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Marco De Gasperi

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1977-04-05) 5 April 1977 (age 47) Bormio
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics Mountain running Sky running
Event(s)	Long-distance running Vertical kilometer
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Half marathon: 1.05:53 (2012)
Medal record Mountain running Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (individual) 5 0 0 World Championships (team) 11 3 1 World LD Championships (individual) 0 1 0 World LD Championships (team) 1 0 0 European Championships (individual) 1 3 4 European Championships (team) 13 0 0 Total 31 7 5 World Long Distance MR C'hips 2016 Podbrdo Team 2016 Podbrdo Individual Skyrunning World Championships 2010 Premana SkyMarathon European Championships 2007 Poschiavo SkyRace 2013 Canazei SkyRace 2011 Valencia Vertical Kilometer

Marco De Gasperi (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian male mountain runner, sky runner and long-distance runner.

Biography

He won five gold medals at senior level (from 1997 to 2007) and one at junior level (1996), at the World Mountain Running Championships. 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.

He is engaged to the Italian mountain running champion Elisa Desco and they have two daughters named Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017).

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
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

Sky running

National titles

• Italian Mountain Running Championships
  • Mountain running: 2002, 2003, 2004 (3)
• Italian Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
  • Long-distance mountain running: 2014
• Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships (FISKY version)
  • Vertical kilometer: 2012

See also

• Italy at the European Mountain Running Championships
• Italy at the World Mountain Running Championships

References

1. "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).
2. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
3. "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
4. "Marco De Gasperi, la stoccata del campione. Per lui e Cardone tricolore 2012". sportdimontagna.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

External links

• 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)

• 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