Emanuela Brizio (born 10 September 1968) is an

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female

sky runner Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding 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 ...

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; also its courses are more ...

in 1999, at the age of 31, is considered among the greatest skyrunners 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 palmarès 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: 2011, 2014, 2015 (3) **

SkyMarathon Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding 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 ...

: 2011, 2015 (2) **

Ultra SkyMarathon Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding 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 a ...

: 2013 (1)

Wins

Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon (SkyMarathon 4th July Footpath) is a skyrunning event created in 1994 at Santicolo di Corteno Golgi by Giacomo Salvadori. Its main claim is "a real stairway to the sky". History Three times trial world championship ( ...

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

Other results

* 2003: ** 1st, Mezzalama Skyrace * 2004: ** 1st, Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain ** 1st, Valposchiavo-Valmalenco, Italy * 2005: ** 1st,

Valmalenco-Valposchiavo 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 ...

, Spain * 2009: ** 1st, Irazú SkyRace, Costa Rica ** 1st,

Maratòn Alpina 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, Vallnord SkyRace, Andorra ** 1st, Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, Malaysia * 2010: ** 1st Trofeo Kima

References

External links

Emanulela Brizio
profile at Sport di montagna {{DEFAULTSORT:Brizio, Emanuela 1968 births Living people People from Verbania Italian female ski mountaineers Italian female mountain runners Italian sky runners Sportspeople from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola