Elisa Desco

Elisa Desco
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1982-05-30) 30 May 1982 (age 42)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportMountain running
Skyrunning
Medal record
Mountain running
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Crans Montana Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Krynica-Zdrój Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Zell am Harmersbach Individual
Skyrunning
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chamonix SkyMarathon
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Lleida SkyMarathon

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]

Biography

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

Skyrunning
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2014 World Championships France Chamonix 1st SkyMarathon (42 km) 3:53:33
2016 World Championships Spain Lleida 3rd SkyMarathon (42 km) 4:46:43

Team results

National titles

References

  1. ^ "2016 World Championships Rankings". skyrunning.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Elisa Desco". skyrunning.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Antidoping, il TNA squalifica Elisa Desco". fidal.it. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "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
  5. ^ "Montagna: titoli italiani a Dematteis e Desco". fidal.it. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.