Xavier Thévenard is a French elite athlete who specialises in trail and mountain running. He was born on in Nantua, France. He won the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Biography
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
# Race Distance Start Time2nd Transju'Trail70 km6 June 201006:31:151st CCC98 km27 August 201011:57:131st Transju'Trail (1)70 km5 June 201106:20:512nd 6000D60 km30 July 201105:48:063rd Trail des Aiguilles Rouge50 km25 September 201106:48:291st Endurance trail des Templiers106 km21 October 201110:58:441st Trail des forts du Grand Besançon45 km12 May 201203:44:581st Transju'trail (2)72 km2 June 201306:21:213rd 80km du Mont-Blanc80 km28 June 201310:06:281st Ultra-Trail du Mont-BlancLe Français Xavier Thévenard remporte l'Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc sur lemonde.fr le 31 août 2013 (1)168 km30 August 201320:34:572nd Grande course des Templiers73 km27 October 201306:47:461st TDS119 km27 August 201414:10:371st Ultra-Trail du Mont-BlancUTMB 2015 : Xavier Thévenard entre dans la légende sur lequipe.fr le 1er septembre 2015 (2)170 km28 August 201521:09:153rd Transju'trail72 km5 June 201606:42:332nd Marathon du Mont-Blanc42 km24 June 20164:07:513rd Hardrock 100100 mi15 July 201623:57:101st OCC55 km2016-08-255:28:373rd Ultra Trail de l'île de Madère115 km22 April 201713:42:161st 80km du Mont-Blanc82 km23 June 201711:03:054th4th Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc167 km1 September 201720:03:141st Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (3)171 km1 September 201820:44:16
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