Pierre-Michaël Micaleteti — Wikipedia

Pierre-Micaletti , born the January 15, 1967 ^{[ first ]} In Marseille is a French athlete of Corso-Vietnamese origin specializing in ultrafond and in particular the little-known discipline of 6-day races, one of the most harsh sporting events in the world which consists in running for 6 days and 6 nights on Circuits whose loops generally do not exceed 1.5 kilometers.

Pierre-Michael Micaletti had a fairly unique sporting journey and acquired, in just 5 years, a global level on extreme races of ultra-endurance ^{[ 2 ]} .

At 16, a serious traffic accident grinds the tibia. After removing the ligaments, it remains “nailed” in a wheelchair then in crutches for more than 3 years ^{[ 3 ]} . There follow ten years of sports inactivity. After years of rehabilitation, he participated in his first ultrafined race in 2003 : The 6 hours of Gravigny.

In 2006 , he participated in the Gaul trance, which connects Roscoff to Gruissan. This is a race of 1,150 km Crossing France right through. He travels the sixth stage with 2 fractures on the right tibial plateau ^{[ 4 ]} . A feat according to the medical world. It will be 700 km With this double fracture and will finish the race, thus entering the closed circle of finishers of this extraordinary event.

He is the first Frenchman to have won the race for the 7 days of Athens ^{[ 5 ]} ( 2010 ), labeled silver by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). He travels there 860 km In 7 days and 7 nights, the greatest distance made by a French on this bitumen circuit with a length of 1 km .

It is currently one of the best runners in the world of the discipline of 6 -day races, which after having almost disappeared, has lived in a few years a kind of rebirth, in France essentially but also internationally. Little known to the general public, he however acquires a certain notoriety ^{[ 6 ] , [ 7 ]} in the microcosm of the ultrafond and notably makes the cover of the magazine ultrafondus in January 2006 .

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From 5 to June 10 2011 , Michaël Micaletti attacked a new distance record … on treadmill. On the sidelines of the six days of antibes (in) ^{[ 8 ]} , he made a first distance record with 814.3 km traveled in 6 days ^{[ 4 ]} . The record is recorded on the Records alternative tablets ^{[ 9 ]} . In addition to this impressive record, these six days were above all an opportunity for Michaël Micaletti to lend themselves to multiple experiences on sleep and to various measures, carried out with the Polar RS 800 ^{[ ten ]} . In December 2011 , it improves this mileage brand by bringing it to 816 km ^{[ 4 ]} that he will realize during the 6 days of Artaix as part of scientific experiences on physiology, oxygenation and fatigue.

Finally, in May 2012 , at the Cité des Sciences et de la Industrie de Paris, during a third 6 days on a treadmill in less than a year (which has no precedent ^{[ 4 ]} ), he returned to the Guinness World Records with 822.3 km made ^{[ 3 ]} (record broken since by Marcio Villar do Amaral in 2015 with 827.16 km ^{[ 11 ]} ). A unique study in the world conducted by the sleep laboratory of the Albi Savior Savior Foundation with the medical team of Doctor Eric Mullens ^{[ twelfth ]} will be conducted in order to recover information on human behavior under extreme effort conditions on an effort of aerobic endurance ^{[ 13 ]} .

As a runner, Michael Micaletti is involved in different challenges with a humanitarian vocation for the benefit of various associations or via Maia-D that he has co -founded and whose theme is the sharing of information at the international level. He will inaugurate a first ^re 2,500 days 2,500 stages racing m , “The cultural and solidarity marathon F4” in the mountains of western Cameroon intended to promote the region and its populations.

Global ranking 6 days [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• 2006: 23 ^{It is} Performance with a 607,550 race km For the 6 days of antibes ^{[ 14 ]}
• 2007: 13 ^{It is} performance with a 712,500 race km For the 6 days of antibes ^{[ 15 ]}
• 2008: 7 ^{It is} Performance with a race of 747.323 km For the 6 days of antibes ^{[ 16 ]}
• 2009: 3 ^{It is} Performance with a race of 770.616 km For the 6 days of antibes ^{[ 17 ]}
• 2010: 5 ^{It is} performance with a race of 811,000 km For the 6 days of Athens, during the International Festival of Ultramarathons of Athens ^{[ 18 ]}

Statistics of Pierre-Michael Micaletti according to the German Ultramarathon Association (Dut) ^{[ 2 ]} :

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