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,[1] and European champion at the 2008 European Mountain Running Championships held in Zell am Harmersbach.[2]
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Mountain running Skyrunning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
She was also world champion at individual senior level she won 7 medals (1 gold individual and 6 with the national team) at the 2008 World Mountain Running Championships but was disqualified for doping.[3]
She is engaged to the Italian mountain running champion Marco De Gasperi and they live in Bormio with their two daughters named Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017).[4]
Achievements edit
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2014 | World Championships |  Chamonix
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1st | SkyMarathon (42 km) | 3:53:33 | |
| 2016 | World Championships |  Lleida
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3rd | SkyMarathon (42 km) | 4:46:43 | |
Team results edit
- World Mountain Running Championships
2005, 2013, 2014 (3)
National titles edit
- Italian Mountain Running Championships
- Mountain running: 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 (5)[5]
- Italian Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- Long distance mountain running: 2013, 2014 (2)
References edit
- ^ "2016 World Championships Rankings". skyrunning.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Elisa Desco". skyrunning.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Antidoping, il TNA squalifica Elisa Desco". fidal.it. Retrieved 7 October 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
- ^ "Montagna: titoli italiani a Dematteis e Desco". fidal.it. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
External links edit
- Elisa Desco at World Athletics
- Elisa Desco at European Athletics (archive)
- Elisa Desco at FIDAL (in Italian)
- Elisa Desco at ARRS
- Elisa Desco at ITRA
