Visually impaired skier Giacomo Bertagnolli and his guide Fabrizio Casal won the best male athlete prize at the Italian Paralympic Committee awards ©Getty Images

Visually impaired skier Giacomo Bertagnolli and his guide Fabrizio Casal won the best male athlete prize at the Italian Paralympic Committee awards as dressage rider Sara Morganti scooped the women's accolade.

All three were recognised at a glittering ceremony held at Rome's Sala delle Armi del Foro Italico with the event honouring achievement throughout 2017 and 2018.

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons was among the guests with the curation and management of the evening organised by Filmmaster Events.

Bertagnolli and Casal won two gold medals at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics in the giant slalom and slalom events.

They also won silver in the super-G and bronze in the downhill to complete a memorable Games.

Dressage rider Sara Morganti scooped the women's accolade in Rome ©Getty Images
Dressage rider Sara Morganti scooped the women's accolade in Rome ©Getty Images

Morganti flourished at last year's World Equestrian Games in Tryon in the United States, winning two golds in the individual championship grade I and individual freestyle grade I.

Other prizes handed out included men's team of the year which went to the Para ice-hockey side that came fourth in Pyeongchang.

They just missed out on bronze after losing the third-place play-off 1-0 to hosts South Korea.

The women's team of the year went to the deaf volleyball side which won silver at the 2017 Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun.

There were also awards for those working in film and the media who have contributed to the growth of Italian Paralympic sport.

Filmmaster worked on the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies and the Torch Relay.