Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon
# Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon

Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon (SkyMarathon 4th July Footpath) is a skyrunning event created in 1994 at Santicolo di Corteno Golgi by Giacomo Salvadori. Its main claim is "a real stairway to the sky".

## History

Three times trial world championship (2003, 2004, 2007), for a few years (1999, 2011, 2012 and 2013) was organized in collaboration with Aprica (SO); from 2014 is again organized only by Corteno Golgi (BS). It consists of two distances: classical marathon and half marathon (this last, since 2000).

## Best male marathon racers

| year | participant | country | total time (h:min:sec) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Adriano Salvadori | Italy | 4:27:59 |
| 1995 | Fabio Meraldi | Italy | 3:58:59 |
| 1996 | Mauro Gatta | Italy | 3:43:17 |
| 1997 | Mauro Gatta | Italy | 3:45:08 |
| 1998 | Mauro Gatta | Italy | 3:41:29 |
| 1999 | Mauro Gatta | Italy | 4:32:29 |
| 2000 | Fabio Meraldi | Italy | 4:22:43 |
| 2001 | Bruno Brunod | Italy | 4:11:39 |
| 2002 | Dennis Brunod | Italy | 4:17:02 |
| 2003 | Mario Poletti | Italy | 4:08:24 |
| 2004 | Fabio Bonfanti | Italy | 4:16:36 |
| 2005 | Fabio Bonfanti | Italy | 4:14:38 |
| 2006 | Ettore Girardi | Italy | 4:21:58 |
| 2007 | Andrew Symonds | United Kingdom | 4:15:11 |
| 2008 | Paolo Gotti | Italy | 4:25:06 |
| 2009 | Jessed Hernandez | Spain | 4:20:48 |
| 2010 | not held | not held | not held |
| 2011 | Titta Scalet | Italy | 4:21:56 |
| 2012 | Paolo Gotti and Tadei Pivk | Italy | 4:40:20 |
| 2013 | Tadei Pivk | Italy | 4:10:17 |
| 2014 | Tadei Pivk | Italy | 4:14:46 |
| 2015 | Tadei Pivk | Italy | 4:21:19 |
| 2016 | Tadei Pivk | Italy | 4:15:09 |
| 2017 | Marco De Gasperi | Italy | 4:16:46 |
| 2018 | Cristian Minoggio | Italy | 4:13:55 |

## Best female marathon racers

| year | participant | country | total time (h:min:sec) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Gisella Bendotti | Italy | 5:20:10 |
| 1997 | Morena Paieri | Italy | 5:19:04 |
| 1998 | Morena Paieri | Italy | 4:47:42 |
| 1999 | Morena Paieri Gloriana Pellissier | Italy | 5:52:50 |
| 2000 | Gloriana Pellissier | Italy | 5:32:06 |
| 2001 | Michela Benzoni | Italy | 5:39:57 |
| 2002 | Corinne Favre | France | 5:24:30 |
| 2003 | Corinne Favre | France | 5:28:03 |
| 2004 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:29:44 |
| 2005 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:10:43 |
| 2006 | Gloriana Pellissier | Italy | 5:11:05 |
| 2007 | Corinne Favre | France | 5:18:21 |
| 2008 | Corinne Favre Pierangela Baronchelli | France Italy | 5:29:09 |
| 2009 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:12:37 |
| 2010 | not held | not held | not held |
| 2011 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:14:59 |
| 2012 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:40:50 |
| 2013 | Silvia Serafini | Italy | 5:10:10 |
| 2014 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:25:00 |
| 2015 | Emanuela Brizio | Italy | 5:24:07 |
| 2016 | Denisa Iolena Dragomir | Romania | 5:27:13 |
| 2017 | Denisa Iolena Dragomir | Romania | 5:15:55 |
| 2018 | Denisa Iolena Dragomir | Romania | 5:14:03 |
