Emanuela Brizio (born 10 September 1968) is an

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female

sky runner Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons, and hands may ...

who won two Skyrunning World Cups (2009, 2010).

Biography

She started with the

mountain running Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; its courses are more ...

in 1999, at the age of 31, is considered among the greatest

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of all-time, still active and winning at the threshold of 40 years, the ''Aquila di Aurano'' (''Aurano's Eagle''), as she is nicknamed, boasts its rich

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two World Cups (

Skyrunner World Series The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ...

) and 10 national titles at individual level.

Achievements

World Cup wins

National titles

* Italian Skyrunning Championships ** Overall: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 (4) **

SkyRace Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons, and hands may ...

: 2011, 2014, 2015 (3) ** SkyMarathon: 2011, 2015 (2) ** Ultra SkyMarathon: 2013 (1)

Wins

* Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon ** Half marathon: 2003 ** Marathon: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 (7)

Other results

* 2003: ** 1st,

Mezzalama Skyrace The Mezzalama Skyrace was an international high altitude endurance race competition, defunct in 2008, in upper Valtournenche Valley, in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The summer event in the Monte Rosa's massif has been carried out annually by the Mezza ...

* 2004: ** 1st,

Zegama-Aizkorri The Zegama-Aizkorri (also known a Zegama-Aizkorri Maratoia or Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri) is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2002. It runs every year in Spain from Zegama up to Aizkorri (1551 m MLS) and fin ...

, Spain ** 1st,

Valposchiavo-Valmalenco The SkyRace Internazionale Valmalenco Valposchiavo was an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2002 and for the last time in 2013. It is held every year in June from Lanzada (Valmalenco, Italy) to Poschiavo (Switzerland) ...

, Italy * 2005: ** 1st, Valmalenco-Valposchiavo, Spain * 2009: ** 1st, Irazú SkyRace, Costa Rica ** 1st, Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain ** 1st, Vallnord SkyRace, Andorra ** 1st, Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, Malaysia * 2010: ** 1st Trofeo Kima

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Emanuela Brizio
at ''Sport di montagna'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brizio, Emanuela 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Verbania Italian female ski mountaineers Italian female mountain runners Italian sky runners 20th-century Italian sportswomen