Last Soul Ultra winner
Won the event after 67 yards and a published distance of 448.9 km.
Source-checked athlete record · Updated Oct 12, 2026
Kim Gottwald
Last Soul Ultra winner and Go One More podium finisher
Kim Gottwald is a German last-person-standing runner who won the 2025 Last Soul Ultra after 67 yards and reached the final three at Go One More in 2026.
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The record so far
Kim Gottwald is a young German ultra-endurance athlete whose published record is centered on last-person-standing competition. At the 2025 Last Soul Ultra, he and Ayyoub “Ello” El Osrouti both completed 67 yards and 448.9 km; El Osrouti then withdrew with Achilles inflammation, and Gottwald was declared the winner because he would have started the 68th.
Gottwald also shared the win at the weather-shortened 2025 Go One More Ultra, where lightning stopped the race after 56 loops with him and Kendall Picado Fallas still running, and completed 58 loops for third place in 2026. Because Last Soul and Go One More use their own event rules, these results are presented as organizer-recorded performances rather than official backyard records.
Defining performances
Performance history
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go One More UltraLast-person-standing | 58 loops · approximately 389 km | 3rd overall | View ↗ | |
| Last Soul UltraLast-person-standing | 67 yards · 448.9 km | Winner | View ↗ | |
| Go One More UltraLast-person-standingThe event was stopped because of lightning with two runners left and was declared a shared win; the unofficial published table ranks Gottwald first. | 56 completed loops · 235.2 mi | Shared win | View ↗ |
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