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Mauro Prosperi
Italian pentathlete
| Nationality | Italian |
|---|---|
| Born | (1955-07-13) 13 July 1955 (age 69) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Former police officer and pentathlete |
| Country | Italy |
| Sport | Endurance running |
Mauro Prosperi (born 13 July 1955) is an Italian former police officer and pentathlete, most notable for his nine-day disappearance and survival in the Sahara, whilst competing in the 1994 Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) in Morocco.
Early life
Prosperi was born in the Italian capital city of Rome on 13 July 1955.[1]
One year prior to graduating from his secondary school, a liceo artistico (an Italian secondary school focused on the study of art subjects) in 1974, Prosperi began working for the Polizia di Stato (the national police force of Italy) as a crowd-control police officer.[2]
Prosperi met his wife Cinzia Pagliara at a pre-Olympic pentathlon event, where Pagliara was working as an English- and Russian-l