Hillary Gerardi


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 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.
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