Chiara Raso (born 26 October 1981) is an Italian

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Raso was born in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the ''Tour de Breuil'' race in the same year. She has been member of the national team since 2002.

Selected results

* 2002: ** 2nd,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

single race, "espoirs" class ** 2nd, Transacavallo (together with Maria Luisa Riva)''Ski mountaineeing 19th Transacavallo''
/ref> ** 4th, World Championship team race (together with

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, "seniors" ranking) * 2003: ** 1st,

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

(together with

Arianna Follis Arianna Fernanda Follis (born 11 November 1977, in Ivrea, Piedmont) is an Italian cross-country skier who started competing in 1995. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at Turin in 2006. Foll ...

and Cristina Favre-Moretti) ** 4th, European Championship team race (together with Maria Luisa Riva) * 2006: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli,

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and

) ** 6th, World Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 8th, World Championship team race (together with Paola Martinale)

External links

Chiara Raso
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raso, Chiara 1981 births Living people Italian female ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Sportspeople from Aosta