2016 Trail World Championships
The 2016 Trail World Championships will be host the 29th of October in the natural parc of Peneda-Gerês.
The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations), having recognized in summer 2015 the Trail as a new discipline, will recognize as the only Trail World Championship the event of Trans Peneda-Gerês, Portugal.
For this 2016 edition, Will be award for 2 years the title of Trail World Champion on longue distance for men, women and team.
This is an IAU competion in conjuction with ITRA and co-organized by the local organization (Carlos Sa Nature Events) and the Portuguese athletics federation.
General information
Contact : info@carlossanatureevents.com
Website : http://carlossanatureevents.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/carlossanatureevents
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzwhbnSXGjzEEkh13RVhPw
Route information
Track certified for the following measures :
- Distance = 85 km
- Positive elevation = 4680 m
- Negative elevation = 4800 m
Track characteristics :
- Endurance difficulty = 3 old points, 4 new ITRA points
- Mountain level = 7
- Criteria Finisher = 490 (corresponding to a limit time of 16h)
Qualifying race
Conditions of participation
The 2016 Trail World Championships in Gerês are open only to runners selected by their national federation or assocation member of the IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners).
Each country has its own selection process. Here are few of them :
| Can | Canada | here |
| FRA | France | here |
| ITA | Italia | here |
| UK and NI | United Kingdom and Nothern Irlande | here |
| USA | United State of America | here |
Note: Feel free to share with us the selection process of remaining countries at: contact@itra.run
For any information, please contact your national federation or association member of the IAU: here
If your country is not listed and you want to know how to join, please contact the IAU: here
List of delegations (38)
Algeria - Argentina - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Brazil - Canada - Costa Rica - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Japan - South Korea - Letvia - Lituania - Luxembourg - Nepal - Netherland - New-Zealand - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - United Kindom - United States - Uruguay - Venezuela
List of participants
| List of Men runners | ITRA Performance Index | Listof Women runners | ITRA Performance Index |
| ALG - Algerian Team | |||
| Ali Selmouni | 688 | ||
| ARG - Argentinian Team | |||
| Sergio Trecaman | 825 | Verónica Ramirez | 695 |
| Gustavo Reyes | 805 | Adriana Vargas | 656 |
| Pablo Barnes | 802 | Maira Mardones | 589 |
| Sergio Pereyra | 787 | Valero Sesto | |
| Pedro Bianco | 779 | ||
| Franco Paredes | 773 | ||
| Pablo Ureta | 766 | ||
| Santos Gabriel Rueda | 745 | ||
| AUS - Australian Team | |||
| Brendan Davies | 834 | Kellie Emmerson | 693 |
| Vlad Ixel | 823 | Amy Lamprecht | 668 |
| Jonathan O'Loughlin | 806 | Maggie Jones | 615 |
| AUT - Austrian Team | |||
| Michael Kabicher | 818 | Veronika Limberger | 665 |
| Florian Grasel | 784 | Sibylle Schild | 651 |
| Josef Disselbacher | 775 | Johanna Simmer | 605 |
| Andreas Pfandlbauer | 771 | Verena Zorn | 545 |
| Gerhard Schiemer | 736 | Sigrid Huber | 534 |
| Klaus Gössweiner | |||
| BEL - Belgian Team | |||
| Fabian Magnee | 716 | ||
| Wim Bastiaens | 694 | ||
| BRA - Brazilian Team | |||
