2
Wins
12
Podiums
5
Races
2011
Active since
About
Fernanda Maciel is a Brazilian skyrunner and environmental advocate from Belo Horizonte who left a career as an environmental lawyer to pursue one of trail running's most globally diverse résumés. A former gymnast (competing from age eight) and practitioner of capoeira and jiu-jitsu, she began running at 15 and between 2009 and 2015 won some of the sport's most prestigious events: the TDS by UTMB, Transgrancanaria (2012), the Lavaredo Ultra Trail (2011), Ultra Trail Mt Fuji, and the Everest Trail Race (2013). Since 2016 she has channelled her competitive drive into the Seven Summits FKT project — setting women's speed records on Aconcagua (22 hours 52 minutes round-trip, 2016), Kilimanjaro (10 hours 6 minutes, 2017), Mount Vinson, Mount Elbrus, and the Carstensz Pyramid — to raise awareness of climate change and wilderness protection. A longtime The North Face athlete, she is now based in the Spanish Pyrenees.
Notable Wins
- — TDS by UTMB
- — Transgrancanaria 2012
- — Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2011
- — Ultra Trail Mt Fuji
- — Everest Trail Race 2013
- — Aconcagua women's speed record 2016
- — Kilimanjaro women's speed record 2017
Race History
| Year | Race | Cat. | Pos. | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The North Face Transgrancanaria | women | 3rd | 17:03:33 |
| 2017 | Marathon des Sables | women | 3rd | 24:44:59 |
| 2016 | Marathon des Sables | women | 3rd | 29:58:43 |
| 2016 | La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB | women | 3rd | 15:20:57 |
| 2015 | Mt. FUJI 100 | women | 2nd | 26:44:25 |
| 2015 | La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB | women | 3rd | 15:18:35 |
| 2014 | HOKA Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB | women | 3rd | 11:47:52 |
| 2014 | Mt. FUJI 100 | women | 2nd | 23:46:24 |
| 2014 | The North Face Transgrancanaria | women | 3rd | 17:31:57 |
| 2012 | La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB | women | 2nd | 16:29:02 |
| 2012 | The North Face Transgrancanaria | women | 1st | 15:02:29 |
| 2011 | La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB | women | 1st | 12:45:24 |
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