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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1977 Bormio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics Mountain running Sky running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long-distance running Vertical kilometer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Forestale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco De Gasperi (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian male mountain runner, sky runner and long-distance runner.
He won five gold medals at senior level (from 1997 to 2007) and one at junior level (1996), at the World Mountain Running Championships. [1] At European level he won 5 medals individual (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) and 6 gold medal with the national team at the European Mountain Running Championships from 2002 to 2008. [2]
He is engaged to the Italian mountain running champion Elisa Desco and they have two daughters named Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017). [3]
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 1997 | World championships |  Malé Svatoňovice | 1st | Men's race | 54:11 | |
| 1999 | World championships |  Kinabalu Park | 1st | Men's race | 54:56 | |
| 2001 | World championships | Arta Terme | 1st | Men's race | 1:01:05 | |
| 2003 | World championships |  Girdwood | 1st | Men's race | 50:29 | |
| 2007 | World championships |  Ovronnaz | 1st | Men's race | 51:49 | |
| # | Season | Date | Race | Discipline |
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| 1 | 2002 | 1 September | Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
| 2 | 2003 | 12 July | Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
| 3 | 4 October | Mount Kinabalu Climbathon | SkyRace | |
| 4 | 2008 | 10 August | Course de Sierre-Zinal | SkyRace |
| 5 | 2010 | 20 September | Mount Kinabalu Climbathon | SkyRace |
| 6 | 2011 | 8 May | Kilomètre Vertical Arles/Tech | Vertical |
| 7 | 14 August | Sierre-Zinal | SkyRace | |
| 8 | 2012 | 7 May | Elbrus Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
| 9 | 2017 | 26 August | Matterhorn Ultraks | SkyRace |
| 10 | 14 October | Limone SkyRace | SkyRace |
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A distanza di così tanto tempo, nella sua casa di Bormio nella quale vive con il compagno Marco De Gasperi e la piccola figlia Lidia
