Maria Chiara Ramorino (born 13 April 1931) is an Italian orienteer and a former tennis player.
Biography She won two medals at the Summer Universiade. After her tennis career she became a proponent of the sport of Orienteering, and in 2008 wrote also a book of this theme.
She was also a scientist, among the researchers who participated to the first Italian missions to Antarctica in the early 1990s, and manager of the Italian team that compiled and promulgated the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, 1998–2006. The Ramorino Glacier in Antarctica was named after her in 2006 by US-ACAN.
Achievements Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes1959Summer UniversiadeItaly Turin Mixed doubles1stIn doubles with Massimo Drisaldi Women double1stIn doubles with Maria Teresa Riedl
Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2011World Orienteering Master ChampionshipHungary Pécs Sprint W802ndIOF WMOC results at http://orienteering.org/calendarresults/foot-orienteering/world-masters-orienteering-championships/
Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2011Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Middle W653rdFISO – http://www.fiso.it Sprint W652nd Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2009Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Long W653rd Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2008Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Long W653rd Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2004Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Middle W603rd Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2002Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Lunga Distanza W603rd Distanza Classica W602nd Year Competition Venue Event Medal Notes2000Campionati ItalianiItaly Italia Corta Distanza W602nd Lunga Distanza W603rd
References
External links Athlete profile at FISO web site