| Denis Trento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1982 Aosta, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 May 2024 (aged 41) La Salle, Aosta Valley, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Trento (2 June 1982 – 3 May 2024) was an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain guide.
He was known for his wins at some of Europe's top mountaineering competitions, including the Adamello in 2008, the Tour du Rutor in 2009 and 2011, and the European team championship and Mezzalama Trophy in 2009.[1] He began competing in ski mountaineering as an athlete at the Army Sports Center in Courmayeur, as a member of the Centro Sportivo Esercito.[2][3]
After retiring from competition, in 2015 he became a mountain guide.[4] He continued mountaineering, putting up speed ascents across the Aosta Valley,[5] and beyond, including the Grandes Jorasses,[6][7] Monte Rosa,[8] Mont Blanc's Innominata ridge,[9] and Mount Brouillard.[2]
In 2020, alongside speed climber Filip Babicz, he climbed the Frêney pillar of Mont Blanc in a round trip ascent and descent in less than 24 hours.[10][11]
- ^ Montagnes. "Le skieur-alpiniste italien Denis Trento est mort en montagne". Montagnes Magazine : actu montagne, Himalaya et test de matériel d’alpinisme, ski rando et de randonnée (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ski mountaineering giant Denis Trento perishes in Italian Alps". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Ciao Denis Trento, Italian ski-mountaineering legend". Alpine Mag | International Magazine. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Una serata con la guida alpina Denis Trento". www.caitorino.it. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Denis Trento and his exceptional spring ski mountaineering in Valle d'Aosta". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Grandes Jorasses Pointe Whymper / Denis Trento skis SW Couloir". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Denis Trento in 9h27′ su Rochefort e Jorasses". Skialper magazine (in Italian). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Monte Rosa Express clocked up by Denis Trento and Robert Antonioli". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Innominata Ridge Speed: Denis Trento and Robert Antonioli race up Mont Blanc". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Montagnes. "Frêney, Peuterey, Brouillard : un été chaud sur le versant sud du mont Blanc". Montagnes Magazine : actu montagne, Himalaya et test de matériel d’alpinisme, ski rando et de randonnée (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Filip Babicz i Denis Trento na Centralnym Filarze Frêney w stylu one push" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2024.