Michel Lanne

About

Michel Lanne is a French trail runner born on October 26, 1984 in Tarbes who built one of the finest ultrarunning résumés in France while simultaneously serving as a mountain rescue gendarme with the PGHM (Peloton de Gendarmerie de Haute Montagne). Based in Briançon and sponsored by Salomon, Lanne joined the brand's team in 2012 and quickly established himself as a specialist on the longest and most technical mountain ultras in Europe. He won the Marathon du Mont-Blanc in June 2013 (9:45:57), claimed the CCC (Courmayeur–Champex–Chamonix, 101 km) at the UTMB® World Series in August 2016 in a time of 12:10:04, and won the TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie, 119 km) in August 2017 in 14:33:09. He was vice world champion in skyrunning in 2014 and won the Maxi-Race (83 km) in 2019. He retired from competitive racing at the age of 36 after a decade at the summit of French trail running and continues to work as a mountain guide based in the Alps.

Notable Wins

• — Marathon du Mont-Blanc 2013 (9:45:57); CCC 2016 (12:10:04); TDS 2017 (14:33:09); Maxi-Race 2019; Vice World Champion Skyrunning 2014

Race History