Emma Roca Rodríguez

Emma Roca Rodríguez (12 August 1973 to 18 June 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ski mountaineer, adventure racer and ultrarunner who lived in Talló, Lleida, and worked as a firefighter and as a university lecturer in biomechanics. She represented Spain as a team captain and in 2010 won the Adventure Racing World Championship with Team Buff Thermacool. In ultrarunning she won the Costa Brava Stage Run 85 km, the Trail Vall de Ribes 65 km, the Trail Andorra La Sportiva 65k, the Run Rabbit Run 100 mile and the Leadville Trail 100 mile, placed third at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc and took fifth at the Western States 100 mile. She died of vulvar cancer at the age of 47.