Ippolito Sanfratello
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Ippolito Sanfratello (born November 3, 1973 in Piacenza
) is an ice speed skater
from Italy
, who won the gold medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics
. He placed 18th in the 1500m, 14th in the 5000m and 12th in the 10000m.
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
) is an ice speed skater
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, who won the gold medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
. He placed 18th in the 1500m, 14th in the 5000m and 12th in the 10000m.