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The Mezzalama Trophy (Italian: Trofeo Mezzalama aka white marathon[1]) is an Italian high altitude ski mountaineering competition in the region of Cervinia. The Mezzalama Trophy, that belongs to the "big three of ski mountaineering" (French: les grandes trois de ski de montagne) besides the two other best-known and classical skimountaineering events, the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Pierra Menta, is the highest alpine ski mountaineering competition of the world. The event in the Monte Rosa's massif was named in honor of the mountain guide Ottorino Mezzalama.[2]
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History
The Mezzalama Trophy Foundation was founded by friends of Ottorino Mezzalama in 1933 in his memory.[3] The race was held very year from 1933 and to 1938. Entry was open only to men; the first female participant is presumed to be Paula Wiesinger, who had been invited to view the race in 1935. When Giusto Gervasutti withdrew due to injury, she put on his military uniform and cap and, wearing sunglasses, ran instead of him, but was discovered at a checkpoint.[4] The 1935 Trofeo Mezzalama was filmed by Mario Craveri in his film "Maratona Bianca".[5]
After 1938 the race was discontinued (except that in 1940 a platonic[clarification needed] race was carried out under the name marcia nazionale Ottorino Mezzalama by the Ski Club Torino).[1] Further races were held in 1971, 1973, 1975, and in 1978[6], and the Mezzalama Trophy was revived as a regular biennial race with the eleventh race in 1997.[7]
In 1975, the Mezzalama Trophy was held as World Championship of Skimountaineering. 33 civilian teams, 12 mountain guide teams and 11 military teams participated in this event.[8] In that year, the first female team competed officially.[9] Together with the Pierra Menta and the Tour du Rutor event, the Mezzalama Trophy is part of the Trophée des Alpes (French for Alps' Trophy) series.
Editions and results
Winner teams of the 1930s
In 1934, all competing teams were overtaken by the German reserve racer Anderl Heckmair, who started as a single racer one and a half hours after the teams left.[10]
edition date ranking participants 1st May 28, 1933 Luigi Carrel aka "Carrelino"
Antonio Gaspard
Pietro Maquignaz[11]
2nd May 19, 1934 Alberto Chenoz
Francesco Chenoz
Bartolomeo Carrel[12]
3rd May 26, 1935 Cap. Enrico Silvestri
Serg. Carlo Ronc
Alp. Attilio Chenoz[13]
4th June 13, 1936 Ten. Francesco Vida
Serg. Carlo Ronc
Serg. Luigi Perenni[13]
5th June 19, 1937 Ten. Giuseppe Fabre
Serg. Luigi Perenni
Alp. Anselmo Viviani[13]
6th June 11, 1938 Aristide Compagnoni
Severino Confortola
Silvio Confortola[14]
Winner teams of the 1970s and 1975 World Championship medalists
edition date ranking participants 7th September 11, 1971 Gianfranco Stella
Aldo Stella
Roberto Stella[15]
8th June 1, 1973 Gianfranco Stella
Aldo Stella
Palmiro Serafini[16]
1st World Championship
9th edition on May 10, 1975Category: "civilian teams" Renzo Meynet
Osvaldo Ronc
Mirko Stangalino[17]
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Category: "military teams" Angelo Genuin
Bruno Bonaldi
Luigi "Gigi" Weiss[17]
Gianfranco Stella
Aldo Stella
Leo Vidi[18]
Willy Bertin
Felice Darioli
Fabrizio Pedranzini[18]
Category: "mountain guide teams" Oreste Squinobal
Arturo Squinobal
