Emmanuel Vaudan

Emmanuel Vaudan is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner from Monthey, born on 21 December 1971. In ski mountaineering he placed third at the Swiss Cup in 2001, fifth in the European Championship vertical race in 2005, twice finished fifth in the Patrouille des Glaciers in 2004 and 2006, and was second in the Kilometre Vertical de Fully in 2008. On foot he won the Jeizibärg-Lauf at Gampel in 2003, 2005 and 2007, the Zermatt-Rothorn mountain run in 2011, and in 2011 the 61 kilometre Trail Verbier-St Bernard, La Traversée, an ultra distance mountain race, where he also set an overall climbing record of 1,723 metres of ascent in 55 minutes 55 seconds.