Jacky Hunt-Broersma

Jacky Hunt-Broersma is an American amputee ultramarathon runner and author who was born and raised in South Africa. She lost her leg to Ewing sarcoma in 2001 at age 26, started running in 2016 and quickly progressed from 5 km races to ultramarathons. Her fastest verified marathon is 4:57:16 at the 2024 Mesa Marathon and her fastest verified 100 miles is 53:41:25. In 2019 she became the first amputee to compete in the TransRockies Mountain Stage Race in Colorado, and in 2020 she became the first amputee to run 100 miles on a treadmill, in 23 hours 38 minutes. She ran 104 marathons in 104 days, finishing in April 2022, including the inaugural para athletics division of the 2022 Boston Marathon. In 2026 she published Duct Tape and Determination.