Nedd Brockmann

Nedd Brockmann is an Australian ultramarathon athlete, motivational speaker and former electrician from Forbes, New South Wales, who became notable for running across Australia in 2022. In October 2022 he ran 3,952 km from Cottesloe Beach in Perth to Bondi Beach in Sydney in 47 days, raising A$2.6 million for homelessness, and as of October 2024 he is the joint third fastest person to run across Australia. Later that month he completed a 1,600 km run over 12 days at Sydney Olympic Park for a homelessness charity, in an attempt on the world record of Yiannis Kouros. A documentary about his run, Nedd Brockmann: Runn, was released in 2024, and he has written two books, Showing Up and Fire Up.