Francesco Puppi (born 26 January 1992) is an Italian male
mountain runner
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 cl ...
and
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 ...
, world champion at
2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships.
Biography
The
2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships was rewritten and the
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
was dropped by Eritrean
Petro Mamu
Petro Mamu (born 16 September 1984) is an Eritrean mountain runner who won one World Mountain Running Championships (2012).
Biography
The 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships was rewritten and the gold medal was dropped by Er ...
, disqualified for
doping, and was assigned to the Italian Francesco Puppi.
Achievements
National titles
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Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships
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Vertical kilometer
In skyrunning, a vertical kilometer is an uphill mountain running race with an elevation gain of 1,000 metres. The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit also defines it as covering less than 5 km. Trekking poles, which are allowed as optional acces ...
: 2015
See also
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Italy at the European Mountain Running Championships
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Italy at the World Mountain Running Championships
References
External links
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Francesco Puppiat
FIDAL
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1992 births
Living people
Italian male mountain runners
Italian male long-distance runners
Italian sky runners
Sportspeople from Como
Athletes from Lombardy
World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships winners
21st-century Italian sportsmen