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{{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
| teams = [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]], [[Husqvarna Motorcycles|Husqvarna]]
| races =
| championships = 125cc - 1997, 1998, 1999
| wins = 27
}}

'''Alessio Chiodi''' (born 17 March 1973 in [[Salò]]) is an [[Italians|Italian]] former professional [[motocross]] racer. He competed in the [[Motocross World Championship]]s from 1993 to 2009. Chiodi is notable for winning three consecutive [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] 125cc motocross world championships.<ref name="Alessio Chiodi">{{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 }}</ref>

==Biography==

In 1993 Chiodi finished eighth in the 125cc motocross world championship.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The following year he improved to second in the 125cc motocross world championship, 48 points behind [[Bobby Moore (motorcyclist)|Bobby Moore]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He repeated his second place result in the 1995 125cc motocross world championship, this time by only three points to fellow Italian [[Alessandro Puzar]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Chiodi moved to the 250cc motocross world championship for the 1996 season where he finished the season in 16th place.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He returned to the 125cc motocross world championship in 1997 where, he once again battled Puzar for the title.<ref name="Alessio Chiodi"/> The world championship was not decided until the final race of the season when Chiodi won the championship by 40 points over Puzar.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

The following year he switched to the [[Husqvarna Motorcycles|Husqvarna]] factory racing team and repeated as 125cc world champion. In 1999, Chiodi won his third consecutive 125cc world championship, also on a Husqvarna.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Chiodi moved to the United States in 2000 to compete in the [[American Motorcyclist Association|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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

== 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:People from Salò]]
[[Category:Italian motocross riders]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia]]

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