Maria Grazia Roberti (born 10 December 1966) is an Italian female mountain runner and snowshoe runner, who won three World Snowshoe Championships.[1]
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| Full name | Maria Grazia Cathelijne Roberti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1966 Puegnago del Garda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy (26 caps) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics Snowshoe running Mountain running Skyrunning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Attletica Gavardo G.S. Forestale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
Maria Grazia Roberti after a brilliant career in mountain running, crowned by several medals at the world and European championships (among them stands out two individual silver), arrived at the threshold of 40 years began to practice the snowshoe running by winning three golds and a bronze at the world championships, and if this discipline became Olympic at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[2] the Brescia champion could attend you at the age of 51.[3]
Achievements edit
In mountain running she has participated in 16 World Championships (from 1989 to 2010) and 10 of the European Championships (1996 to 2012), winning 26 medals of which 2 at the individual level and 24 with the national team.
Team results edit
- World Mountain Running Championships (15 medals)
1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2010 (6)
1995, 1996, 1997, 2009 (4)
1991, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2008 (5)- 4th: 1992
- European Mountain Running Championships (9 medals)
- 1996, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 (6)
- 2012 (1)
- 1999, 2008 (2)
- 5th: 1997
National titles edit
- Italian Mountain Running Championships
- Mountain running: 1997, 2006 (2)
- Italian Long Distance Mountain Running Championships
- Long distance mountain running: 2008, 2010, 2012 (3)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Maria Grazia CATHELIJNE Roberti" (in Spanish). corredores-de-montana.blogspot.it. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Why Snowshoeing Should be an Olympic Sport". snowshoemag.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "La signora delle ciaspole che sogna l'Olimpiade" (in Italian). brescia.corriere.it. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1989 - Die and Chattillon-en-Diois (FRA), 16.09.1989 - Women individual (7.7 km/460 m/53 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1991 - Zermatt (SUI), 08.09.1991 - Women individual (8.3 km/570 m/59 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1992 - Valle di Susa (ITA), 30.08.1992 - Women individual (7.44 km/625 m/75 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1994 - Berchtesgaden (GER), 04.09.1994 - Women individual (7.34 km/685 m/66 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1996 - Telfes (AUT), 01.09.1996 - Women individual (7.25 km/785 m/75 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1997 - Upice-Male Svatonovice (CZE), 07.09.1997 - Women individual (7.8 km/600 m/66 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 1999 - Mount Kinabalu Park (MAS), 19.09.1999 - Women individual (7.8 km/510 m/66 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 2005 - Wellington (NZL), 25.09.2005 - Women individual (9.1 km/620 m/65 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 2006 - Bursa (TUR), 10.09.2006 -Women individual (8.4 km/895 m/84 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain Running Trophy 2007 - Ovronnaz (SUI), 15.09.2007 - Women individual (8.3 km/520 m/87 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "World Mountain running Trophy 2008 - Sierre / Crans Montana (SUI), 14.09.2008 - Women individual (8.3 km/690 m/95 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Maria Grazia Roberti was rewarded with the bronze medal but following the disqualification for doping by Elisa Desco, she was later awarded the silver medal.
- ^ "Can of worms! Desco, EPO, PEDs and TNF50". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
Desco served a two-year ban from the IAAF for testing positive for EPO at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.
- ^ "European Mountain Running Championships 2012 - Denizli-Pamukkale (TUR), 07.07.2012 - Women individual (8.3 km/470 m/47 participants)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
External links edit
- Maria Grazia Roberti at World Athletics
- Maria Grazia Roberti at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Maria Grazia Roberti at ARRS
- Maria Grazia Roberti at ITRA
- Maria Grazia Roberti at ITRA
- Maria Grazia Roberti at ITRA
- Maria Grazia Roberti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Maria Grazia Roberti profile at Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
