Xavier Thévenard
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 Xavier Thévenard on the summit of Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius, slightly less than two months before winning the UTMB. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | March 6, 1988 Nantua, France |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Xavier Thévenard is a French elite athlete who specialises in trail and mountain running. He was born on March 6, 1988 in Nantua, France.[1] He won the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Biography
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A native of the ski resort Les Plans d'Hotonnes, and a former cross-country skier and biathlete, he started running as physical training over the summer months, before entering his first ultra running competitions in 2010.
He is the only athlete to have achieved the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc Grand Slam with victories in the four individual races:
- UTMB (170 km) in 2013, 2015 and 2018
- CCC (99 km) in 2010
- TDS (119 km) in 2014
- OCC (55 km) in 2016
In 2017, he won the Mont-Blanc 80 km. In 2019, he won Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji (UTMF) and Mont-Blanc 90 km.
Record of achievements
[edit]| # | 
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Race | Distance | Start | Time |
| 2nd | 
|
 Transju'Trail
|
70 km | 6 June 2010 | 06:31:15 |
| 1st | 
|
  CCC
|
98 km | 27 August 2010 | 11:57:13 |
| 1st |
|
Transju'Trail (1)
|
70 km | 5 June 2011 | 06:20:51 |
| 2nd |
|
6000D
|
60 km | 30 July 2011 | 05:48:06 |
| 3rd | 
|
Trail des Aiguilles Rouge
|
50 km | 25 September 2011 | 06:48:29 |
| 1st |
|
Endurance trail des Templiers
|
106 km | 21 October 2011 | 10:58:44 |
| 1st |
|
Trail des forts du Grand Besançon
|
45 km | 12 May 2012 | 03:44:58 |
| 1st |
|
Transju'trail (2)
|
72 km | 2 June 2013 | 06:21:21 |
| 3rd |
|
80km du Mont-Blanc
|
80 km | 28 June 2013 | 10:06:28 |
| 1st |
|
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc[2] (1)
|
168 km | 30 August 2013 | 20:34:57 |
| 2nd |
|
Grande course des Templiers
|
73 km | 27 October 2013 | 06:47:46 |
| 1st |
|
TDS
|
119 km | 27 August 2014 | 14:10:37 |
| 1st |
|
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc[3] (2)
|
170 km | 28 August 2015 | 21:09:15 |
| 3rd |
|
Transju'trail
|
72 km | 5 June 2016 | 06:42:33 |
| 2nd |
|
Marathon du Mont-Blanc
|
42 km | 24 June 2016 | 4:07:51 |
| 3rd |
|
 Hardrock 100
|
100 mi | 15 July 2016 | 23:57:10 |
| 1st |
|
OCC
|
55 km | 2016-08-25 | 5:28:37 |
| 3rd |
|
 Ultra Trail de l'île de Madère
|
115 km | 22 April 2017 | 13:42:16 |
| 1st |
|
80km du Mont-Blanc
|
82 km | 23 June 2017 | 11:03:05 |
| 4th | 4th | Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
|
167 km | 1 September 2017 | 20:03:14 |
| 1st |
|
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc[4] (3)
|
171 km | 1 September 2018 | 20:44:16 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Thevenard, Xavier". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung.
- ^ Le Français Xavier Thévenard remporte l'Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc sur lemonde.fr le 31 août 2013
- ^ UTMB 2015 : Xavier Thévenard entre dans la légende sur lequipe.fr le 1er septembre 2015
- ^ "UTMB® Live".