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Full name | Ricky Lightfoot |
Nationality | British |
Born | Workington, Cumbria, England | 31 March 1985
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Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Fell running, trail running, ultramarathon |
Club | Ellenborough Athletic Club |
Ricky William Lightfoot (born 31 March 1985) [1] is a British runner who has been a world champion in trail running and a medallist in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge.
Lightfoot began competing in fell races at the age of fourteen after being inspired by his school caretaker Brian Taylor [2] and was encouraged by his parents Robert and Kathleen. [3] He has been sponsored by Salomon since 2008. [4] Lightfoot is a member of Ellenborough AC. [5]
He has won several of the most prestigious fell races, including the Three Peaks Race, [6] Wasdale, [7] Borrowdale, [8] Ennerdale, [9] the Three Shires [10] and Skiddaw. [11] He won the Lakeland Classics Trophy series in 2007 [12] and 2015. [13]
He has also competed domestically on other surfaces, winning the Brampton to Carlisle and Derwentwater 10 road races and the Cumbria Cross Country Championships. [14]
Internationally, Lightfoot won the Zegama-Aizkorri race in 2009 [15] and finished third in that season’s Skyrunner World Series. [16] He was also third in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge that year when the event was incorporated into the Kaisermarathon in Söll. [17]
He won the Hammer Trail in Denmark, his first ultramarathon, in 2012. [18] In 2013, he won the IAU Trail World Championships when the competition was held in Llanrwst. [19] Also that year, he won the Trail du Colorado in Réunion [20] and the Otter Trail Run in South Africa. [21]
In 2014, he was victorious at the Dodo Trail in Mauritius [22] and the following year he won the Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira. [23]
In 2022, he won the Man versus Horse Marathon. [5]
Lightfoot works as a firefighter, based at Workington Fire Station [24] and is managed by Iconic Agency. [25]
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Ricky Lightfoot |
Nationality | British |
Born | Workington, Cumbria, England | 31 March 1985
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Fell running, trail running, ultramarathon |
Club | Ellenborough Athletic Club |
Ricky William Lightfoot (born 31 March 1985) [1] is a British runner who has been a world champion in trail running and a medallist in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge.
Lightfoot began competing in fell races at the age of fourteen after being inspired by his school caretaker Brian Taylor [2] and was encouraged by his parents Robert and Kathleen. [3] He has been sponsored by Salomon since 2008. [4] Lightfoot is a member of Ellenborough AC. [5]
He has won several of the most prestigious fell races, including the Three Peaks Race, [6] Wasdale, [7] Borrowdale, [8] Ennerdale, [9] the Three Shires [10] and Skiddaw. [11] He won the Lakeland Classics Trophy series in 2007 [12] and 2015. [13]
He has also competed domestically on other surfaces, winning the Brampton to Carlisle and Derwentwater 10 road races and the Cumbria Cross Country Championships. [14]
Internationally, Lightfoot won the Zegama-Aizkorri race in 2009 [15] and finished third in that season’s Skyrunner World Series. [16] He was also third in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge that year when the event was incorporated into the Kaisermarathon in Söll. [17]
He won the Hammer Trail in Denmark, his first ultramarathon, in 2012. [18] In 2013, he won the IAU Trail World Championships when the competition was held in Llanrwst. [19] Also that year, he won the Trail du Colorado in Réunion [20] and the Otter Trail Run in South Africa. [21]
In 2014, he was victorious at the Dodo Trail in Mauritius [22] and the following year he won the Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira. [23]
In 2022, he won the Man versus Horse Marathon. [5]
Lightfoot works as a firefighter, based at Workington Fire Station [24] and is managed by Iconic Agency. [25]