Trofeo Kima

The Trofeo Kima (Kima Trophy), is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 1995. It runs every year (till 2007), in Val Masino (Italy) in August and is valid for the Skyrunner World Series in the Sky Extreme category.

Trofeo Kima
Date	August
Location	Val Masino
Event type	SkyRace
Distance	52 km / 4200 m
Established	1995
Official site	trofeokima.org

From 2008 Kima became a biennial race.[1]

History

Since 1995, along the Sentiero Roma, runs the Trofeo Kima, a high altitude marathon considered one of the most demanding of the skyrunning world panorama. The trophy is dedicated to the memory of Pierangelo Marchetti "Kima", the mountain guide of Valtellina, who died in 1994 during a rescue mission.

The route takes place on a distance of 50 kilometers with more than 3800 meters of altitude difference. The winners take the entire route, counter-clockwise, starting and arriving at Filorera, in about 6 hours and 30 minutes.[2]

Editions

Sky Extreme characteristics: 52 km and 4,200 m climbing.

  Race of Skyrunner World Series

Year	Edition	1st		2nd		3rd
1995	1st	Fabio Meraldi	6.29.41	Adriano Greco	6.35.02	Cheto Biavaschi	6.35.18
		Alexia Zuberer & Bruna Fanetti	8.34.02			Daniela Gilardi	10.66.33
1996	2nd	Cheto Biavaschi	6.26.12	Fulvio Mazzocchi	6.28.27	Adriano Greco	6.38.51
		Morena Paieri	8.31.26	Daniela Gilardi	8.39.26	Augusta Redaelli	11.06.51
1997	3rd	Mauro Gatta	6.08.15	Fabio Meraldi & Fulvio Mazzocchi	6.18.20
		Morena Paieri	8.12.29	Gisella Bendotti	8.54.04	Alexia Zuberer	9.22.22
1998	4th	Mauro Gatta	5.49.10	Fabio Meraldi	5.49.46	Fulvio Mazzocchi	6.07.18
		Morena Paieri	7.50.41	Gloriana Pellisier	8.20.15	Corinne Favre	8.27.31
1999	5th	Mauro Gatta	6.20.27	Cheto Biavaschi	6.22.40	Giovanni Gianola	6.24.08
		Morena Paieri	7.52.53	Teresa Roca I Casas	8.11.44	Gloriana Pellisier	8.24.06
2000	6th	Mario Poletti & Fabio Meraldi	6.00.13			Bruno Brunod	6.10.17
		Gloriana Pellisier	7.48.27	Emma Roca Rodriguez	8.37.05	Michela Benzoni	8.42.45
2001	7th	Carlo Bellati	6.04.56	Fabio Meraldi	6.07.07	Gianmarco Bagini	6.19.39
		Michela Benzoni	8.18.36	Giovanna Cavalli	8.53.36
2002	8th	Giovanni Gianola	6.14.05	Riccardo Mejia	6.19.37	Bruno Brunod	6.22.03
		Corinne Favre	7.52.31	Gloriana Pellissier	8.04.39	Emma Roca Rodriguez	8.15.53
2003	9th	Mario Poletti & Camillo Vescovi	6.14.12			Cheto Bivaschi	6.35.32
		Maria Giovanna Cerutti	8.08.59	Esther Hernandez	8.19.03	Giovanna Cavalli	8.41.57
2004	10th	Mario Poletti	6.21.23	Giovanni Marco Bagini	6.27.28	Dario Songini	6.35.04
		Corinne Favre	8.14.14	Roser Espanol	8.29.33	Giovanna Cavalli	8.35.56
2005 *	11th	Mario Poletti	1.53.46	Giovanni Bagini	1.53.49	Fausto Rizzi	1.54.31
		Sara Rigoni	2.19.39	Roser Espanol	2.21.23	Giovanna Cavalli	2.24.29
2006 *	12th	Carlo Belatti	1.35.20	Dino Melzani	1.35.22	Fabio Bonfanti	1.35.24
		Corinne Favre	1.48.38	Emanuela Brizio	1.57.23	Federica Boifava	2.08.17
2007 *	13th	Paolo Gotti	3.00.54	Dino Melzani	3.01.22	Franco Sancassani	3.01.52
		Corinne Favre	3.41.27	Federica Boifava	3.55.53	Sara Rigoni	4.02.22
2008	14th	Paolo Gotti	6.43.29	Fabio Bonfanti	6.53.57	Dino Sala	6.55.19
		Emanuela Brizio	7.59.08	Carolina Tiraboschi	8.47.18	Federica Boifava	9.56.25
2010	15th	Kilian Jornet	6.19.03	Miguel Heras	6.29.52	Nicola Golinelli	6.32.50
		Emanuela Brizio	7.46.37	CarolinaTiraboschi	7.55.09	Cinzia Bertasa	8.58.08
2012	16th	Kilian Jornet	6.28.52	Tom Owens	6.39.28	Franco Sancassani	6.45.36
		Nuria Picas	7.36.21	Emelie Forsberg	7.47.06	Emanuela Brizio	7.47.21
2014	17th	Kilian Jornet	6.12.20	Manuel Merillas	6.28.33	Franco Sancassani	6.38.14
		Kasie Enman	7.53.42	Emelie Forsberg	8.22.13	Emanuela Brizio	8.30.52
2016	18th	Bhim Gurung	6.10.44	Marco De Gasperi	6.12.09	Leo Viret	6.13.19
		Emelie Forsberg	7.49.06	Ruth Croft	8.06.45	Emanuela Brizio	8.21.42
2018	19th	Kilian Jornet	6.09.19	Alexis Sévennec	6.11.59	Pere Aurell	6.20.50
		Hillary Gerardi	7.37.29	Robyn Owen	7.39.01	Mira Rai	7.41.46

Legend: *Short course

See also

• Skyrunner World Series

References

1. "Trofeo Kima: Anche Kima Trail Running & MiniKima proposti a cadenza biennale. See you on 2018". corsainmontagna.it. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. "Pierangelo Marchetti, Kima". trofeokima.org. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

External links

• Official web site