dwyer / Emt) 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 🔨 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5

Draw 7
Monday, March 9, 14:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 🔨 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 11
 Great Britain (Butterfield / Kean) 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 10

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