Spartathlon women’s champion
Won in 24:45:43, ahead of Radka Churaňová and Lemonia Panagiotou.
Athlete profile · Sources reviewed Oct 12, 2026
Despoina Simantrakou
2026 Spartathlon women’s champion
Despoina Simantrakou won the women’s race at Spartathlon 2026 in 24:45:43, finishing 13th overall after taking second among women in 2025.
GreeceThessaloniki, Greece
The record so far
Despoina Simantrakou is a Greek ultrarunner from Thessaloniki and the 2026 Spartathlon women’s champion. She finished in 24:45:43, placing 13th overall on the Athens-to-Sparta course.
Her Spartathlon results show three successive finishes: 27:52:09 in 2024, 25:37:44 in 2025, and 24:45:43 in 2026. She was sixth among women in 2024 and runner-up among women and tenth overall in 2025 before winning the following year.
Her earlier published results are trail ultras, including a 2023 UTMB finish and third place among women at the 2022 Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB 100-mile race.
Defining performances
Performance history
Selected results, not a complete race history. Rankings and record descriptions reflect the cited sources at their review dates. Distances may use different rounding conventions.
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