Chiara Raso (born 26 October 1981) is an Italian

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

. Raso was born in

Aosta Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...

. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the ''Tour de Breuil'' race in the same year. She has been member of the national team since 2002.

Selected results

* 2002: ** 2nd,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

single race, "espoirs" class ** 2nd, Transacavallo (together with Maria Luisa Riva)''Ski mountaineeing 19th Transacavallo''
/ref> ** 4th, World Championship team race (together with

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, "seniors" ranking) * 2003: ** 1st,

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy (, , a.k.a. ''white marathon''Arianna Follis Arianna Fernanda Follis (born 11 November 1977, in Ivrea) is an Italian cross-country skier. Biography Born in Ivrea, Piedmont, but originally from Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Aosta Valley, where she was raised, Follis started competing in 1995. ...

and

Cristina Favre-Moretti Cristina Favre-Moretti, née ''Moretti'' (born 26 August 1963) is a Swiss ski mountaineer, long-distance runner and mountain biker. Her twin sister Isabella Crettenand-Moretti also competes in endurance sport events. Selected results Ski mo ...

) ** 4th,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

team race (together with Maria Luisa Riva) * 2006: ** 1st,

relay race (together with

Francesca Martinelli Francesca Martinelli (born 13 March 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Martinelli was born in Milan. She started ski mountaineering in 1980 and competed first in the ''Gara dell'Adamello'' race in 2003. Two years after she became a member of t ...

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and

) ** 6th, World Championship

vertical race A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are ...

** 8th, World Championship team race (together with Paola Martinale)

References

External links

Chiara Raso
at ''skimountaineering.org'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raso, Chiara 1981 births Living people Italian female ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Skiers from Aosta 21st-century Italian sportswomen