Elisa Desco Explained

Headercolor:	pink
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Mountain running Skyrunning
Birth Date:	1982 5, df=y
Residence:	Bormio

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		bgcolor=gold	1st	SkyMarathon (42 km)	3:53:33
2016	World Championships		3rd	SkyMarathon (42 km)	4:46:43

Team results

• World Mountain Running Championships
  • 2005, 2013, 2014 (3)

National titles

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 World Championships Rankings. skyrunning.com. 7 October 2017. 2 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002215611/http://www.skyrunning.com/2016-skyrunning-world-championships-results/. dead.
2. Web site: Elisa Desco. skyrunning.com. 7 October 2017.
3. Web site: Antidoping, il TNA squalifica Elisa Desco. fidal.it. 7 October 2017.
4. Web site: ELISA DESCO A DRIBBLING. 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. fidal.it. 7 October 2017.
5. Web site: Montagna: titoli italiani a Dematteis e Desco. 21 July 2018. fidal.it. 23 July 2018.