Orazio Fagone

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Orazio Fagone
 
Born (1968-11-13) 13 November 1968 (age 55)
Catania, Italy
Curling career
Member Association Italy
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances
2 (2004, 2005)
Medal record
Men's
short track speed skating
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer
5000 m relay
Olympic Games (Demonstration)
Bronze medal – third place
1988 Calgary
1500m
Silver medal – second place
1988 Calgary
5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Guildford 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 1988 St. Louis 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1996 Den Haag 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1996 Den Haag 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1987 Montreal 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1987 Montreal 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1993 Beijing 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1995 Gjøvik 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Nagano 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Amsterdam 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Den Haag Overall
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Nagano 5000 m relay
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Minamimaki Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Cambridge Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Lake Placid Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seoul Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Malmö 5000 m relay

Orazio Fagone (born 13 November 1968) is an Italian

paralympic hockey player and wheelchair curler
.

Short track career

Fagone competed in the first short track speed skating events at the

5000 metre relay
.

At the

1000 metres
, he finished 24th.

At the

500 metres
, he finished 31st.

Accident

In 1997, Fagone's right leg was

Paralympics and the first disabled one (the other two were sighted guides).[5]

Wheelchair curling teams and events

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2003–04 Egidio Marchese Orazio Fagone Rita Dal Monte Fabio Tripodi Pierino Gaspard Mauro Maino WWhCC 2004 (6th)
2004–05 Egidio Marchese Orazio Fagone Lucrezia Celentano Danilo Destro Pierino Gaspard Mauro Maino WWhCC 2005 (9th)

See also

References

  1. ^ "1988 Winter Olympics Roundup: Thursday's Results", Aiken Standard, p. 8, 1988-02-26
  2. The Associated Press
    . 12 June 2006. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  3. ^ Maki, Allan (2010-01-23). "McKeever to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Orazio Fagone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-03-03.

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