Stefano Spiller
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| Born | 3 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Unione Sportiva Bormiese ASD, Bormio[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Stefano Spiller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Amos Mosaner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Sebastiano Arman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Cesare Spiller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stefano Spiller (born 3 July, 2005)[1] is an Italian curler from Valdidentro.[3] He is a former World Junior Men's and Mixed Doubles Champion.
Career
Youth
Spiller competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games as the alternate for the Italian team[4] (skipped by Giacomo Colli). The team finished 5–4.
Spiller, and his team of brothers Stefano and Andrea Gilli, and lead Francesco Vigliani represented Italy at the 2025 World Junior Curling Championships, played at home in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. With Spiller skipping, the team finished the round robin with an 8–1 record, in first place. The team then beat South Korea's Kim Dae-hyun rink in the semifinals, before beating Norway's Lukas Høstmælingen in the final to claim the gold medal,[5] [6] the first World Junior men's title for Italy.
The following month, Spiller and partner Lucrezia Grande represented Italy at the 2025 World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the first time the event had been held. The pair went undefeated in pool play, with a 6–0 record. They then beat the United States, South Korean and finally Denmark (Katrine and Jacob Schmidt) in the final, to win his second junior gold medal in as many months.[7][8]
Spiller skipped the Italian team once again at the 2026 World Junior Curling Championships, this time with new lead Cesare Spiller, Stefano's twin brother.[9] There, the team had a weaker round robin, finishing with a 6–3 record. The team then upset Scotland's Orrin Carson rink in the semifinal, before losing to the United States' Caden Hebert in the final.[10]
Men's
Spiller's junior rink also competed on the men's tour during the 2025–26 curling season, where they won the Danish Open[11] and the Sun City Cup.[12][4]
Only a few weeks after winning the World Junior silver medal, Spiller was chosen to skip the Italian men's team at the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship, following the decision of longtime skip Joël Retornaz to miss the tournament.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b "Stefano Spiller". FISG. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ^ "Retornaz Wins 2024 Italian National Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ^ "Tesi di laurea e risultati sportivi: borse di studio per 23 giovani valtellinesi" (in Italian). Sondrio Today. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ a b "I GEMELLI SPILLER, AZZURRI DI CURLING" (in Italian). Altia Rezia News. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Curling, l'Italia vince i Mondiali juniores! Sconfitta la Norvegia nel test event di Cortina" (in Italian). OA sport. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Italy triumph in World Junior title rematch". World Curling. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Italy win gold at inaugural Booster Juice World Junior Mixed Doubles". World Curling. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Curling, Italia oro nei Mondiali junior nel doppio misto! Stefano Spiller e Lucrezia Grande strepitosi" (in Italian). OA sport. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Mondiali junior di curling: anche Bormio presente con i due azzurrini Cesare e Stefano Spiller" (in Italian). Alta Rezia News. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Curling, l'Italia conquista l'argento ai Mondiali juniores. Gli azzurri perdono lo scettro, finale amara" (in Italian). OA sport. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Champion: Spiller Wins Danish Open". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ^ "Champion: Spiller Wins Sun City Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ^ "Takeaways: Canada's attack mindset effective early at men's worlds". Sportsnet. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ^ "Curling, i convocati dell'Italia per i Mondiali 2026. Assente Joel Retornaz, c'è una giovane speranza" (in Italian). OA sport. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.