Camille Herron

Camille Herron, born December 25, 1981, in Norman, Oklahoma, is an American ultramarathon runner who has won world championships at the 50-kilometer and 100-kilometer distances and for 24-hour duration. She began running in seventh grade, inspired by the film Forrest Gump, studied exercise and sports science at the University of Tulsa and Oregon State University, and qualified three times for the Olympic Marathon Trials. In 2015 she won the US 100 km championship and then both the 50 km and 100 km IAU World Championships. She won the women's race at the Comrades Marathon in 2017 and the Spartathlon in 2023, has set world records and world bests from 50 miles to six days, and was inducted into the RRCA Distance Running Hall of Fame in 2024.