Jasmin Paris

Jasmin Karina Paris, born in November 1983, is a British runner who has been a national fell running champion and has set records for the Bob Graham Round and the Ramsay Round. In 2024 she became the first woman to successfully complete the Barkley Marathons. She won the 2016 Skyrunner World Series Sky Extreme category, took a bronze medal in the Sky Ultra category at the 2016 Skyrunning World Championships, and received significant media attention for beating the all-time men's course record by 12 hours at the 2019 Spine Race. She won the Scottish Hill Running Championships in 2014 and 2015 and the British Fell Running Championships in 2015 and 2018. Born in Manchester and raised in the Peak District, she is a senior lecturer in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh and holds a PhD from Edinburgh.