Serge Girard

Serge Girard is a French ultramarathon runner born in 1953 who fulfilled the challenge of running across five continents in 434 days. He is related to the French hurdler Patricia Girard-Leno. His long crossings include a 1997 trans-United States run from Los Angeles to New York City of 4,597 km in 52 days, 23 hours and 20 minutes, a former master's world record later beaten by Marshall Ulrich, and a 1999 trans-Australia run of 3,755 km in 46 days, 23 hours and 12 minutes, a former world record. In 2001 he ran 5,235 km across South America from Lima to Rio de Janeiro in 73 days, a world record, and in 2003 and 2004 he ran 8,295 km across Africa from Dakar to Cairo in 123 days, also a world record. From 2009 to 2010 he ran 27,011 km in 365 days, a world record.