Alessio Chiodi
{{Short description|Italian motorcycle racer (born 1973)}}
{{Infobox Motocross rider
| name = Alessio Chiodi
| image = Alessio Chiodi Loket 2008.jpg
| caption =
| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 March 1973}}
| birth_place = Salò, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years = 1993 - 2009
| races =
| championships = 125cc - 1997, 1998, 1999
| wins = 27
}}
Alessio Chiodi (born 17 March 1973 in Salò) is an Italian former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1993 to 2009. Chiodi is notable for winning three consecutive FIM 125cc motocross world championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.mxgp.com/news/alessio-chiodi |title=Alessio Chiodi |publisher=mxgp.com |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719033828/http://www.mxgp.com/news/alessio-chiodi |url-status=live }}
Biography
In 1993 Chiodi finished eighth in the 125cc motocross world championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929d3e127d601 |title=1993 125cc motocross world championship final standings |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218124716/http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929d3e127d601 |url-status=live }} The following year he improved to second in the 125cc motocross world championship, 48 points behind Bobby Moore.{{cite web |url=https://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929d260a0e101 |title=1994 125cc motocross world championship final standings |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213075337/http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929d260a0e101 |url-status=live }} He repeated his second place result in the 1995 125cc motocross world championship, this time by only three points to fellow Italian Alessandro Puzar.{{cite web |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929cf11012e01 |title=1995 125cc motocross world championship final standings |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218124716/http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929cf11012e01 |url-status=live }}
Chiodi moved to the 250cc motocross world championship for the 1996 season where he finished the season in 16th place.{{cite web |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf040a |title=1996 250cc motocross world championship final standings |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218124950/http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/visite/index.php#0440929ca80bf040a |url-status=live }} He returned to the 125cc motocross world championship in 1997 where, he once again battled Puzar for the title. The world championship was not decided until the final race of the season when Chiodi won the championship by 40 points over Puzar.{{cite web |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929ce00cb6801 |title=1997 125cc motocross world championship final standings |publisher=memotocross.fr |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218124716/http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929ce00cb6801 |url-status=live }}
The following year he switched to the Husqvarna factory racing team and repeated as 125cc world champion. In 1999, Chiodi won his third consecutive 125cc world championship, also on a Husqvarna.{{cite web |url=http://www.bestsports.com.br/db/atlpag.php?atl=757&lang=2 |title=Alessio Chiodi career profile |publisher=bestsports.com |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710090218/http://www.bestsports.com.br/db/atlpag.php?atl=757&lang=2 |url-status=live }}
Chiodi moved to the United States in 2000 to compete in the AMA national championships without success due to an injury plagued season. Afterwards, he returned to Europe to compete in the world championships before switching to the four-stroke world championships. Chiodi was a member of the winning Italian teams in the 1999 and 2002 Motocross des Nations.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJx62Tku9jMC&q=Alessio+Chiodi&pg=PA114 |title=USA Overwhelmed Overseas |author=Johnson, Eric |date=January 2000 |work=Cycle World |accessdate=18 January 2018 }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PoDAAAAMBAJ&q=Alessio+Chiodi&pg=PA43 |title=MX des Nations |author=Parsons, Grant |date=January 2003 |work=Cycle World |accessdate=18 January 2018 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.chiccochiodi.it/ Alessio Chiodi official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430014528/http://www.chiccochiodi.it/ |date=2008-04-30 }}
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Category:Italian motocross riders
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia
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