Four-time UTMB winner and 2024 Tor des Géants champion
François D'Haene is a four-time UTMB and Diagonale des Fous winner, 2024 Tor des Géants champion and former GR20 and Nolan’s 14 supported record holder.
François D'Haene is a French mountain ultrarunner whose career combines victories in major 100-mile races, long technical competitions, and supported fastest-known-time projects.
D'Haene has won UTMB four times, in 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2021. He also won La Diagonale des Fous in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018, giving him unusual depth across two of the sport’s most established mountain ultras.
His work beyond organized racing includes the first sub-three-day supported completion of the John Muir Trail in 2017, a men’s supported Nolan’s 14 record in July 2025 that David Hedges lowered that September, and a 29:46:20 supported GR20 in July 2026 that reclaimed the record from Lambert Santelli before Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz ran 27:29:30 two months later.
Completed the standard Corsican route in 1 day, 5 hours, 46 minutes, and 20 seconds, about 40 minutes faster than Lambert Santelli’s 2021 mark; Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz lowered the record to 1 day, 3 hours, 29 minutes, and 30 seconds in September 2026.
Won the 330-kilometer race in 2 days, 21:08:32.
Won UTMB for a fourth time in 20:45:59 after setting a then-course record at Hardrock in July.
Won the Réunion Island race in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR20Supported route FKT | 1d 05:46:20 | Men’s supported FKT at the time | View ↗ | |
| Ultra Terrestre - Trail des Géants220 km mountain trail | 39:52:18 | 3rd overall | View ↗ | |
| Nolan's 14Supported route FKT | 1d 11:33:41 | Men’s supported FKT at the time | View ↗ | |
| Transylvania 100K102.4 km mountain trail | 12:47:05 | 1st man · 1st overall | View ↗ | |
| Tor des Géants330 km mountain trail | 2d 21:08:32 | 1st overall | View ↗ | |
| Hardrock 100100-mile mountain trail | 21:51:19 | 2nd man | View ↗ | |
| UTMB171 km mountain trail | 20:45:59 | 1st man · Fourth career win | View ↗ | |
| Hardrock 100100-mile mountain trail | 21:45:50 | 1st man · Course record at the time | View ↗ | |
| La Diagonale des Fous165.7 km mountain trail | 23:18:48 | 1st man · Fourth career win | View ↗ | |
| Western States 100100-mile trail | 15:54:53 | 2nd man · 2nd overall | View ↗ | |
| John Muir Trail via Whitney PortalSupported route FKT | 2d 19:26:00 | First sub-three-day completion | View ↗ | |
| UTMB167.7 km mountain trail | 19:01:54 | 1st man | View ↗ | |
| UTMB168 km mountain trail | 20:11:44 | 1st man | View ↗ |