Elisa Desco
Elisa Desco ![]() |
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birthday | 30th May 1982 (age 38) |
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discipline | Long distance and mountain running |
Elisa Desco (born May 30, 1982 ) is an Italian long-distance and mountain runner .
At the Mountain Running World Championships 2007 in Ovronnaz she was fourth and won bronze with the Italian team. In 2008 she finished fourth in the Turin Marathon , won the European Mountain Running Championships in Zell am Harmersbach , won bronze in both the individual and team competitions at the World Mountain Running Championships in Sierre / Crans-Montana and won the Mezza half marathon.
In 2009 she was the first to cross the finish line at the World Mountain Running Championships in Madesimo / Campodolcino , but was tested positive for the erythropoietin derivative CERA during the subsequent doping control . After a year and a half trial, she was disqualified for this doping offense and suspended by the Italian Anti-Doping Tribunal until August 28, 2012.
Personal bests
- Half marathon : 1:12:43 h, September 21, 2008, Monza
- Marathon : 2:36:54 h, April 13, 2006, Turin
Web links
- Elisa Desco in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Financial Times Deutschland : Positive test with mountain running world champion Desco ( Memento from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). October 8, 2009
- ↑ Austria : Mountain running world champion Desco threatens suspension . March 27, 2010
- ↑ FIDAL: Antidoping, il TNA squalifica Elisa Desco ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . February 13, 2011
- ↑ Focus : Athletics: Mountain running world champion Desco banned for doping . February 16, 2011
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SURNAME | Desco, Elisa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian long-distance and mountain runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1982 |