Giorgio Calcaterra

Giorgio Calcaterra is an Italian ultramarathoner, born on 11 February 1972 in Rome, who became three times world champion of the 100 km. He is the most successful athlete at the IAU 100 km European Championships, where he won three times and also took a silver and a bronze medal between 2008 and 2015, and he led the world 100 km rankings from 2008 to 2012. His 100 km personal best is 6:23:20, set at Seregno on 24 April 2012. Earlier in his career he ran 20 marathons under 2 hours and 20 minutes in the year 2000 and won the Helsinki City Marathon in 2003 and the Utrecht Marathon in 2005. He won the Wings for Life World Run in 2016 with a record 88.44 km, and he has been vegetarian since the age of 15 and vegan since 2019.