Hillary Gerardi is a French athlete following her naturalization in 2024, born in the United States 13 October 1986. A skyrunning specialist, she notably won the Tromsø Skyrace and the Kima Trophy in 2018. She holds the women's record for the round trip ascent of Mont Blanc from Chamonix in Haute-Savoie.
Biography At the beginning of April 2021, she achieved a first with Valentine Fabre, becoming the first female duo to ski mountaineer from Chamonix to Zermatt in one go via the Haute Route (108 km) in 26h 21mins.
On June 17, 2023, she set off at two o'clock in the morning from the church in Chamonix and began the ascent of Mont Blanc via the north ridge. She roped up with Valentine Fabre in the dangerous passages and reached the summit in 5 hours 16 minutes. She was then joined by the South African trail runner Meg Mackenzie who accompanied her during the descent to Chamonix. She reached her starting point after 7 hours 25 minutes of effort. She thus set a new round-trip record, beating by almost half an hour the previous women's record set by Emelie Forsberg in 2018.
Medals During the 2019 season she participated in the Skyrunner World Series circuit, she finished in 5th place in the first race, the Mt Awa Skyrace. Position (overall)Position (women)RaceDistanceDateTime33 Tour des Cirques120 km21 August 201526 h 14 min 31 s52 Skyrhune21 km24 September 20162 h 32 min 46 s31 Skyrace des Matheysins27 km8 May 20173 h 32 min 6 s75 Dolomites SkyRace22 km22 July 20172 h 37 min 55 s Trentapassi Vertical Race3,4 km6 May 201812 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon35 km23 June 20185 h 51 min 32 s52 DoloMyths Run22 km22 July 20182 h 32 min 9 s9 Tromsø Skyrace57 km4 August 20188 h 14 min 9 s26 Trophée Kima52 km26 August 20187 h 37 min 29 s5th Mt Awa SkyRace33 km21 avril 20192 h 30 min 31 s67 SkyRace des Matheysins27 km19 mai 20193 h 03 min 23 s14 Tromsø Skyrace55 km3 août 20198 h 25 min 57 s26 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme25 km23 août 20194 h 14 min 48 s16 Matterhorn Ultraks Vertical2,3 km23 août 201926 min 23 s13 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme25 km21 août 20204 h 25 min 23 s9 AMA VK211 km19 juin 20211 h 58 min 57 s20 90 km du Mont-Blanc85 km2 juillet 202111 h 54 min 11 s16 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme25 km20 août 20214 h 10 min 54 s26 Grigne SkyMarathon23 km19 septembre 20212 h 24 min 28 s21 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon35 km25 juin 20226 h 52 min 42 s37 Giir di Mont32 km31 juillet 20224 h 6 min 6 s19 Trophée Kima52 km28 août 20227 h 30 min 38 s58 Skyrace des Matheysins25,3 km14 mai 20233 h 2 min 15 s26 Grigne SkyMarathon43 km17 septembre 20236 h 12 min 5 s19 Monte Zerbion Vertical9,5 km18 mai 20241 h 40 min 19 s20 Hochkönig SkyRace31,6 km1er juin 20244 h 7 min 20 s16 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon35 km16 juin 20246 h 37 min 9 s26 Cordillera Blanca Skyrace23 km7 juillet 20242 h 43 min 11 s30 Trophée Kima52 km24 août 20247 h 32 min 58 s21 Maga SkyMarathon39 km22 septembre 20245 h 31 min 56 s23 Kilomètre vertical du Mont-Blanc3,8 km27 juin 202544 min 41 s25 Championnats de France de trail long72,45 km12 juillet 20259 h 25 min 27 s
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