Mimmi Kotka
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Born | 12 July 1981 | ||||||||||
Residence | Sweden | ||||||||||
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Club | IS Göta | ||||||||||
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Lill Maria Kotka, called Mimmi Kotka, born 12 July 1981, is a Swedish athlete specialized in ultrarunning.[2] Her major claim to fame is winning the 101 km Ultra-Trail Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) in Chamonix, France, in 2016 by a margin of almost half an hour, and the 121 km Ultra-Trail Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie (TDS) in the same location, in 2017 by almost two hours and a half, improving the previous course record from 2015 by 46 minutes.[3] Kotka is a member of the Swedish National Team in ultratrail. She participated in the 2015 IAU Trail World Championships, placing 8th.[4] For a living she works as a nutritionist.
Running career
In a 2016 interview Kotka talked about her running background: "I have always loved outdoor life and kept active with skiing, biking, hiking, diving, yoga but not running. But in 2010 I signed up to run Lidingöloppet as a challenge and got obsessed with trail running while practicing for it. That was my thing! Then I took it easy in 2012, 2013 and in January 2014 I decided to go all in. Train more focused. It was a little too focused in 2015. I ran a lot and got injured. In 2016 I took it easier and now I seem to have found a formula that works. It is more fun than ever to run and my body thrives."[5]
Results
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2010
- 126th Lidingöloppet 30 km (19 mi), Sweden[6]
2011
- 2nd Lidingö Ultra 50 km (31 mi), Sweden[7]
- 13th Swiss Alpine Marathon 79 km (49 mi), Switzerland[8]
- 23rd Lidingöloppet 30 km (19 mi), Sweden[6]
2012
- 2nd Trail des Balcons d'Azur 52 km (32 mi), France[9]
- 5th AXA Fjällmaraton 44 km (27 mi), Sweden[10]
2014
- 2nd Kullamannen Ultra 54 km (34 mi), Sweden[11]
- 3rd AXA Fjällmaraton 44 km (27 mi), Sweden[12]
- 2nd Ultravasan 90 km (56 mi), Sweden[13]
- 1st Coastal Trail Series – Dorset Ultra 44 miles, UK[14]
2015
2016
- 1st Trail des Balcons d'Azur 52 km (32 mi), France[16]
- 1st Trail du Lac d'Annecy – Marathon Race 43 km (27 mi), France[17]
- 1st Gran Trail Courmayeur 90 km (56 mi), Italy (2nd overall)[18]
- 1st Ultra-Trail Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) 101 km (63 mi), France[3]
- 23rd Limone Extreme Skyrace 27 km (17 mi), Italy[19]
2017
- 1st Run Stockholm 10 km (6.2 mi), Sweden[20]
- 1st Marathon du Mont Blanc 82 km (51 mi), Italy[21]
- 3rd High Trail Vanoise 70 km (43 mi), France[22]
- 1st Swiss Alpine Marathon 47 km (29 mi), Switzerland[23]
- 1st Ultra-Trail Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie (TDS) 119 km (74 mi), France (new course record)[24]
- 5th Grand Trail des Templiers 76 km (47 mi), France[25]
- 1st Kullamannen Dubbel-Döden (English: Double Death) 44 km (27 mi), Sweden[26]
2018
- 1st Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115 km (71 mi), Portugal[27]
- 1st MaXi-Race International – Annecy 116 km (72 mi), France (3rd overall)[28]
- 1st Samoëns Trail Tour - Tour du Giffre 33 km (21 mi), France[29]
- 1st Marathon du Mont Blanc 91 km (57 mi), France (second straight victory on a course that was 9k longer than the previous year)[30]
References
- ↑ "2017 Skyrunning European Championships – Rankings". International Skyrunning Federation. 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ↑ "Kotka, Mimmi". Deutschen Ultramarathonvereinigung. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- 1 2 "Episode 118 – Damian Hall and Jo Meek". Ian Corless. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ Meghan Hicks (30 May 2015). "2015 IAU Trail World Championships Results". iRunFar. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ Jessica Fremnell (5 September 2016). "Snart får hunden följa med Mimmi ut" (in Swedish). Ultradistans.se. Archived from the original on 7 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- 1 2 "Resultat". Lidingöloppet. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
- ↑ "Lidingö Ultra 50 km (SWE)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "26. Swiss Alpine Marathon (SUI)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "27. Trail des Balcons d'Azur 52 km (FRA)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Resultat Damer Solo" (PDF) (in Swedish). Fjällmaraton. 11 August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Kullamannen Ultra (SWE)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Resultat Damer Solo" (PDF) (in Swedish). Fjällmaraton. 9 August 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ↑ "1st UltraVasan90 (SWE)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Coastal Trail Series – Dorset Ultra (GBR)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "5th IAU Trail WC Annecy (4ème La Maxi Race du Lac d'Annecy) (FRA)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Trail des Balcons d'Azur 47 km (FRA)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Classement de Trail du Lac d'Annecy – Marathon Race 2016". Kikourou. 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ↑ "4° Gran Trail Courmayeur 90 km (ITA)". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 9–10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ↑ "Ordine d'arrivo generale" (PDF) (in Italian). Limone Extreme. 15 October 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "Run Stockholm 2017". Neptron Timing. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
- ↑ Benjamin Dumas (26 June 2017). "Results 2017: Marathon du Mont Blanc". ahotu Marathons. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "High Trail Vanoise 2017 Summary and Images – 2017 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series". iancorless.com. 8 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ↑ "Swissalpine Marathon K47 Women" (PDF). Datasport. 2 August 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ↑ "UTMB 2017: Mimmi Kotka dominates TDS". Run247. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ↑ Meghan Hicks (22 October 2017). "2017 Les Templiers Results". iRunFar. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ↑ Petteri Jokela (7 November 2017). "Kullamannen Ultra 2017" (in Finnish). Ultrajuoks. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ↑ "Madeira Island Ultra Trail 2018". madeiraultratrail.info. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ↑ "ULTRA-RACE - CLASSEMENTS SCRATCH". Maxirace. 27 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ "Samoëns Trail Tour 2018". l-chrono.com. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ↑ "90KM DU MONT-BLANC - CLASSEMENTS SCRATCH" (in French). LiveTrail. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-06-30.