Notable Ultrarunners

This is a list of some of the more well known ultrarunners who have run in the last 30 years or so since the modern rebirth of the sport in 1980.

Notable ultramarathon runners

• Achim Heukemes, trans-Australia record holder
• Andy Jones, Canadian owner of the 100m world record (12:05:43)
• Ann Trason, thirteen time Western States winner; holds numerous world records, including 100 mile (13:47:41 1991), 50m (5:40:18, 1991) , and 12 Hours (147.6k, 1991); American 100k record holder (7:00:48)
• Anne Riddle Lundblad, former member, USA World 100k team; 2nd place 2005 World 100K Interview
• Dr. Bernd Heinrich, US 100m track record holder (12:27:01), naturalist
• Bruce Fordyce, nine time Comrades Marathon winner; African 100K record holder (6:25:07)
• Carolyn Hunter-Rowe, multiple world record holder, including track 50K, 30M, 40M; two time World 100K champion
• Cavin Woodward, Former World Record Holder 30 mile, Former World Record Holder 50 Mile 100km 150km 100Mile (all in the same race), Winner of London to Brighton, Two Bridges. Legendary for his fast starts
• Cliff Young, former winner Westfield Sydney to Melbourne; holds numerous world age records
• Constantin Santalov, three-time World 100K champion; considered to be one of the best 100K runners of all time
• Dave Warady, winner of the inaugural Trans-America Footrace
• Denis Jalybin, 150km track world record holder
• Dick Collins, San Francisco Bay Area ultra legend, with over 1,000 races run
• Dipali Cunningham, champion multi-day race runner
• Don Choi, modern six day race pioneer
• Don Paul, once held unofficial world 50k road record, author, musician
• Don Ritchie
• Hilary Walker, female ultrarunning pioneer, holds multiple world records; first female council member of IAU
• Dr. Mark Werner, former team member, USA World 100k
• Edit Berces, world record holder, 24 hour treadmill; holds several Hungarian records
• Eleanor Adams Robinson, female ultrarunning pioneer, holds multiple world records
• Frith van der Merwe, set Comrades Marathon records for both directions
• Gard Leighton, US senior division (50+) record holder at 100m (14:56:19, 1985) and 200k (21:07:11, 1986)
• George Parrott, Buffalo Chips Running Club guru
• Gordy Ansleigh, Western States pioneer, 'inventor' of the trail ultramarathon
• Jean-Paul Praet, European 100k record holder (6:15:30)
• Jesper Olsen, has run around the world in 22 months (2004-'05); won the Australian 6-days race (2004)
• Jose Cortez, once held US 100 mile road record
• Leslie Watson, former world record holder, 50m; former London-Brighton winner; most marathon/ultramarathon wins: 68 of 207 races
• Maria Bak, former women's winner, Comrades Marathon, holds 10th fastest 100k record of all time
• Mario Ardegmani, World 100K champion, 2004
• Mario Fattore, World 100K Champion, 2002 & 2003
• Mark Godale, former USATF ultrarunner of the year.
• Mensen Ernst, early 19th century professional runner; ran from Paris to Moscow. Died as he was running along the Nile, looking for its source.
• Monica Casiraghi, former World 100K champion (2003)
• Nikki Kimball, 2004 USA Outstanding Female Ultrarunner award winner; former member, USA World 100K team
• Oleg Kharitonov, 100 mile track world record holder
• Pam Reed, only woman to have won the Badwater Ultramarathon; former member, USA 24 hour team
• Rae Clark, holds US records for 24 hours (165.3 miles, 1990) and 100 mile road (12:12:19)
• Rich Hanna, 1994 US 100k champ, author
• Rimas Jakelaitis, champion multi-day race runner
• Robinson,Brian
• Rosie Swale-Pope, Round-the-world runner, started late 2003 in the UK, reached Alaska in 2005, continuing.
• Sandra Barwick, world record holder, 6 day track
• Sandra Kiddy, former multiple world and American record holder for various ultra distances
• Scott Jurek, seven time Western States winner and record holder (15:36:27), and two time Badwater Ultra winner and record holder (24:36)
• Serge Girard, trans-continental runner
• Stu Mittleman, US record holder for six day race (578 miles)
• Suprabha Beckjord 3100 mile race record holder
• Takahiro Sunada, 100k world record holder: 6:13:33 set in Tokyo, 1998
• Tatyana Zhyrkova, European 100k world record holder (7:10:32)
• Ted Corbitt, "father of American ultrarunning"; 1952 US Olympic team member; former American world record holder at various distances
• Thompson Magawana, world record holder, 30 mile road
• Tim Twietmeyer, five time Western States winner, 25-time Western States finisher Interview
• Tom Johnson, 100k American record holder (6:30:11)
• Tomoe Abe, 100k female world record holder (6:33:11)
• Valentina Lyachova , world record holder, track 50m and 6 hours
• Vladimir Kotov, former Comrades Marathon winner
• Wally Hayward, Multiple winner of Comrades Marathon, London to Brighton, many other ultramarathons
• Walt Stack, San Francisco Bay Area running icon
• Yiannis Kouros, multi-day race legend, holder of numerous world records and world bests from 24 hours to 1,000m
• Karl Meltzer