Alexi Salamone (born 17 June 1987 in Bryansk, Russia, Soviet Union) is a Paralympian ice sledge hockey player from the United States.
Salamone was born near Chernobyl, the site of a nuclear accident that took place 14 months prior to his birth. 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. Orphaned, he was adopted by the Salamones, a couple from Buffalo, New York, and moved to the United States at the age of six.
Salamone was introduced to ice sports by the Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped (S.A.B.A.H.). He has been a member of the U.S. national sledge hockey team since 2003, twice representing his country at the Winter Paralympics.
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, Salamone was part of the American team that won the bronze medal. The United States featured in Group B of the tournament and won two of their three group games; 3âÂÂ0 against Japan and 6âÂÂ1 over Sweden. A 1âÂÂ2 defeat in the match against Germany meant the USA faced Group A winners Norway in the semi-finals. The team lost that match 2âÂÂ4 but went on to beat Germany 4âÂÂ3 in the bronze medal match.
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.
In 2010 he competed at his second Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2âÂÂ0 in the final. Salamone scored the first goal in the final and overall had four goals and four assists in five matches.
He was not selected for the 2014 Paralympic Games.