Italy: 10 facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics

- Italy have won 61 medals at the Paralympic Winter Games (12 golds, 20 silvers and 29 bronze).

- Bruno Oberhammer is Italy's most successful athlete at the Winter Games with three golds and 12 total medals, all in alpine skiing.

- Silvia Parente won four medals on home soil in 2006, the most for an Italian athlete at a single Games.

- Gianmaria Dal Maistro won three medals in 2010 in alpine skiing (one silver and one bronze).

- Francesca Porcellato won Italy's only gold medal at Vancouver 2010, in the women’s cross-country skiing 1km sprint sitting event.

- Italy’s ice sledge hockey team made their Paralympic debut when they hosted the Torino 2006 Games.

- Italy are still seeking their first Paralympic medal in ice sledge hockey.

- Italy have won a medal in alpine skiing at all Games since 1980.

- Roberto Marson has won a record 16 gold medals and 26 total medals for Italy in athletics, swimming and wheelchair fencing.

- Irene Monaco (athletics, swimming, wheelchair fencing, archery, table tennis) and Australia's Daphne Ceeney are the only Paralympians to have won a medal in five different sports.

- You can follow Italian Paralympic team on Facebook

Athletes:

Alpine skiing

Ugo BREGANT

Melania CORRADINI, Twitter: @mellyCorradini, Facebook

Alessandro DALDOSS

Christian LANTHALER

Hansjoerg LANTSCHNER

Nicolo Maria ORSINI, Twitter: @NicolOrsini_

Luca RIGHETTI

Andrea VALENTI

Marco ZANOTTI

Snowboard

Giuseppe COMUNALE, Twitter: @iastimo

Luca RIGHETTI

Fabio PISCITELLO

Veronica Yoko PLEBANI

Nordic skiing

Enzo MASIELLO

Pamela NOVAGLIO

Francesca PORCELLATO

Roland RUEPP

Giordano TOMASONI

Ice sledge hockey

Gabriele ARAUDO

Bruno BALOSSETTI

Gianluca CAVALIERE

Andrea CHIAROTTI

Giuseppe CONDELLO

Valerio CORVINO

Christoph DEPAOLI

Rupert KANESTRIN

Nils LARCH

Gregory LEPERDI, Facebook

Andrea MACRI', Twitter: @andremaki91

Florian PLANKER, Facebook

Roberto RADICE

Gianluigi ROSA

Igor STELLA

Santino STILLITANO, Facebook

Werner WINKLER, Facebook

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