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Marco De Gasperi
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	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
World Long Distance MR C'hips
Skyrunning
World Championships
European Championships

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.^[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]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
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

#	Season	Date	Race	Discipline
1	2002	1 September	Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer	Vertical
2	2003	12 July	Val d'Isère Vertical Kilometer	Vertical
3	2003	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	2011	14 August	Sierre-Zinal	SkyRace
8	2012	7 May	Elbrus Vertical Kilometer	Vertical
9	2017	26 August	Matterhorn Ultraks	SkyRace
10	2017	14 October	Limone SkyRace	SkyRace

^ "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.