Valentina Belotti (born 4 April 1980) is an Italian female

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 ...

world champion 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, ...

at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.

Biography

At individual

senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

level she won 4 medals (1 gold and 3 silver) 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 ...

and 3 (all silver) 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. ...

. She also competed at three editions of the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

at senior level (2002, 2004, 2007). She won also six senior

national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

National titles

Italian Mountain Running Championships The Italian Mountain Running Championships ( it, Campionati italiani di corsa in montagna) are the national championships in mountain running, organised every year by the FIDAL from 1976 (men) and 1980 (women). Description Usually the national cha ...

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 ...

: 2010, 2016 (2) *

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 ...

** Vertical kilometer: 2013, 2016, 2017 (3)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belotti, Valentina 1980 births Living people Italian female mountain runners Italian female long-distance runners Italian sky runners World Mountain Running Championships winners