page_title: Elisabet Barnes
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: Elisabet Barnes / Results
caption_attribution_description: Español: Toti Fernández durante la Marathon Des Sables en el Desierto del Sahara.
context_page_description: Elisabet Barnes is a Swedish athlete specialized in ultrarunning.
  Her major claim to fame is winning the Marathon des Sables in 2015, winning each stage of the race.
  She repeated her win in 2017. The Marathon des Sables has been listed by Outside Magazine as one of the 9 toughest ultramarathons in the world.
  In 2015, she participated in six races, winning all and setting new course records in four.
  Barnes grew up in Sweden but moved to England in 2007 where she started to run ultra trails in 2011.
  She holds an MSc in Engineering & Business Management and a Graduate Certificate in Change Management, and has a professional background in management consulting.
  Barnes co-owns a shop that specializes in running equipment.
  Her partner, Norwegian Sondre Amdahl, is a professional mountain ultra trail-runner and endurance coach.
context_section_description: 2011
  4th Lidingö Ultra 50 km (31 mi), Sweden
  1st 50 Mile Challenge 50 mi (80 km), UK
  5th Norfolk Coastal Ultra 100 km (62 mi), UK
  2012
  15th Marathon des Sables 251 km (156 mi), 6 stages, Morocco
  1st Ring O’ Fire 131 mi (211 km), 3 stages, UK
  2nd Norfolk Coastal Ultra 100 km (62 mi), UK
  2013
  9th Centurion South Downs Way 100 mi (160 km), UK
  2014
  5th North Downs Way 100 Mile Race 100 mi (160 km), UK
  2nd 10 Peaks Brecon Beacons 58 km (36 mi), UK
  9th Grand Union Canal Race 45 mi (72 km), UK
  2015
  1st Go Beyond Ultra Country to Capital 45 mi (72 km), UK (new course record)
  1st Pilgrim Challenge North Downs Way Multistage Ultra 66 mi (106 km), 2 stages, UK  (new course record)
  1st Marathon des Sables 249 km (155 mi), 6 stages, Morocco
  1st Trail Menorca Costa Sud (TMCS) 85 km (53 mi), Spain (new course record)
  1st 10 Peaks Brecon Beacons 58 km (36 mi), UK (new course record)
  1st Oman Desert Marathon 165 km (103 mi), 6 stages, Oman
  2016
  2nd The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 227 km (141 mi), 6 stages, Costa Rica
  4th Marathon des Sables 257 km (160 mi), 6 stages, Morocco
  3rd Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun 200 km (120 mi), 6 stages, South Africa/Namibia
  1st The Big Red Run 250 km (160 mi), 6 stages, Australia (1st overall)
  2nd Grand to Grand Ultra 273 km (170 mi), 6 stages, USA
  2017
  4th The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 236 km (147 mi), 6 stages, Costa Rica
  1st Marathon des Sables 229 km (142 mi), 6 stages, Morocco (11th overall)
  4th TransRockies Run 120 mi (190 km), 6 stages, USA
  3rd Everest Trail Race 160 km (99 mi), 6 stages, Nepal
  2018
  1st Ultra Mirage El Djerid 100 km (62 mi), Tunisia (4th overall)
  2019
  1st Trans Atlas Marathon 280 km (170 mi), 6 stages, Morocco (3rd overall)
caption: Marathon des Sables
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