Deborah De Williams

Deborah Anne De Williams, born on 10 September 1969 in Perth, Western Australia, is an Australian ultra-marathon athlete and the first woman to walk around Australia and the first woman to run around Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts in 1997 and took part in her first ultra marathon in 2001. In October 2004 she walked 16,825 km in 365 days to raise funds for Kids Helpline, breaking Nobby Young's record for the longest continuous walk. After a breast cancer diagnosis in 2006 she founded the charity Running Pink, and in May 2011 she became the first woman to run continuously around Australia.