Age, Biography and Wiki
Marco Melandri was born on 7 August, 1982 in Ravenna, Italy, is an Italian motorcycle racer. Discover Marco Melandri's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?
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41 years old |
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Leo |
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7 August, 1982 |
Birthday |
7 August |
Birthplace |
Ravenna, Italy |
Nationality |
Ytaly
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He is a member of famous Racer with the age 41 years old group.
Marco Melandri Height, Weight & Measurements
At 41 years old, Marco Melandri height is 1.66 m .
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1.66 m |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Martina Melandri |
Marco Melandri Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Marco Melandri worth at the age of 41 years old? Marco Melandri’s income source is mostly from being a successful Racer. He is from Ytaly. We have estimated Marco Melandri's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Racer |
Marco Melandri Social Network
Timeline
Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian retired motorcycle road racer who is a five-time premier class race winner.
In 1997, Melandri won the Italian 125cc championship, also finishing 4th in European 125cc championship.
In addition to his European success, he made his debut in 125cc world championship at Brno, Czech Republic as a wild card rider.
After impressing in Italian and European championship in 1997, Melandri finally got his chance to compete in 1998 125cc world championship as a regular.
He rode Honda 125cc bike under Benetton Honda Team.
He went on to impress many as he earned his first podium in the fourth race of the season, where he finished second in his home Grand Prix at Mugello, Italy.
His brilliant debut season continued when he won his first grand prix at Assen TT, Netherlands.
He won this race at the age of 15 years and 324 days which made him the youngest ever Grand Prix winner, at the time.
Overall, he won two Grand Prix in his debut season and therefore he finished the season at 3rd position in overall standings behind champion Kazuto Sakata and runner-up Tomomi Manako.
He remained on the same bike and team in 1999, where he bid to win the 125cc world championship.
He went on to win 5 Grand Prix but failed to win the championship, finishing second behind Emilio Alzamora with just a single point difference.
Failure in securing his first world championship did not stop his rise to 250cc world championship in 2000.
Melandri was signed by Aprilia in 2000 to replace another Italian Valentino Rossi who left the team and 250cc class for 500cc class.
He was highly expected to take over Rossi's shoes and to win the 250cc world championship.
However, his debut season did not start as well as the expectation.
He struggled to adapt to bigger bike and higher competition.
He failed to win any Grand Prix in 2000, managing only 4 podiums, all came late in the season.
Despite these problems, he still finishes the season at 5th position overall.
In 2001, his performances were improving.
He managed to win his first 250cc Grand Prix at Sachsenring, Germany.
However, it was his only win in 2001.
Despite managing to appear on the podium on 9 occasions, he never really challenged for the championship.
With 2001 champion and runner-up, Kato and Harada moved to MotoGP class, he became the strongest contender for the championship.
He dominated the season by collecting 9 wins and 3 additional podiums.
After challenging for world championship for years, he finally won the 250cc world title.
He is the 2002 250 cc World Champion and runner-up in 125 cc, MotoGP and Superbike World Championship.
2002 proved to be Melandri's chance to shine.
He competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2010 and then a brief return with Aprilia in 2015.
Melandri's best years in MotoGP came in and with these two seasons being the only seasons he won races in MotoGP, the same as title rival Nicky Hayden.
The season is regarded as his best ever as he won three races and finished 24 points behind eventual champion Nicky Hayden.
In both these seasons he won more races than title rival Hayden, finishing ahead of Hayden in 2005 and just behind him in 2006.
Melandri has 22 race wins in Grand Prix motorcycle racing including five in MotoGP.
Melandri switched to the Superbike World Championship in 2011, earning 22 wins in his first six seasons finishing among the top five every time.
Melandri retired from racing after the 2019 Superbike World Championship.
After a brief return to Superbike in 2020 and racing in four rounds Melandri retired again.
Melandri was born in Ravenna.
He was introduced to racing by a former rider Loris Reggiani at the age of six.
He came through the ranks from minibikes, motocross and then the Italian and European 125cc championship.