Dario Acquaroli
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| Born | 10 March 1975 San Giovanni Bianco, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 April 2023 (aged 48) Camerata Cornello, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Mountain bike racing | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country cycling | ||||||||||||||
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Dario Acquaroli (10 March 1975 – 9 April 2023) was an Italian cross-country mountain biker.
Acquaroli was world cross-country champion in the junior category in 1993 as well in the under-23 category in 1996. He also won the bronze medal in the Mountain Bike Marathon World Championship in 2005. He was awarded the Gold Collar for Sports Merit by the Italian National Olympic Committee.[1][2]
Acquaroli died of a heart attack on 9 April 2023, at the age of 48.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "MTB WORLD CHAMPION DARIO ACQUAROLI OPENS UP: LIVING AFTER THE SUCCESS". vittoria.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Dario Acquaroli". coni.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Dario Acquaroli, morto a 48 anni l'ex campione del mondo di mountain bike: fatale un malore in bicicletta". www.ilfattoquotidiano.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Morto per un malore in bici Dario Acquaroli, ex campione di Mountain Bike" (in Italian). Sky Sport Italia. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023..
External links
[edit]- Dario Acquaroli at Cycling Archives (archived)