| Hamilton Rodolfo Miragala | 782 | Cintia Nara Moreira Terra | 580 |
| Ivan Pires | 748 | Ligia Silveira De Almedia | 577 |
| Francisco Rocha Santos | 732 | ||
| Cleverson luis Del Secchi | 721 | ||
| CAN - Canadian Team | |||
| David Jeker | 802 | Beverly Anderson Abbs | 672 |
| Sébastien Roulier | 792 | Alicia Woodside | 669 |
| Roy Kok | 746 | Cassie Smith | 611 |
| Darren Seaman | 711 | Mallory Richard | 576 |
| CRC Costarican Team | |||
| Ashur Youssefi Dizagetakieh | 587 | ||
| CRO - Croatian Team | |||
| Ante Pesić | 686 | Nikolina Sustić | 670 |
| Nikola Smolić | 684 | Jelena Brezak | 557 |
| Nikola Horvat | 679 | Radmila Maksimović | 446 |
| Josip Stipčević | 628 | ||
| Kristijan Sivak | 597 | ||
| Vedran Sabljić | 523 | ||
| Toni Matić | 479 | ||
| Damir Maksimović | 445 | ||
| CZE - Czech Team | |||
| Petr Zákovsky | 758 | Michaela Mertová | 720 |
| Vít Otevrel | 749 | Katerina Matrasová | 690 |
| Jan Bartas | 747 | Zuzana Urbancová | 632 |
| DEN - Danish Team | |||
| Simon Grimstrup | 772 | Dorte Dahl | 630 |
| Christian Nørfelt | 752 | Laura Hulgaard | 586 |
| Jonas Borsøe Christensen | 677 | Kristina Schou Madsen | 570 |
| ESP - Spanish Team | |||
| Luis Alberto Hernando | 926 | Azara Garcia | 759 |
| Tofol Castaner | 897 | Gemma Arenas Alcazar | 752 |
| Dani García |
873 |
Uxue Fraile | 733 |
| Pau Capell | 865 | Teresa Nimes Perez | 701 |
| Pablo Villa Gonzales | 848 |
Laia Cañes | 693 |
| Yeray Duran | 840 | Raquel Martinez | 675 |
| FIN - Finnish Team | |||
| Tomi Halme | 785 | Jaana Leivo | 648 |
| Tero Halme | 785 | Riikka Tulppo | 598 |
| Henri Ansio | 763 | Anna Marin | 576 |
| Jussi Nokelainen | 754 | Noora Pinola | 547 |
| Kai Langel | 723 | ||
| Eetu Nordman | 722 | ||
| Janne Hietala | 706 | ||
| Tomi Mikkola | 647 | ||
| FRA - French Team | |||
| Sylvain Court | 894 | Caroline chaverot | 804 |
| Michel Lanne | 887 | Nathalie Mauclair | 771 |
| Benoit Cori | 886 | Anne-Lise Rousset | 759 |
| Nicolas Martin | 886 | Maud Gobert | 725 |
| Ludovic Pommeret | 877 | Aurélia Truel | 710 |
| Aurélien Collet | 843 | Sophie Gagnon | 676 |
| GBR - British Team | |||
| Tom Owens | 911 | Jo Meek | 731 |
| Andy Symonds | 881 | Sally Fawcett | 702 |
| Kim Collison | 810 | Joasia Zakrzewski | 689 |
| Donnie Campbell | 796 | Beth Pascall | 680 |
| Damien Hall | 769 | Sophie Grant | 662 |
| Tom Payn | 747 | ||
| GER - German Team | |||
| Stephan Hugenschmidt | 902 | Ildiko Wermescher | 698 |
| Florian Reichert | 833 | Claudia Kahl | 669 |
| Martin Schedler | 813 | Anne-Marie Flammersfeld | 662 |
| Matthias Dippacher | 809 | Brigitte Schiebel | 650 |
| Benjamin Bublak | 786 | Pamela Veith | 642 |
| Simone Philipp | 625 | ||
| GRE - Greek Team | |||
| Panagiotis Ioannidis | |||
| Pantelis Kampaxis | |||
| IRL - Irish Team | |||
| Daniel Doherty | 797 | ||
| Barry Hartnett | 667 | ||
| Thomas Hogan | |||
| ISL - Icelandic Team | |||
| Thorbergur Ingi Jonsson | 865 | ||
| Orvar Steingrimsson | 757 | ||
| Gudni Pall Palsson | 736 | ||
| ISR - Israeli Team | |||
| Ziv Zwighaft | 670 | Adi Hikri | 526 |
| Haim Eyaz | 597 | Rinat Landman | 482 |
| Daniel Argo | 586 | Limor Bigon | 415 |
| ITA - Italian Team | |||
| Luca Carrara | 845 | Lisa Borzani | 701 |
| Giulio Ornati | 844 | Simona Morbelli | 694 |
| Giuliano Cavallo | 833 | Lara Mustat | 688 |
| Georg Piazza | 821 | Virginia Oliveri | 684 |
| Carlo Salvetti | 801 | Cristiana Follador | 682 |
| JPN - Japanese Team | |||
| Tetsuya Osugi | 828 | Yumiko Oishi | 656 |
