Serge Girard

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Serge Girard is a French ultramarathon runner born in 1953. He fullfilled the challenge of running across the 5 continents without a single day off.

[edit] Runs achieved so far

• 1997: trans-USA (Los Angeles to New York) - 4,597 km in 52 days, 23 hours, 20 min (world record)

• 1999: trans-Australia (Perth/Sydney) - 3,755 km in 46 days, 23 hours, 12 min (former world record, beated by Achim Heukemes)

• 2001: trans-South America (Lima/Rio de Janeiro) - 5,235 km in 73 days, 3 hours, 40 min (world record)

• 2003/2004: trans-Africa (Dakar/Cairo) - 8,295 km in 123 days, 2 hours, 40 min (world record)

• 2005/2006: trans-Eurasia (Paris/Tokyo-) - 19,097 km in 262 days (probably world only attempt)

[edit] External links

• Serge Girard personal web site