Archive · 12 Aug 2025
Italian Orienteer Mattia Debertolis Dies at World Games
Mattia Debertolis, an Italian athlete who did orienteering, died while at the World Games in China.
He was competing in a race when he collapsed and was found by the organizers.
Despite getting help from doctors, he died a few days later.
No one knows why this happened.
Orienteering is like a treasure hunt in the woods, where people use maps to find their way.
Debertolis was also a student, and he was part of an orienteering club in Stockholm.
The International Orienteering Federation is very sad about his death.
Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died at the World Games in Chengdu, China.
Debertolis, 29, collapsed during an orienteering event on Friday.
He passed away on Tuesday, four days after the incident.
The cause of death remains unknown.
Debertolis was pursuing a PhD and was part of an orienteering club in Stockholm.
- Who
- Mattia Debertolis, a 29-year-old Italian orienteering athlete.
- What
- Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis died after collapsing during the World Games.
- When
- The collapse occurred on Friday, and he passed away on Tuesday.
- Where
- Chengdu, China, during the World Games.
- Why
- The cause of death is currently unknown.
- Athlete
- Mattia Debertolis
- Sport
- Orienteering
- Event
- World Games
- Location
- Chengdu, China
- Death Date
- Tuesday
- Age
- 29
- Residence
- Stockholm
