Dominika Stelmach

About

Dominika Stelmach is a Polish trail runner, coach, and personal trainer born on February 28, 1982, educated at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and mother of two boys who has built one of the most diverse and decorated résumés in European ultra-endurance running across road, mountain, track, and multi-day formats. The former European 100km record holder, she was vice world champion in mountain running in 2018 and holds the European 50-mile record of 5:51:58. On January 5, 2023, she set the women's 12-hour world record at the Spartanion race in Tel Aviv, Israel, covering 152.633km at an average pace of 4:44 per kilometre before Finnish runner Satu Lipiäinen surpassed the mark later that year. She won the 2021 Cappadocia Ultra-Trail 120km, finished second at the 2022 Black Canyon Ultra, and recorded five Comrades Marathon top-10 finishes including second place in 2022 (6:26:58). She represented Poland at the 2022 Trail World Championships 80km race and has continued competing at the international elite level well into her forties. Stelmach has famously noted that having two children — and having less training time — made her run faster, a counterintuitive observation she has cited as one of the clearest lessons of her career; she remains active as a coach, training camp organiser, and competitor on the European ultra circuit.

Notable Wins

• — Women's 12-hour world record 2023 (152.633km
• — Spartanion Tel Aviv)
• — Comrades Marathon 2nd 2022 (6:26:58)
• — Cappadocia Ultra-Trail 120k 2021
• — Black Canyon Ultra 2nd 2022
• — Vice World Champion Mountain Running 2018
• — European 50-mile record (5:51:58)

Race History