Céline Finas

About

Céline Finas is a French ultra-trail runner from Lambres-lez-Douai in northern France who built her endurance base through orienteering before transitioning to trail running, and now splits her time between Lausanne, Switzerland, where she works, and her mountain base in Chamonix. She won the UT4M Challenge in 2021 and the GRP Ultra 160K (Grand Raid des Pyrénées) in 2023 in a controlled 31:33:25, then confirmed her place among the sport's elite with a podium finish at the TDS (part of the UTMB Mont-Blanc week) in 2024 and a win at the X-Alpine at Trail Verbier St-Bernard by UTMB in 2025 in 24:43:09. She took 3rd woman at Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie in 2024, and finished 15th woman at the 2025 Grand Raid de la Réunion - Diagonale des Fous. Her rapid rise from an orienteering background to podium finishes on some of the sport's most demanding mountain courses has made her one of the more notable ascents in recent French trail running.

Notable Wins

• — GRP Ultra 160K (Grand Raid des Pyrénées) winner 2023 (31:33:25)
• — X-Alpine (Trail Verbier St-Bernard by UTMB) winner 2025 (24:43:09)
• — UT4M Challenge winner 2021
• — TDS (UTMB) podium 2024
• — Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie 3rd woman 2024

Race History