Sebastiano Arman

{{Short description|Italian curler (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox curler | name = Sebastiano Arman | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1997|1|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Trento]], Italy<ref>2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Italy</ref> | Curling club = | Skip = [[Stefano Spiller]] | Third = [[Amos Mosaner]] | Second = '''Sebastiano Arman''' | Lead = [[Cesare Spiller]] | Alternate = | Member Association = {{ITA}} | World Championship appearances = 8 ({{WMCC|2015}}, {{WMCC|2019}}, {{WMCC|2021}}, {{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2023}}, {{WMCC|2024}}, {{WMCC|2025}}, {{WMCC|2026}}) | World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMDCC|2022}}, {{WMDCC|2023}}) | European Championship appearances = 10 ({{EuCC|2013}}, {{EuCC|2014}}, {{EuCC|2015}}, {{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}, {{EuCC|2022}}, {{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}}, {{EuCC|2025}}) | Olympic appearances = 2 ([[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]], [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2026]]) | Grand Slam victories = 4 ([[2022 Masters (curling)|2022 Masters]], [[2023 Tour Challenge]], [[2023 National]], [[2023 Masters (curling)|2023 Masters]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Men's Curling Championship|World Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship|2022 Las Vegas]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2024 World Men's Curling Championship|2024 Schaffhausen]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 European Curling Championships|2018 Tallinn]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2021 European Curling Championships|2021 Lillehammer]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2022 European Curling Championships|2022 Östersund]] | }} }}

'''Sebastiano Arman''' (born 17 January 1997) is an Italian [[curling|curler]] from [[Cembra]]. He has represented Italy at the [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]] and [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2026 Winter Olympics]].

==Career== ===Juniors=== As a junior curler, Arman represented Italy in three [[World Junior Curling Championships]]. He was the alternate for Italy at the [[2012 World Junior Curling Championships]] on a team skipped by [[Andrea Pilzer]], where they finished 9th. Arman would remain as the alternate of the Italian junior team for the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships]] where they would improve and finish round robin play in 6th place with a 5-4 record.

In his last year in Juniors at the [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships]], he was elevated to [[second (curling)|second]] on the Italian team skipped by [[Amos Mosaner]]. There, they would improve their performances in 2012 and 2013, but would just miss the playoffs with 5th-place finish after losing in a tie-breaker to Switzerland's [[Yannick Schwaller]].

===Mens=== Arman would begin his men's career being an alternate for the Italian men's team at the {{EuCC|2013}}, {{EuCC|2014}}, and {{EuCC|2015}} [[European Curling Championships]], as well as the [[2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Men's Curling Championship 2015 - Teams |url=http://worldcurling.org/wmcc2015/teams |website=www.worldcurling.org |publisher=[[World Curling]] |accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/6495 |title=Sebastiano Arman |website=results.worldcurling.org |publisher=[[World Curling]] |accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref> He would later officially join Team [[Joël Retornaz]] as their second starting in the [[2018–19 curling season]]. In their first season together, at the [[2018 European Curling Championships]], they would win the bronze medal game over Germany's [[Marc Muskatewitz]] 8–6, winning the country's first medal at the event since 1979. That would qualify them for the [[2019 World Men's Curling Championship]], where they finished in 7th place. After the [[2020 World Men's Curling Championship]] was canceled due to the pandemic, Team Retornaz represented Italy at the [[2021 World Men's Curling Championship]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/team-by-team-look-into-men-s-world-curling-championships-field-1.5971155|title=A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field|website=CBC|author=Donna Spencer|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> where they finished with a 7–6 record, just missing the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-world-mens-curling-championship-scores-schedule-standings-results/|title=2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings|website=Sportsnet|access-date=April 11, 2021}}</ref> However, this result would qualify them to represent Italy at the Olympics in [[Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]], Arman's first. Team Retornaz would finish in 9th place with a 3-6 round robin record.

With Team Retornaz preparing for the [[2026 Winter Olympics]], in which it would be hosted by their home country of Italy at [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], they would start to find more success. Notably, they would win 4 [[Grand Slam of Curling]] events (the most ever for an Italian team) at the [[2022 Masters (curling)|2022 Masters]], [[2023 Tour Challenge]], [[2023 National]], and [[2023 Masters (curling)|2023 Masters]]. They would also win Italy's first medals at the [[World Men's Curling Championship]], with two bronze medals in [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship|2022]] and in [[2024 World Men's Curling Championship|2024]].

==Personal life== In addition to curling, Arman works as a police officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf|title=2025 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=24 March 2025|archive-date=24 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324190145/https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Sports links}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/25974 Sebastiano Arman] at the [[Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics]] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220306022926/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1037081-sebastiano-arman.htm Sebastiano Arman] at the [[Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics]] (archived) * {{Instagram}}

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