| Masatoshi Obara | 814 | Takako Takamura | 648 |
| Kazufumi Ose | 795 | Mikiko Ota | 587 |
| Minoru Yoshihara | 717 | Yuri Yoshizumi | |
| KOR - Korean Team | |||
| Jae Duk Sim | 764 | ||
| Kwangbok Kim | 498 | ||
| Heng Ki Chai | 400 | ||
| Kunjoung Song | 372 | ||
| Seongjae Park | |||
| LAT - Latvian Team | |||
| Andris Ronimoiss | 741 | Irita Puķīte | 576 |
| Mārtiņš Puriņš | 726 | Līga Ārniece | 573 |
| Jānis Kūms | 718 | Marta Zumberga | 565 |
| Didzis Glušņevs | 631 | Viviana Kirilova | 542 |
| Oskars Cimermanis | 577 | Laura Čakle | 540 |
| Andrejs Jesko | Ilze Lapiņa | 512 | |
| Linda Beldava | 485 | ||
| LTU - Lithuanian Team | |||
| Vaidas Zlabys | 818 | Austèja Vaičiuliené | 550 |
| Vaidotas Bauzys | 624 | Marija Miselyté | 521 |
| Tomas Braziulis | 599 | Edita Pociūté Kurlavičiené | 432 |
| Danielius Stasiulis | Vera Djakova | ||
| LUX - Luxembourgian Team | |||
| Garry Assel | 721 | ||
| NED - Dutch Team | |||
| Huub Van Noorden | 805 | Ragna Debats | 717 |
| Pascal Van Norden | 795 | Susan Van Duijl | 617 |
| Tim Pleijte | 762 | Marjolein Bil | 590 |
| Dominique Pankow | 759 | Janne Geurts | 522 |
| Peter Van Der Zon | 733 | ||
| Arjan Van Binsbergen | 651 | ||
| NEP - Nepalese Team | |||
| Bhim Gurung | 891 | Manikala Raï | 676 |
| NOR - Norwegian Team | |||
| Torbjørn Ludvigsen | 877 | Malene Haukoy | 732 |
| Lars Erik Skjervheim | 875 | Hilde Aders | 709 |
| Eirik Haugsnes | 855 | Kathrine Kvernmo | 681 |
| Tom Erik Halvorsen | 807 | ||
| NZL - New Zealand Team | |||
| Scott Hawker | 853 | Fiona Hayvice | 686 |
| POL - Polish Team | |||
| Ewa Majer | 753 | Bartosz Gorczyca | 820 |
| Edyta Lewandowska | 683 | Kamil Leśniak | 796 |
| Dominika Stelmach | 680 | ||
| POR - Portuguese Team | |||
| Luís Fernando Correia Fernandes | 827 | Ester Sofia Pereira Santos Alves | 663 |
| Armando Teixeira | 800 | Natércia Silvestre | 632 |
| Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves Da Silva | 795 | Sofia Morgado Lopes Roquete | 623 |
| Jérôme Rocha Rodrigues | 787 | Sara De Brito | 615 |
| Tiago Aires | 770 | Maria Fernanda Pires Verde | 580 |
| Hélio Fumo | 749 | Olivia De Sousa | 550 |
| SUI - Swiss Team | |||
| Urs Jenzer | 842 | Kathrin Goetz | 701 |
| Diego Pazos | 840 | Helene Ogi | 695 |
| Iwan Schwarz | 735 | Franziska Etter | 658 |
| SWE - Swedish Team | |||
| Fritjof Fagerlund | 808 | Emelie Forsberg | 779 |
| Ida Nilson | 753 | ||
| Mimmi Kotka | 742 | ||
| UKR - Ukrainian Team | |||
| Serhii Popov | 746 | Olga Manko | 641 |
| Andrii Piven | 676 | Yuliia Tarasova | 597 |
| Andrii Tkach | 674 | Anastasiia Danyliuk | 402 |
| Kostyantyn Zhelezov | 607 | ||
| Andrii Tkachuk | 508 | ||
| Dmytro Dzhmil | |||
| Sergii Sapiga | |||
| Volodymyr Semeniuk | |||
| Oleksandr Shymanskyi | |||
| URU - Uruguayan Team | |||
| Martin Rodriguez | 665 | Laura Moratorio | 650 |
| Diego Aparicio Rodriguez | 659 | Andrea Montans | 598 |
| USA - American Team | |||
| Alex Varner | 902 | Yiou Wang | 771 |
| Mario Mendoza | 876 | Larisa Dannis | 757 |
| Tyler Sigl | 872 | Corrine Malcolm | 713 |
| Jared Burdick | 843 | ||
| VEN - Venezueluan Team | |||
| Jaime Ramirez | 751 | Hilenia Andrades | 538 |
| Juan Acosta | 743 | Tanya Pacheco | 527 |
| José Quintero | 630 | ||
ITRA articles in relation to the event
- General Information Sheet of the 2016 Trail World Championships: here
- Press release in date of 20th of May 2016 about Trail World Championships: here
- Pre Race Report: here
- Post Race Report: here