Lorenzo Squinobal[17]
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10th April 29, 1978 Category: "civilian teams" Rudolf Kapeller
Karl Sinzinger
Josef Hones[17]
Category: "military teams" Mario Varesco
Fabio Cavagnet
Elvio Venturini[17]
Category: "mountain guide teams" Arturo Squinobal
Lorenzo Squinobal
Danilo Barell[17]
Top ten rankings since 1997
11th Trofeo Mezzalama (1997) ranking[19] participants Fabio Meraldi
Enrico Pedrini
Omar Oprandi
Fulvio Mazzocchi
Leonardo Follis
Luciano Fontana
Franco Laurent
Nicola Invernizzi
Wolfgang Holzner
4 Stefano Chio
Stefano Ghisafi
Fabio Ghisafi
5 Fabienne Chanoine
Giuseppe Ouvrier
Ettore Champretavy
6 7 8 9 10 First women team Bice Bones
Brunella Parolini
Fabiana Battel
12th Trofeo Mezzalama (1999) ranking[20] participants Fulvio Mazzocchi
Leonardo Follis
Luciano Fontana
Fabio Meraldi
Enrico Pedrini
Pierre Gignoux
Ivan Murada
Graziano Boscacci
Luca Negroni
4 Stefano Chio
Stefano Ghisafi
Fabio Ghisafi
5 Gaudenzio Godioz
Nicola Invernizzi
Emanuel Conta
6 Ettore Champretavy
Jean Pellissier
Giuseppe Ouvrier
7 Carlo Battel
Adriano Greco
Bruno Zen
8 Marco Camandona
Massimo Junod
Donato Barrel
9 10 First women team Gloriana Pellissier
Danielle Hacquard
Véronique Lathuraz
13th Trofeo Mezzalama (2001) ranking[21] participants Graziano Boscacci
Ivan Murada
Heinz Blatter
Fabio Meraldi
Jean Pellissier
Stéphane Brosse
Franco Nicolini
Enrico Pedrini
Carlo Battel
4 Damien Farquet
Rico Elmer
Emanuel Buchs
5 Nicola Invernizzi
Emanuel Conta
Dennis Brunod
6 Luciano Fontana
Ivano Molin
Renato Pasini
7 Donato Svain
Massimo Borettaz
Giuseppe Ouvrier
8 Nicolao Leone Lanfranchi
Alexander Hug
Olivier Nägele
9 Marco Camandona
Massimo Junod
Donato Barrel
10 Alberto Stanchina
Alfredo Corsini
Gian Giuseppe Corsini
First women team [22] Gloriana Pellissier
Arianna Follis
Alexia Zuberer
14th Trofeo Mezzalama (2003) ranking[23] participants Damien Farquet
Rico Elmer
Rolf Zurbrügg
Jean Pellissier
Stéphane Brosse
Pierre Gignoux
Manfred Reichegger
Dennis Brunod
Nicola Invernizzi
4 Guido Giacomelli
Camillo Vescovo
Mirco Mezzanotte
5 Graziano Boscacci
Ivan Murada
Heinz Blatter
6 Didier Moret
Christian Pittex
Florent Troillet
7 Cyril Champange
Bertrand Blanc
Grégory Gachet
8 Matteo Pedergnana
Matteo Riz
Mario Scanu
9 Patrick Blanc
Tony Sbalbi
Cédric Tomio
10 Miroslav Leitner
Peter Svätojánsky
Milan Madaj
First women team [22] Cristina Favre-Moretti
Arianna Follis
Chiara Raso
15th Trofeo Mezzalama (2005) ranking[24] participants Stéphane Brosse
Patrick Blanc
Guido Giacomelli
Florent Troillet
Christian Pittex
Alexander Hug
Jean Pellissier
Manfred Reichegger
Dennis Brunod
4 Alexander Lugger
Olivier Nägele
Hansjörg Lunger
5 Didier Moret
Yannick Ecoeur
Stéphane Gay
6 Nicola Invernizzi
Denis Trento
Alain Seletto
7 Stephane Millius
Philippe Blanc
Ernest Farquet
8 Flavio Gadin
Giuseppe Pivano
Enrico Titolo
9 Roberto Daz
Ivan Antiga
Alberto Stanchina
10 Wolfgang Panzer
Franz Graßl
Martin Echtler
First women team [22] Gloriana Pellissier
Christiane Nex
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
16th Trofeo Mezzalama (2007) Men ranking[25] participants Guido Giacomelli
Jean Pellissier
Florent Troillet
Florent Perrier
Grégory Gachet
Patrick Blanc
Manfred Reichegger
Dennis Brunod
Denis Trento
4 Alain Seletto
Tony Sbalbi
Martin Riz
5 Graziano Boscacci
Ivan Murada
Mirco Mezzanotte
6 Daniele Pedrini
