François D'Haene

François D'Haene (2016)

François D'Haene (born December 24, 1985 in Lille , France ) is a French mountain and ultramarathon runner . D'Haene was the overall winner of the Ultra-Trail World Tour in 2014 and 2017

Life

D'Haene was a member of an athletics club from childhood. In his youth he turned more and more to mountain sports and, in addition to his training as a physiotherapist, began mountain running. In June 2006, he first took part in an ultra trail, the 72 km long Tour Glaciers de la Vanoise , and won. In the years that followed, D'Haene only occasionally started in ultra-marathons and mountain races due to his job. After his 5th place in the Grand Raid 2009, he became a member of the Salomon team. Prelude to giving priority to running.

D'Haene won the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 2012, 2014 and 2017 , the Grand Raid in 2013, 2014 and 2016 and was the overall winner of the Ultra-Trail World Tour in 2014 and 2017.

He is the father of two children and has been running the four and a half hectare Domaine du Germain winery in Saint-Julien in Beaujolais with his wife since 2011 .

D'Haene starts for the French sports club EA Chambéry .

Successes (selection)

2006: 1st place at the Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise, France in 8:07:00 hours for 72 km
2006: 3rd place at Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix, Italy, Switzerland, France in 11:27:10 hours for 86 km
2009: 5th place at the Grand Raid , La Réunion in 23:34:20 for 148 km
2010: 1st place at Trail Nivolet Revard, France in 4:12:28 hours for 49 km
2010: 1st place at Gapen'Cimes, France in 4:44:21 hours for 48 km
2011: 2nd place at The North Face 100 Australia, Australia in 9:24:33 hours for 100 km
2012: 1st place at the Trail Du Tour Des Fiz, France in 7:55:00 hours for 63 km
2012: 1st place at the Beaujolais Villages Trail in 5:00:44 hours for 54 km
2012: 4th place at Transvulcania , Spain in 7:23:41 hours for 83 km
2012: 1st place at the Ice Trail Tarentaise, France in 8:16:35 hours for 83 km
2012: 1st place at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 10:32:36 hours for 103 km
2013: 1st place at the 80km du Mont-Blanc, France in 9:45:57 hours for 80 km
2013: 2nd place at the Ice Trail Tarentaise, France in 7:40:13 hours for 65 km
2013: 1st place at the Trail de l'Etendard, France in 7:18:04 hours for 64 km
2013: 1st place at the Grand Raid, La Réunion in 22:58:30 for 163 km
2014: 1st place at the Beaujolais Villages Trail, France in 5:57:01 hours for 63 km
2014: 1st place at the Ultra-Trail Mt.Fuji, Japan in 19:09:13 hours for 161 km
2014: 2nd place at the 80km du Mont-Blanc, France in 10:29:33 hours for 80 km
2014: 1st place in the Grand Raid, La Réunion in 24:25:02 hours for 172 km
2014: 1st place at the Ice Trail Tarentaise, France in 7:37:09 hours for 65 km
2014: 1st place at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 20:11:44 hours for 168 km
2014: Winner of the Ultra-Trail World Tour
2016: 1st place at the Hong Kong 100, Hong Kong in 9:32:26 hours for 100 km
2016: 1st place in the Grand Raid, La Réunion in 23:44:57 hours for 167 km
2017: 1st place at the Madeira Island Ultra Trail, Portugal in 13:05:44 hours for 115 km
2017: 1st place at the La Maxi Race du Lac d'Annecy, France in 12:55:00 hours for 110 km
2017: 1st place at Trail Verbier St. Bernard, Switzerland in 7:07:06 hours for 61 km
2017: 1st place at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 19:01:54 hours for the route shortened to 162 km due to bad weather conditions
2017: Winner of the Ultra-Trail World Tour
2018: 2nd place in the 100 Mile Western States Endurance Run in 15:54:53 hours
2018: 1st place at the Grand Raid Réunion - La Diagonale des Fous in 23:18:32 hours for 167.7 km
2019: 1st place at the Madeira Island Ultra Trail in 13:48:42 hours for 115 km
2019: 1st place at La Pastourelle - Le Grand Cirque , France in 4:26:37 hours for 53 km

Records (selection)

2016: Track record on the 170 km long GR 20 in Corsica in 31 hours, 6 minutes.
2017: Track record on the 340 km long John Muir Trail in California's Sierra Nevada in 2 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Le p'tit nouveau. teamsalomon.canalblog.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).
↑ FK: François D'haene: "Je n'ai jamais voulu avoir une vie de sportif de skin level". L'Équipe , April 13, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).
↑ Audrey Mercurin: Les mille et une vies de François D'Haene. Ouest-France Running, June 6, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).
^ Roots - Salomon Running TV S3 E03. In: YouTube . SalomonTrailRunning, December 11, 2013, accessed on December 12, 2017 .
↑ Dominique Granger, Astrid Heinz: GR20-Trail: The conquest of Corsica in record time. Red Bull , June 6, 2016, accessed November 12, 2017 .
^ Wes Judd: François D'Haene Breaks John Muir Trail Speed Record. Outside Online, October 17, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Haene, François D '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French mountain and ultra marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lille , France

[1] Le p'tit nouveau. teamsalomon.canalblog.com, December 30, 2009, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).

[2] FK: François D'haene: "Je n'ai jamais voulu avoir une vie de sportif de skin level". L'Équipe , April 13, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).

[3] Audrey Mercurin: Les mille et une vies de François D'Haene. Ouest-France Running, June 6, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 (French).

[4] Roots - Salomon Running TV S3 E03. In: YouTube . SalomonTrailRunning, December 11, 2013, accessed on December 12, 2017 .

[5] Dominique Granger, Astrid Heinz: GR20-Trail: The conquest of Corsica in record time. Red Bull , June 6, 2016, accessed November 12, 2017 .

[6] Wes Judd: François D'Haene Breaks John Muir Trail Speed Record. Outside Online, October 17, 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .