Francesca Martinelli (born 13 March 1971) 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 ...

. Martinelli was born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. She started ski mountaineering in 1980 and competed first in the ''Gara dell'

Adamello Adamello (in local dialect ''Adamèl'') is a mountain in Lombardy, Italy. With an elevation of , it is the second highest peak of the Adamello-Presanella Alps. It is located in Valcamonica, Lombardy (Province of Brescia). Its glacier, measured o ...

'' race in 2003. Two years after she became a member of the Italian national team.

Selected results

* 2004: ** 1st,

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, ...

team race (together with Cristina Favre-Moretti) ** 2nd,

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 (together with

Roberta Pedranzini Roberta Pedranzini (born 21 August 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Pedranzini was born in Bormio. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the ''Giro del Monviso'' race in 2003. She has been member of the Italian nationa ...

)Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> * 2005: ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with

Gloriana Pellissier Gloriana Pellissier (born 12 August 1976) is an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Biography Pellissier was born in Aosta. She started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Tour du Rutor race in 1996. She has been member ...

and

Christiane Nex Christiane Nex (born 30 November 1973) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2002: ** 3rd, Transacavallo (together with Annamaria Baudena) * 2004: ** 1st, Italian Cup

) ** 6th, European 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 ...

** 6th, European Championship single race ** 7th, European Championship team race (together with Astrid Renzler) * 2006: ** 1st,

team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, World Championship relay race (together with

Chiara Raso Chiara Raso (born 26 October 1981) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Raso was born in Aosta. 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 2 ...

, Roberta Pedranzini and Gloriana Pellissier) ** 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 Roberta Pedranzini) * 2007: ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Gloriana Pellissier and Roberta Pedranzini) ** 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 ...

race ** 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 2nd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship single race ** 9th, European Championship vertical race * 2008: ** 1st,

long distance race ** 1st, World Championship team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, Mountain Attack race ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Roberta Pedranzini)''Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour''
** 2nd, World Championship vertical race ** 2nd, World Championship combination ranking ** 2nd, World Championship relay race (together with Gloriana Pellissier, Roberta Pedranzini and

Elisa Fleischmann Elisa Fleischmann (born 7 September 1985) from Valdidentro is an Italian ski mountaineer. She is born in Sondalo and has been member of the national team since 2007. Selected results * 2007: ** 1st, Italian Championship vertical race ** 2nd, P ...

) ** 3rd, World Championship single race * 2009: ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Gloriana Pellissier and Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, Mountain Attack race ** 2nd, European Championship single race ** 2nd, European Championship combination ranking ** 3rd, European Championship vertical race ** 3rd,

Dachstein Xtreme Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Pa ...

* 2010: ** 1st,

relay race (together with

Silvia Rocca Silvia Rocca (born 1983) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2010: ** 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Roberta Pedranzini Roberta Pedranzini (born 21 August 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Pedranzini was ...

and Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, World Championship team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 2nd, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - women
, ISMF. ** 3rd, World Championship vertical race ** 3rd, World Championship single race * 2011: ** 2nd,

team race (together with Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st and course record, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Roberta Pedranzini)

Pierra Menta

* 2006: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2007: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2008: 2nd, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2009: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2010: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2011: 2nd, together with Roberta Pedranzini * 2012: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2007: 1st, together with Gloriana Pellissier and Roberta Pedranzini * 2009: 1st, together with

Laëtitia Roux Laëtitia Roux (born 21 June 1985) is a French ski mountaineer. Roux was born in Savines-le-Lac and started ski-mountaineering at the age of nine. In autumn of 2005, she joined the PACA section of the Fédération française de la montagne et ...

and Roberta Pedranzini * 2011: 1st, together with Roberta Pedranzini and Gloriana Pellissier

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2010: 2nd, together with Roberta Pedranzini and Silvia RoccaA2: Zermatt-Verbier ISMF women
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External links

Francesca Martinelli
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

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