Marco De Gasperi (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian male
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 ...
,
sky runner
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and
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
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Biography
He won five gold medals at
senior
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level (from 1997 to 2007) and one at
junior
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Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959
* ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009
* ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010
* ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019
Films
* ''Junior'' (1994 ...
level (1996), at the
World Mountain Running Championships
The World Mountain Running Championships (''World Mountain Running Trophy'' until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing ...
. At European level he won 5 medals individual (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) and 6 gold medal with the national team at the
European Mountain Running Championships
The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
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from 2002 to 2008.
He is engaged to the Italian
mountain running
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 ...
champion
Elisa Desco
Elisa Desco (born 30 May 1982) is an Italian female sky runner and mountain runner, world champion at the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships held in Chamonix, and European champion at the 2008 European Mountain Running Championships held in Zel ...
, the two have a daughter named Lidia.
Achievements
World Cup wins
;Sky running
National titles
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Italian Mountain Running Championships
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Mountain running
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 ...
: 2002, 2003, 2004 (3)
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Italian Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
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Long distance mountain running: 2014
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Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships
The Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships ( it, Campionati italiani di kilometro verticale) are the national championships in vertical kilometer, organised every year by the FIDAL from 2012 (first edition was held in Chiavenna).
Editions
FI ...
(
FISKY version)
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Vertical kilometer: 2012
See also
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Italy at the European Mountain Running Championships
Italy has participated in all editions of the European Mountain Running Championships, since the first edition of 1994 European Mountain Running Championships
The 1994 European Mountain Running Trophy was held in Ponte nelle Alpi, Italy. It was ...
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Italy at the World Mountain Running Championships
Italy has participated in all editions of the World Mountain Running Championships, since the first edition of 1985 World Mountain Running Championships
The 1985 World Mountain Running Championships was the 1st edition of the global mountain runni ...
References
External links
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FIDAL
The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.
The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of '' La Gazzetta dello S ...
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1977 births
Living people
Italian male mountain runners
Italian male long-distance runners
Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
Italian sky runners
World Mountain Running Championships winners