Marco De Gasperi

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Marco De Gasperi
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Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1977-04-05) 5 April 1977 (age 48)
Bormio
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Mountain running
Sky running
Event(s)
 Long-distance running
Vertical kilometer
Club G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Half marathon: 1.05:53 (2012)
Medal record
Mountain running
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships (individual)500
World Championships (team)1131
World LD Championships (individual)010
World LD Championships (team)100
European Championships (individual)134
European Championships (team)1300
Total3175
World Long Distance MR C'hips
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Podbrdo Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Podbrdo Individual
Skyrunning
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Premana SkyMarathon
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Poschiavo SkyRace
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 CanazeiSkyRace
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 ValenciaVertical Kilometer

Marco De Gasperi (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian male mountain runner, sky runner and long-distance runner.

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Biography

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]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Mountain running
1997 World championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Malé Svatoňovice 1stMen's race54:11
1999 World championships Flag of Malaysia.svg Kinabalu Park 1stMen's race54:56
2001 World championships Flag of Italy.svg Arta Terme 1stMen's race1:01:05
2003 World championships Flag of the United States.svg Girdwood 1stMen's race50:29
2007 World championships Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ovronnaz 1stMen's race51:49

World Cup wins

Sky running
#SeasonDateRaceDiscipline
1 2002 1 September Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer Vertical
2 2003 12 July Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer Vertical
34 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
714 August Sierre-Zinal SkyRace
8 2012 7 May Elbrus Vertical Kilometer Vertical
9 2017 26 August Matterhorn Ultraks SkyRace
1014 October Limone SkyRace SkyRace

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mountain Running". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2017. De Gasperi won six individual gold medals at the World Championships: five in the senior category (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 – all up and down races) and one in the junior division (1996 – uphill race).
  2. ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "ELISA DESCO A DRIBBLING". fidal.it. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 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
  4. ↑ "Marco De Gasperi, la stoccata del campione. Per lui e Cardone tricolore 2012". sportdimontagna.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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