Dion Leonard

Dion Leonard, born 2 January 1975 in Sydney, is an Australian and British endurance athlete, ultramarathon runner, motivational speaker and author of the New York Times bestseller Finding Gobi, the memoir of the dog Gobi, who ran 77 miles of a 155-mile race across the Gobi Desert. He grew up in Warwick, Queensland, moved to the United Kingdom, started running in 2013 and has had numerous top ten finishes, including wins, in ultra races in extreme conditions, finishing the Marathon des Sables three times. He finished 6th at the 250 km Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in 2013, 2nd in 2014, and won it in 2017. In 2016 he was 2nd at the Gobi Desert 250 km race, and in 2018 he completed the Triple Crown of 200-mile races of Bigfoot 200, Tahoe 200 and Moab 240, finishing second overall.