Laetitia Pibis

About

Laetitia Pibis is a French trail runner and mountain athlete who, after her company relocated her from southern France to Linz, Austria around 2013, threw herself into the alpine trail racing scene surrounding her new home and never looked back. A lifelong sportswoman with a background spanning ice skating, aikido, tennis, gymnastics, and rugby, she discovered trail running in 2011 during a spontaneous entry in a Caribbean stage race — her first test was a 10-kilometre mountain run with 1,000 metres of elevation gain at Feuerkogel that left her instantly hooked. Racing under Austrian organisation while retaining her French affiliation, she has built a résumé spanning 32 UTMB-indexed events since 2012, primarily across alpine terrain in Austria, France, and Italy. Highlights include victory at the Streif Vertical Up in 2013, the Pitz Alpine Glacier Trail in 2017, a category win at the Korea 50K in 2018, and podiums at the Madeira Ultra Trail, Zugspitz Ultratrail, and Ultra Tour Monte Rosa. Her UTMB Index best of 636 reflects sustained competitive performance across the mid-distance mountain trail spectrum over more than a decade of racing in the Alps.

Notable Wins

• — 1st Streif Vertical Up 2013
• — 1st Pitz Alpine Glacier Trail 2017
• — 1st Korea 50K category 2018
• — 2nd Madeira Ultra Trail
• — 2nd Zugspitz Ultratrail
• — 3rd Ultra Tour Monte Rosa 2017
• — 3rd KAT100 Speed Trail 2019