Francesco Mariani
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| Born | 2001 (age 23–24)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesco Mariani (born 2001) is an orienteering competitor who runs for the Italian national team.[1]
Career
Starting orienteering at the age of 7, Mariani was first selected for the junior Italian orienteering team in 2017. Mariani won a gold medal as a junior in the Sprint race at the 2021 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Turkey.[2] The gold medal was the first time an Italian had ever won any international championship in Foot orienteering.[3]
In 2024, Mariani came 5th place at the 2024 World Orienteering Championships in the Sprint discipline.[4]
In the Middle Distance at the 2025 World Games, Mariani received a silver medal, his first medal at a senior international championships. It was the first ever medal for Italy in orienteering at the World Games,[5] and Italy's first medal at the 2025 World Games.[6]
Personal life
Originally from Perugia, Mariani studied Statistical Sciences at the University of Bologna.[2]
References
- ^ a b "IOF Eventor - Francesco Mariani". eventor.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Uno studente Unibo campione del mondo in Orienteering". magazine.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Francesco Mariani campione del mondo di Orientamento". SportReporter (in Italian). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Sprint Race results". World Orienteering Championships 2024 Edinburgh. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "First ever World Games medals in orienteering for Canada, Slovakia and Italy | International Orienteering Federation".
- ^ Chengdu (Cina), Lorenzo Briani, inviato a (8 August 2025). "World Games, la prima medaglia azzurra è d'argento nell'Orienteering". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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