Isabell Speer (August 12, 1992) is an Austrian trail runner, mountain runner and skyrunning athlete, sponsored by Salomon Group.
Running career
Speer is based in Salzburg and competes for LAC Salzburg.
Speer emerged in Austrian trail-running media as a Salzburg-based athlete during the early 2020s. Kronen Zeitung described her as a local runner at the Salzburg Trailrunning Festival, while Running Schritti reported that she was named "Trailrunning Aufsteigerin des Jahres" at the Austria Trail Awards and appeared in an interview for the Laufend Entdecken podcast.
Her early UTMB World Series results included victory in the women's mozart Light race at mozart 100 by UTMB in Salzburg, where she finished the 31.7 km event in 2:49:42 and placed second overall. She also won the women's Speed Trail race at Hochkönigman in 1:50:55.
Speer's Austrian results include wins at the Trail Classic race of the Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival, the PIUT50 at the Paznaun Ischgl Ultratrail, the Gaisbergrace at the Salzburg Trailrunning Festival and the Red Bull 400 at the Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck. At PIUT50, she covered the 50 km course with 3,150 metres of elevation gain in 5:56:08.
Kronen Zeitung covered Speer ahead of the Salzburg Trailrunning Festival, describing her as a previous winner returning to the event with a new multi-day challenge. German trail-running site Alles Laufbar also listed Speer among the notable athletes in the women's field at the Hochstaufen Run, part of the Golden Trail National Series.
Speer represented Austria at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain, competing in the women's short trail race over 44.5 km.
At Mallorca by UTMB, Speer won the women's Els Tres Mils race, a 56 km event with 2,450 metres of elevation gain in the Serra de Tramuntana. She finished in 6:02:57. Her win drew coverage in Salzburger Nachrichten, which described the result as a breakthrough performance at a UTMB World Series event.
Speer won the women's HOKA mozart Marathon at mozart 100 by UTMB, a 44 km race with 1,600 metres of elevation gain. She finished in 3:38:17. Salzburger Nachrichten described the result as a home victory for the Salzburg athlete, while iRunFar also reported the win in its international weekly race roundup.
Selected results
Year Race Location Distance Time Overall place Notes Ref. 2023 mozart Light, mozart 100 by UTMB Salzburg, Austria 31.7 km 2:49:42 2nd Women's winner 2023 Speed Trail, Hochkönigman Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, Austria 20.9 km 1:50:55 4th Women's winner 2025 Trail Classic, Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival Innsbruck, Austria 17 km 1:18:31 24th Women's winner; Austrian Trail Classic championship 2025 PIUT50, Paznaun Ischgl Ultratrail Paznaun, Austria 50 km 5:56:08 3rd Women's winner 2025 Short Trail, World Mountain and Trail Running Championships Canfranc, Spain 44.5 km 6:23:37 158th 39th female 2025 Gaisbergrace, Salzburg Trailrunning Festival Salzburg, Austria 9.1 km 1:13:43 — Women's winner 2025 Red Bull 400 Bergisel Innsbruck, Austria 400 m uphill — — Women's winner 2025 Els Tres Mils, Mallorca by UTMB Serra de Tramuntana, Spain 56 km 6:02:57 11th Women's winner 2026 HOKA mozart Marathon, mozart 100 by UTMB Fuschl am See / Salzburg, Austria 44 km 3:38:17 — Women's winner
References
External links
Isabell Speer at UTMB World Isabell Speer at ITRA