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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 September 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Mountain running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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