Fabio Meraldi (born 5 August 1965) 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 ...

mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ...

and

mountain runner Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...

. Meraldi was born in

Valtellina Valtellina or the Valtelline (occasionally spelled as two words in English: Val Telline; rm, Vuclina (); lmo, Valtelina or ; german: Veltlin; it, Valtellina) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Toda ...

. He passed the mountain guide training at the age of 20, and participated in various mountain tours, sky running and

ski mountaineering 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 ...

events. He collected four European titles and nine Italian titles amongst other cups and medals, won the

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

ten times (s. below) and the ''

Sellaronda The Sellaronda is the ski circuit around the Sella group in Northern Italy. The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gherdëina, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino and Bellu ...

Skimarathon'' six times. He also holds some important world records of speed ascending to high mountains respectively ascending and descending.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 1995: ** 1st, ''Trofeo Kima''''Trofeo Kima''
February 2017 ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with

Enrico Pedrini Enrico Pedrini (15 January 1940 in Filighera, Montesano di Filighera – 19 April 2012 in Genova) was an academic, theorist and collector of Conceptual Art. He also taught epistemology in Italy. Research and curation Pedrini placed particula ...

)Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Enrico Pedrini)
February 2017 * 1996: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Enrico Pedrini) * 1997: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 1st,

Tour du Rutor Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

(together with Enrico Pedrini)''Tour du Rutor''
newspower.it ** 2nd, ''Trofeo Kima'' * 1998: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 2nd, ''Trofeo Kima'' * 1999: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 1st,

(together with Enrico Pedrini) * 2000: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Enrico Pedrini) ** 1st,

Mountain Attack The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering 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 the ...

** 1st, ''Trofeo Kima'' * 2001: ** 2nd, ''Trofeo Kima'' * 2002: ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with

Carlo Battel Carlo Battel (born 6 May 1972) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Battel was born in Bolzano Novarese. He started ski mountaineering in 1993 and competed first in the Trofeo Cemin race in the same year. He was member of the national team after 2002 ...

) ** 9th,

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

Trofeo Mezzalama

''Trofeo Mezzalama''
newspower.it * 1997: 1st, together with Enrico Pedrini and Omar Oprandi * 1999: 2nd, together with Enrico Pedrini and

Pierre Gignoux Pierre Gignoux (born May 19, 1967) is a French ski mountaineer. Gignoux was born in Grenoble and competed first in the Trans Mont Blanc race in 1994. Since 1995 he has been member of the French national team. Together with Stéphane Brosse he h ...

* 2001: 2nd together with Jean Pellissier and

Stéphane Brosse Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer. Biography Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie.''Stéphane Brosse'' i''Le ski-alpinisme''/ref> He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed the fir ...

Pierra Menta

* 1989: 1st, together with

Adriano Greco Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Latin given name ''Hadrianus'' commonly used in the Italian language; the form Adrian is used in the English language. Notable people with the name include: * Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theor ...

* 1990: 1st, together with Adriano Greco * 1991: 1st, together with Adriano Greco * 1992: 2nd, together with Adriano Greco * 1993: 1st, together with Adriano Greco * 1994: 1st, together with Adriano Greco * 1995: 1st, together with

Thierry Bochet Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German "Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. People wi ...

* 1996: 1st, together with Enrico Pedrini * 1997: 1st, together with Enrico Pedrini * 1998: 3rd, together with Enrico Pedrini * 1999: 1st, together with Enrico Pedrini * 2000: 1st, together with Enrico Pedrini

Skyrunning

* 1994: 1st,

Monte Rosa SkyMarathon The Monte Rosa SkyMarathon is an international skyrunning competition held in Alagna Valsesia on Monte Rosa (Italy) which marked the origins of skyrunning. History The first edition of the race was in 1992 to and from Alagna, reaching Colle del Ly ...

* 1995: 1st,

Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon (SkyMarathon 4th July Footpath) is a skyrunning event created in 1994 at Santicolo di Corteno Golgi by Giacomo Salvadori. Its main claim is "a real stairway to the sky". History Three times trial world championship (2 ...

* 2000: 1st, Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meraldi, Fabio 1965 births Living people Italian male ski mountaineers Italian male mountain runners Italian sky runners Sportspeople from the Province of Sondrio