Mimmi Kotka

Lill Maria Kotka (called Mimmi Kotka; born 12 July 1981) is a Swedish athlete who specialized in ultrarunning.[2]

Mimmi Kotka
Mimmi Kotka 2016
Personal information
Born (1981-07-12) 12 July 1981
Sport
ClubIS Göta
Medal record
Skyrunning
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Val d’IsèreUltra[1]

Running career

In a 2016 interview, Kotka talked about her running background: "I have always loved outdoor life and kept active with skiing, biking, hiking, diving, yoga but not running. But in 2010, I signed up to run Lidingöloppet as a challenge and got obsessed with trail running while practicing for it. That was my thing! Then I took it easy in 2012, 2013, and in January 2014, I decided to go all in. Train more focused. It was a little too focused in 2015. I ran a lot and got injured. In 2016, I took it easier, and now I seem to have found a formula that works. It is more fun than ever to run, and my body thrives."[3]

Kotka's major claim to fame is winning the 101 km Ultra-Trail Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) in Chamonix, France, in 2016 by a margin of almost half an hour and the 121 km Ultra-Trail Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie (TDS) in the same location, and in 2017, by almost two hours and a half, improving the previous course record from 2015 by 46 minutes.[4]

For some years, Kotka suffered from RED-S relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), getting back to normal form at the beginning of 2021.[5]

Personal life

Kotka is of Finnish descent through her father. who is from Finland.[6] Since 2017, she and her husband, Toni Spasenoski, who is a high-tech project manager and amateur photographer, live mostly in Chamonix.[7][8]

For a living, Kotka works as a nutritionist. In 2018, she started Moonvalley, an online shop dedicated to organic energy bars and sports drinks, together with fellow athletes Ida Nilsson and Emelie Forsberg.[9]

Results
Swiss Alpine Marathon passing the Keschhütte

2010

2011

  • 2nd Lidingö Ultra 50 km (31 mi), Sweden[11]
  • 13th Swiss Alpine Marathon 79 km (49 mi), Switzerland[12]
  • 23rd Lidingöloppet 30 km (19 mi), Sweden[10]

2012

2014

2015

  • 8th IAU Trail WC Annecy 84 km (52 mi), France[19][20]

2016

2017

2018

  • 1st Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115 km (71 mi), Portugal[32]
  • 1st MaXi-Race International – Annecy 116 km (72 mi), France (3rd overall)[33]
  • 1st Samoëns Trail Tour - Tour du Giffre 33 km (21 mi), France[34]
  • 1st Marathon du Mont Blanc 91 km (57 mi), France (second straight victory on a course that was 9k longer than the previous year)[35]
  • 6th, Grand Raid de la Réunion (aka La diagonale des fous) 165 km (103 mi), Réunion, France[36]
  • 3rd, Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100 km (62 mi), South Africa[37]

2019

  • 1st, UTM Marão 55 km (34 mi), Portugal[38]
  • 13th, Madeira Island Ultra-Trail 115 km (71 mi), Portugal[39]
  • 1st, La 6000D 65 km (40 mi), France (5th overall)[40]
  • 20th, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) 170 km (110 mi), France/Italy/Switzerland[41]
  • 2nd, Ultra Pirineu 94 km (58 mi), Spain[42]

2021

  • 1st, Quartrail des Alpages 50 km (31 mi), Italy[43]
  • 3rd, Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120 km (75 mi), Italy[44]
  • 1st, La 6000D 67 km (42 mi), France (second straight victory)[45]
  • 3rd, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) 171.5 km (106.6 mi), France/Italy/Switzerland[46]

2022

  • 1st, Lavaredo Ultra Trail 120 km (75 mi), Italy[47]
  • 2nd, Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100 km (62 mi), South Africa[48]

References
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