Mattia Debertolis
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship |  Italy |
| Born | 4 August 1996 Feltre, Italy |
| Died | 12 August 2025 (aged 29) Chengdu, China |
| Alma mater | University of Trento KTH Royal Institute of Technology[a] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Orienteering |
| Club | IFK Lidingö SOK Park World Tour Italia |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | 2023 World Championships World Cup 2025 World Games[b] |
| Regional finals | 2018 European Championships |
| National finals | 2015 Maddalene Sky Marathon |
Mattia Debertolis (4 August 1996 – 12 August 2025) was an Italian orienteering athlete.
Life and career
Debertolis was born in Feltre, Italy on 4 August 1996.[1][2] He was a member of the IFK Lidingö SOK, and the Park World Tour Italia clubs.[3] On 30 August 2015, he competed in the Maddalene Sky Marathon.[4]
He competed at the 2018 European Orienteering Championships, 2023 World Orienteering Championships, and the Orienteering World Cup.[2]
He held a civil engineering degree from the University of Trento and was a Ph.D. student studying at KTH Royal Institute of Technology at the time of his death.[5][6][7]
Debertolis died at a hospital in Chengdu, China, on 12 August 2025, at the age of 29. He had been found unconscious on August 8 during the men's middle-distance competition at the World Games.[8] Following his death, the International World Games Association and the International Orienteering Federation issued a joint statement announcing his death.[9]
References
- ^ "Mattia Debertolis". Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Mattia Debertolis". World of O Runners. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Mattia Debertolis". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Mattia DEBERTOLIS – His Trail results and UTMB® Index". Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ Zagonel, Erica (12 August 2025). "DEBERTOLIS: IL RICORDO DI MAMMA ERICA. AVEVA IL SORRISO NEGLI OCCHI". Italian Orienteering Federation (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Chi è Mattia Debertolis: la gara a 43 gradi e la morte dopo il malore ai mondiali di Orienteering". Rai News 24 (in Italian). 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Mattia Debertolis". KTH. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Italian orienteering athlete dies at World Games in China". Reuters. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Joint Statement from IWGA, LOC 2025 Chengdu and IOF". International Orienteering Federation. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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