Elisa Desco (born 30 May 1982) is an Italian female sky runner and mountain runner, world champion at the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships held in Chamonix,[1] and European champion at the 2008 European Mountain Running Championships held in Zell am Harmersbach.

[2] She was also world champion at individual senior level she won 7 medals (1 gold individual and 6 with the national team) at the 2008 World Mountain Running Championships but was disqualified for doping.

[3] She is engaged to the Italian mountain running champion Marco De Gasperi and they live in Bormio with their two daughters named Lidia (2011) and Cecilia (2017).

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