Long legs, lean muscles, eyes bright with passion and lungs that push him to the limit. Today Tadei Pivk is one of the strongest skyrunners on the Italian scene. Born in 1981, Tadei was born and raised in Gemona del Friuli, a stone throw from Tarvisio. In this corner of Italy surrounded by mountains he discovered a passion for running in his late teens. For Tad, as his friends call him, during his childhood and adolescence sport rhymed with snow. He practiced ski jumping and Nordic combined, also managing to conquer some good positions. But the exploits, the real ones, came only when Tadei Pivk discovered the world of running, when he turned 18. Graduated as a mechanical specialist, at 22 he chose to try to discover his home trails with lightness and speed, unable to stop! After that first experience others came. Every free moment from work has become time to be used to improve his running, to train and raise his level more and more.
In 2008 the first important results arrived, which marked the beginning of a journey among the highest steps of the podium which culminated in 2015 with the victory of the Skyrunning World Cup. He is the first Italian to do it, and in 2016 he repeated himself!