Gloriana Pellissier (born 12 August 1976) 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 ...

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 ...

Biography

Pellissier 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 1995 and competed first in the

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 ...

race in 1996. She has been member of the national team since 1999. Pellissier is married with two children.

Selected results (ski mountaineering)

Ski mountaineering

Pellissier was Italian Champion in a row from 1997 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005. * 1996: ** 1st,

(together with Persida Favre)''Tour du Rutor''
* 1997: ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Persida Favre) * 1998: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup single
** 1st, Lagorai – Cima d’Asta – Memorial „Egidio Battisti – Lino Vesco
(German), February 13, 2003. ** 2nd, ''Trofeo Kima''
/ref> * 1999: ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with

Corinne Favre Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer,

) ** 3rd, ''Trofeo Kima'' * 2000: ** 1st, French national ranking ** 1st, ''Trofeo Kima'' ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (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 ...

) * 2001: ** 1st,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...

(European Cup, together with Aléxia Zuberer) ** 1st, Italian Cup''Albo d'oro Coppa Italia ''
** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Aléxia Zuberer) * 2002: ** 1st, Italian Cup ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Aléxia Zuberer) ** 1st, Lagorai – Cima d’Asta – Memorial „Egidio Battisti – Lino Vesco ** 1st, Transacavallo (together with Alexia Zubérer) ** 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 ** 2nd, ''Trofeo Kima'' ** 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen (together with Aléxia Zuberer) ** 3rd, World Championship combination ranking ** 4th, World Championship team 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 ...

) * 2004: ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with

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

) ** 2nd,

single race ** 3rd, 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 ...

** 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with

Annamaria Baudena Annamaria Baudena (born 1963) is an Italian ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. She also competes in bicycle races. Selected results * 2001: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Bice Bones)

and Christiane Nex) * 2005: ** 2nd, European Championship single race ** 2nd, European Championship vertical race ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli and Christiane Nex) ** 6th, European Championship team race (together with Christiane Nex) * 2006: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli, Chiara Raso and

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 ...

) ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup single ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with

Gabrielle Magnenat Gabrielle Gachet, née Magnenat (born 17 February 1980), is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Gachet was born in Vaulion. In 2011, she married Grégory Gachet. She started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in the Nocturne Morgins race in th ...

) ** 4th, World Championship vertical race * 2007: ** 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini) ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (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 d ...

) ** 3rd, European Championship single race ** 3rd, European Championship vertical race * 2008: ** 2nd,

relay race (together with Roberta Pedranzini, Francesca Martinelli 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 ...

) ** 5th, World Championship single race ** 5th, World Cup race single ** 10th, World Championship vertical race * 2009: ** 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Roberta Pedranzini and Francesca Martinelli) ** 8th, European Championship single race ** 8th, European Championship vertical race * 2011: ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with

Mireia Miró Varela Mireia Miró Varela (born 31 July 1988) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Miró was born in Barcelona. She started ski mountaineering in 2005 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in Cerler in 2006. In the same year ...

) * 2012: ** 3rd, European Championship relay, together with Elena Nicolini and

Martina Valmassoi Martina Valmassoi (born 26 July 1989 in Pieve di Cadore) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2011: ** 5th, World Championship, relay, together with Corinne Clos and Silvia Piccagnoni ** 5th, World Championship team, together wit ...

** 6th, European Championship vertical race

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 1999: 1st, together with Danielle Hacquard and

Véronique Lathuraz Véronique Lathuraz (born 2 July 1968) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 1997: ** 3rd, French national ranking * 1998: ** 3rd, French national ranking * 2001: ** 8th, European Championship team race (together with Anne Laure Fo ...

* 2001: 1st, together with Arianna Follis and Aléxia Zuberer * 2005: 1st, together with Christiane Nex and Natascia Leonardi Cortesi * 2007: 1st, together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini * 2011: 1st, together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini''2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - women results''
/ref>

Pierra Menta

* 1998: 4th, together with Corinne Roux Mollard * 1999: 2nd, together with

Corinne Favre Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer,

* 2000: 1st, together with Aléxia Zuberer * 2001: 1st, together with Aléxia Zuberer * 2009: 4th, together with Corinne Clos

Sky running

Pellisier won the

Mezzalama Skyrace The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international high altitude endurance race competition, defunct in 2008, in upper Valtournenche Valley, in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The summer event in the Monte Rosa's massif has been carried out annually by the Mezz ...

from 2000 to 2002, and from 2004 to 2008. She won the

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 ...

in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2008, and the half marathon of the event in 2004 and 2007.

References

External links

Gloriana Pellissier
at SkiMountaineering.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Pellissier, Gloriana 1976 births Living people Italian female ski mountaineers Ski mountaineers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito World ski mountaineering champions Sportspeople from Aosta Italian female mountain runners Italian sky runners