Lorenzo Holzknecht
Mattia Coletti
7 Lionel Bonnel
Fabien Anselmet
Sébastien Baud
8 Alain Rey
Yannick Ecoeur
Ernest Farquet
9 Paolo Moriondo
Alberto Fazio
Fulvio Fazio
10 Aldo Christille
Carlo Christille
Nadir Giovanetto
Women ranking participants Gloriana Pellissier
Roberta Pedranzini
Francesca Martinelli
Corinne Favre
Nathalie Bourillon
Véronique Lathuraz
Judith Graßl
Stefanie Koch
Silvia Treimer
4 Tatiana Locatelli
Marina Ferrandoz
Corinne Clos
5 Fabienne Chanoine
Silvia Cuminetti
Tamara Lunger
6 Micol Murachelli
Alessandra Gianatti
Gisella Benadotti
7 Christine Diaque
Andréa Zimmermann
Anne Carron-Bender
8 Maddalena Wegher
Petra Seppi
Annemarie Gross
9 Chiara Tallia
Bruna Riperto
Raffaella Gianotti
10 Maria Orlando
Claudia Comello
Paola Dellavedova
17th Trofeo Mezzalama (2009) Men ranking[26] participants Manfred Reichegger
Matteo Eydallin
Denis Trento
Jean Pellissier
Damiano Lenzi
Daniele Pedrini
Alain Seletto
Tony Sbalbi
Didier Blanc
4 Graziano Boscacci
Ivan Murada
Pietro Lanfranchi
5 Didier Moret
Pierre Bruchez
Ernest Farquet
6 Yannick Ecoeur
Marcel Marti
Martin Anthamatten
7 Jean-François Premat
Alain Premat
Sébastien Baud
8 Alessandro Follador
Riccardo Dezulian
Ivo Zulian
9 Alex Salvadori
Titta Scalet
Simone Porta
10 Renato Pasini
Fabio Pasini
Daniele Chioda
Women ranking participants Francesca Martinelli
Roberta Pedranzini
Laëtitia Roux
Corinne Clos
Orietta Calliari
Silvia Rocca
Micol Murachelli
Giulia Botti
Alessandra Gianatti
4 Veronika Swidrak
Maria Strasser
Klaudia Tasz
5 Paola Martinale
Raffaella Gianotti
Sonia Balbis
6 Isabelle Ciferman
Alice Lauga
Sylvie Turbil
7 Birgit Hosner
Annick Rey
Lucia Näfen
8 Sabrina Zanon
Carla Jellici
Nadia Scola
9 Roberta Scocco
Maria Orlando
Claudia Comello
10 Chantal Daucourt
Lyndsay Meyer
Cécile Pasche
Literature
- Umberto Pelazza, Antonio Vizzi: Mezzalama Trophy - Myth and Reality 1933-1997
- Rolf Majcen: Bergauf - Abenteuer Ausdauersport (German) ISBN 9783900533397
External links
- Trofeo Mezzalama
- Mezzalama at euroski-on-line.com
References
- ^ a b Le tappe dealla leggendaria "maratona binaca" (Italian)
- ^ Trofeo Mezzalama 2007: 16. Auflage des Klassikers am 29. April (German), M2b, April 26, 2007.
- ^ http://www.euroski-on-line.com/presto.htm
- ^ Paula Wiesinger (German), FemBio.
- ^ Trofeo Mezzalama, il fascino di una leggenda che si rinnova (Italian), La Stampa, April 15, 2009.
- ^ La rinascita degli anni Settanta (Italian), p. 4.
- ^ Trofeo Mezzalama (Mezzalama Trophy), Fondazione Trofeo Mezzalama
- ^ Le tappe della leggendaria “maratona bianca” (Italian).
- ^ Giuseppe Martelli: altre notizie degli alpini bolognesi romagnoli (Italian), November 15, 2005.
- ^ Trofeo Mezzalama - Ein Hochgebirgswettlauf der Sonderklasse (German), p. 44.
- ^ Rielaborazione storia libro Camisasca
- ^ The winners of the 1934 edition, planetmountain.com.
- ^ a b c [1]
- ^ Compagnoni Aristide, Severino e Ottavio (Italian).
- ^ [2]
- ^ Gianfranco Stella
- ^ a b c d e f Albo d'oro
- ^ a b Genuin Angelo
- ^ Cavalcata da leggenda Trionfo da Skyrunners, May 4, 1997.
- ^ La Forestale da record trionfa nel Mezzalama (Italian), April 25, 1999.
- ^ 2001 Trofeo Mezzalama
- ^ a b c Men's best three and best women since 1997
- ^ 2003 Trofeo Mezzalama
- ^ 2005 Trofeo Mezzalama
- ^ 2007 Trofeo Mezzalama
- ^ 2009 Trofeo Mezzalama
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