Joasia Zakrzewski

Joasia "Jo" Zakrzewski (born 1976)[1] is an ultra runner from Dumfries, Scotland.[2][3][4] She is a medical doctor, and had been a race doctor and expedition medical officer before taking up ultrarunning. She has been diagnosed with relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S).[5][6]

In February 2023, Zakrzewski set a world record of 255.7 miles (411.5 km) for a distance run in 48 hours.[7]

Cheating incident

Joasia was stripped of her third position in the GB Ultras race in 2023 when it emerged that she took a car ride for a part of the race. She categorized herself as an "idiot" for accepting the award and blamed it on miscommunication as she claimed that she originally intended to withdraw from the race and hence took a car ride.[8]. However, the race director, Dwayne Drinkwater, rejected these claims noting that "After the event, there was no attempt by Joasia to make us aware of what had happened and to give us an opportunity to correct the results or return the third place trophy during the course of the subsequent seven days."[3]

References
  1. "Joasia Zakrzewski". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. "Joasia Zakrzewski". www.scottishdistancerunninghistory.scot. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. "Joasia Zakrzewski: Ultrarunner who used car says she made massive error". BBC News. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. "Scottish ultra-marathon runner blames injury and jetlag for using car in race". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  5. Whittington, Jessica (13 March 2019). "Cake, ultra-running and RED-S - Joasia Zakrzewski's story". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. "Three Scots picked for World 100k". Scottish Athletics. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. "World Record! Joasia sets amazing 255-mile mark for 48-Hours". Scottish Athletics. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  8. "Ridin' dirty: Ultrarunner punished for using car". ESPN. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
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