Alexi Salamone

Alexi Salamone (born 17 June 1987 in Bryansk, Russia, Soviet Union) is a Paralympian ice sledge hockey player from the United States.

Early life Salamone was born near Chernobyl, the site of a nuclear accident that took place 14 months prior to his birth. Orphaned, he was adopted by the Salamones, a couple from Buffalo, New York, and moved to the United States at the age of six.

Ice sledge hockey Salamone was introduced to ice sports by the Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped (S.A.B.A.H.).

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, Salamone was part of the American team that won the bronze medal.

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.

He was not selected for the 2014 Paralympic Games.