Rémi Bonnet

About

Rémi Bonnet is a Swiss mountain athlete born on March 3, 1995, in Charmey, in the Gruyère region of the Swiss Préalpes, who occupies the rare position of being among the world's best in two elite mountain disciplines simultaneously — trail and sky running in the summer months, and ski mountaineering in winter. A long-time Salomon athlete, Bonnet became the #1 ranked athlete on the UTMB Index in 2024, surpassing Kilian Jornet, with a score of 950. On the trails he won the Golden Trail World Series in both 2022 and 2023 — with victories at the Marathon du Mont-Blanc in record time, the Pikes Peak Ascent (course record 2:00:20, erasing a 30-year-old mark), and the Mammoth Trail Fest — and previously won the 2018 Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon and the 2015 Skyrunner World Series Vertical Kilometer title. He holds the highest individual ITRA score ever recorded: 970, achieved at the Course de Montagne Neirivue-Moleson. In ski mountaineering he is equally decorated: two-time World Championship Vertical Race champion (2021 and 2023), two-time World Championship Single Race champion (2023 and 2025), and 2024 European Championship Vertical Race champion. His dual mastery — competing at elite level in both summer and winter disciplines with no true off-season — makes him arguably the most complete mountain athlete of his generation.

Notable Wins

• — Golden Trail World Series 2022 and 2023
• — Pikes Peak Ascent 2023 (course record 2:00:20)
• — Marathon du Mont-Blanc 2023 (course record)
• — Zegama-Aizkorri 2018
• — Skyrunner World Series VK 2015
• — Ski Mountaineering World Championship Vertical 2021 and 2023
• — Ski Mountaineering World Championship Single Race 2023 and 2025
• — Ski Mountaineering European Championship Vertical 2024
• — UTMB Index #1 (2024)

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