Hillary Gerardi

Hillary Geradi
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986
Sport
SportSkyrunning, trail running

Hillary Gerardi is a French athlete following her naturalization in 2024, born in the United States 13 October 1986.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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) Race Distance Date Time
33 France Tour des Cirques 120 km 21 August 2015 26 h 14 min 31 s
52 Skyrhune 21 km 24 September 2016 2 h 32 min 46 s
31 Skyrace des Matheysins 27 km 8 May 2017 3 h 32 min 6 s
75 Dolomites SkyRace 22 km 22 July 2017 2 h 37 min 55 s
Trentapassi Vertical Race 3,4 km 6 May 2018
12 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon 35 km 23 June 2018 5 h 51 min 32 s
52 DoloMyths Run 22 km 22 July 2018 2 h 32 min 9 s
9 Tromsø Skyrace 57 km 4 August 2018 8 h 14 min 9 s
26 Trophée Kima 52 km 26 August 2018 7 h 37 min 29 s
5th Mt Awa SkyRace 33 km 21 avril 2019 2 h 30 min 31 s
67 SkyRace des Matheysins 27 km 19 mai 2019 3 h 03 min 23 s
14 Tromsø Skyrace 55 km 3 août 2019 8 h 25 min 57 s
26 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme 25 km 23 août 2019 4 h 14 min 48 s
16 Matterhorn Ultraks Vertical 2,3 km 23 août 2019 26 min 23 s
13 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme 25 km 21 août 2020 4 h 25 min 23 s
9 AMA VK2 11 km 19 juin 2021 1 h 58 min 57 s
20 90 km du Mont-Blanc 85 km 2 juillet 2021 11 h 54 min 11 s
16 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme 25 km 20 août 2021 4 h 10 min 54 s
26 Grigne SkyMarathon 23 km 19 septembre 2021 2 h 24 min 28 s
21 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon 35 km 25 juin 2022 6 h 52 min 42 s
37 Giir di Mont 32 km 31 juillet 2022 4 h 6 min 6 s
19 Trophée Kima 52 km 28 août 2022 7 h 30 min 38 s
58 Skyrace des Matheysins 25,3 km 14 mai 2023 3 h 2 min 15 s
26 Grigne SkyMarathon 43 km 17 septembre 2023 6 h 12 min 5 s
19 Monte Zerbion Vertical 9,5 km 18 mai 2024 1 h 40 min 19 s
20 Hochkönig SkyRace 31,6 km 1er juin 2024 4 h 7 min 20 s
16 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon 35 km 16 juin 2024 6 h 37 min 9 s
26 Cordillera Blanca Skyrace 23 km 7 juillet 2024 2 h 43 min 11 s
30 Trophée Kima 52 km 24 août 2024 7 h 32 min 58 s
21 Maga SkyMarathon 39 km 22 septembre 2024 5 h 31 min 56 s
23 Kilomètre vertical du Mont-Blanc 3,8 km 27 juin 2025 44 min 41 s
25 Championnats de France de trail long 72,45 km 12 juillet 2025 9 h 25 min 27 s

References

  1. ^ "Welcome Hillary Gerardi, the smiliest skyracer in the world!". SCARPA. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  2. ^ "Ski-alpinisme : Valentine Fabre et Hillary Gerardi relient Chamonix et Zermatt en 26h21". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  3. ^ Montagnes. "Le mont Blanc en 7h25, nouveau temps de référence féminin pour Hillary Gerardi". Montagnes Magazine : l'actu montagne, alpinisme, test matériel ski rando, randonnée (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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