Marco De Gasperi
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bormio | 5 April 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics Mountain running Sky running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running Vertical kilometer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Forestale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco De Gasperi (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian male mountain runner, sky runner and long-distance runner.
Biography
[edit]He won five gold medals at senior level (from 1997 to 2007) and one at junior level (1996), at the World Mountain Running Championships.[1] 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 from 2002 to 2008.[2]
He is engaged to the Italian mountain running champion Elisa Desco and they have two daughters named Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017).[3]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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Mountain running | ||||||
1997 | World championships | Malé Svatoňovice | 1st | Men's race | 54:11 | |
1999 | World championships | Kinabalu Park | 1st | Men's race | 54:56 | |
2001 | World championships | Arta Terme | 1st | Men's race | 1:01:05 | |
2003 | World championships | Girdwood | 1st | Men's race | 50:29 | |
2007 | World championships | Ovronnaz | 1st | Men's race | 51:49 |
World Cup wins
[edit]- Sky running
# | Season | Date | Race | Discipline |
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1 | 2002 | 1 September | Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
2 | 2003 | 12 July | Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
3 | 4 October | Mount Kinabalu Climbathon | SkyRace | |
4 | 2008 | 10 August | Course de Sierre-Zinal | SkyRace |
5 | 2010 | 20 September | Mount Kinabalu Climbathon | SkyRace |
6 | 2011 | 8 May | Kilomètre Vertical Arles/Tech | Vertical |
7 | 14 August | Sierre-Zinal | SkyRace | |
8 | 2012 | 7 May | Elbrus Vertical Kilometer | Vertical |
9 | 2017 | 26 August | Matterhorn Ultraks | SkyRace |
10 | 14 October | Limone SkyRace | SkyRace |
National titles
[edit]- Italian Mountain Running Championships
- Mountain running: 2002, 2003, 2004 (3)
- Italian Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships (FISKY version)
- Vertical kilometer: 2012[4]
See also
[edit]- Italy at the European Mountain Running Championships
- Italy at the World Mountain Running Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Mountain Running". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
De Gasperi won six individual gold medals at the World Championships: five in the senior category (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007 – all up and down races) and one in the junior division (1996 – uphill race).
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "ELISA DESCO A DRIBBLING". fidal.it. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
A distanza di così tanto tempo, nella sua casa di Bormio nella quale vive con il compagno Marco De Gasperi e la piccola figlia Lidia
- ^ "Marco De Gasperi, la stoccata del campione. Per lui e Cardone tricolore 2012". sportdimontagna.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Marco De Gasperi at World Athletics
- Marco De Gasperi at European Athletics
- Marco De Gasperi at FIDAL (in Italian)
- Marco De Gasperi at Scott-Sports.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 June 2013)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 June 2013)