Alexi Salamone
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Alexi Salamone (born 17 June 1987 in Bryansk, Russia, Soviet Union) is a Paralympian ice sledge hockey player from the United States.[1]
Early life[edit]
Salamone was born near Chernobyl, the site of a nuclear accident that took place 14 months prior to his birth.[1] He was born with deformed legs, both of which were amputated at the Children's Institute of Prosthetics in Moscow when he was four years old.[2] Orphaned, he was adopted by the Salamones, a couple from Buffalo, New York, and moved to the United States at the age of six.[1][3]
Ice sledge hockey[edit]
Salamone was introduced to ice sports by the Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped (S.A.B.A.H.).[1] He has been a member of the U.S. national sledge hockey team since 2003, twice representing his country at the Winter Paralympics.[4]
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, Salamone was part of the American team that won the bronze medal.[2] The United States featured in Group B of the tournament and won two of their three group games; 3–0 against Japan and 6–1 over Sweden. A 1–2 defeat in the match against Germany meant the USA faced Group A winners Norway in the semi-finals. The team lost that match 2–4 but went on to beat Germany 4–3 in the bronze medal match.[5]
As a part of the United States national team he won a bronze medal at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, held in Marlborough, USA and won a gold medal at the 2009 Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[1]
In 2010 he competed at his second Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2–0 in the final.[2] Salamone scored the first goal in the final and overall had four goals and four assists in five matches.[6]
He was not selected for the 2014 Paralympic Games.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Alexi Salamone - January 2010". Team USA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Alexi Salamone". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Caple, Jim (25 March 2010). "I am living, not just existing'". ESPN. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Belanger, Joe (22 April 2011). "U.S. players share indomitable spirit". London Free Press. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games Ice Sledge Hockey Men". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "U.S. sledge hockey team shuts out Japan for Paralympic gold". USA Today. The Associated Press. 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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- Living people
- American sledge hockey players
- Paralympic sledge hockey players for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
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- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey