Francesco Mariani

Francesco Mariani

Personal information
Born	2001 (age 23–24) [1]
Sport
Sport	Orienteering
Medal record Representing   Italy Men's orienteering World Games 2025 Chengdu Middle Junior World Championships 2021 Kocaeli Sprint

Francesco Mariani (born 2001) is an orienteering competitor who runs for the Italian national team. ^[1]

Career

Starting orienteering at the age of 7, Mariani was first selected for the junior Italian orienteering team in 2017. Mariani won a gold medal as a junior in the Sprint race at the 2021 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Turkey. ^[2] The gold medal was the first time an Italian had ever won any international championship in Foot orienteering. ^[3]

In 2024, Mariani came 5th place at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in the Sprint discipline. ^[4]

In the Middle Distance at the 2025 World Games, Mariani received a silver medal, his first medal at a senior international championships. It was the first ever medal for Italy in orienteering at the World Games, ^[5] and Italy's first medal at the 2025 World Games. ^[6]

Personal life

Originally from Perugia, Mariani studied Statistical Sciences at the University of Bologna. ^[2]

References

1. "IOF Eventor - Francesco Mariani". eventor.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
2. "Uno studente Unibo campione del mondo in Orienteering". magazine.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
3. "Francesco Mariani campione del mondo di Orientamento". SportReporter (in Italian). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
4. "Sprint Race results". World Orienteering Championships 2024 Edinburgh. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
5. "First ever World Games medals in orienteering for Canada, Slovakia and Italy | International Orienteering Federation".
6. Chengdu (Cina), Lorenzo Briani, inviato a (8 August 2025). "World Games, la prima medaglia azzurra è d'argento nell'Orienteering". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.