Marco De Gasperi

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.

His partner is the Italian mountain running champion Elisa Desco. They have two daughters, Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017).

Achievements

World Cup wins Sky running 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 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 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