| Nationality: | Italian |
| Sport: | Mountain running |
| Club: | G.S. Forestale |
| Birth Date: | 1973 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Lecco |
| Country: |  Italy |
Rosita Rota Gelpi (born 6 November 1973) is a former Italian female mountain runner who won two World Mountain Running Championships (1999, 2004).[1]
She won also two national championships at individual senior level.[2] She competed at four editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2001, 2002, 2003).[3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | 7th | Individual race (7.25 km) | 42.38 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | 10 points | ||||||
| 1997 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | 6th | Individual race (7.8 km) | 42.04 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | 10 points | ||||||
| 1999 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Individual race (7.8 km) | 38:00 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team | 10 points | ||||||
| 2000 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | 25th | Individual race (8.9 km) | 55:05 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Team | 27 points | ||||||
| 2001 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | 10th | Individual race (8.5 km) | 40:48 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team | 38 points | ||||||
| 2002 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | 13th | Individual race (9.2 km) | 57:08 | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team | 38 points | ||||||
| 2004 | align=left rowspan=2 | World championships | align=left rowspan=2 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Individual race (8.5 km) | 38:00 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | Team | 14 points |