Céline Finas

“At work, I quantify risk. In the mountains, I master it.”

Celine Finas

Biography

From northern France (Lambres-lez-Douai), Céline Finas first built her endurance through orienteering before stepping into ultra-trail. She now splits her time between Lausanne, where she works, and Chamonix, her mountain base. She made a statement by winning the UT4M Challenge (2021), then levelled up with victory at the GRP Ultra 160K (2023). She confirmed her place among the best with a TDS podium at UTMB Mont-Blanc (2024) and a major win at the X-Alpine (Verbier St-Bernard by UTMB, 2025).

Discipline

Trail / Ultra-trail

Race distances

Trail & Ultra (50–170K)

Nationality

🇫🇷 France

Date of birth

1985

Hometown

Lambres-lez-Douai, France

With KIPRUN since

2022

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Key highlights

GRP Ultra 160K: winner (2023)

Céline won the Grand Raid des Pyrénées Ultra 160, delivering a strong, controlled race (31:33:25).

X-Alpine (Verbier St-Bernard by UTMB): winner (2025)

On a demanding mountain ultra (141.4K / 9,200m+), she took the win in 24:43:09.

TDS (UTMB Mont-Blanc): podium (2024)

She earned a TDS podium, one of UTMB week’s most technical races, confirming her place among the very best.

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Latest results

Diagonale des Fous (175 km): 15th woman (39:10:35); Trail Verbier St Bernard by UTMB (X-Alpine, 141.4 km): 1st woman (24:43:09); Jura Swiss Trail (Chamois 55K, 55 km): 3rd woman (07:18:19); Trail du Ventoux (Evasion Baronnie Ventoux, 64 km): 3rd woman (07:47:46); La Comblorane (XL 42 km, 42.6 km): 7th woman (06:17:03).

UTMB Mont-Blanc (TDS, 148 km): 3rd woman (25:41:41); Diagonale des Fous (175 km): DNF; Trail Verbier St Bernard by UTMB (X-Alpine, 61 km): 7th woman (09:53:07); Trail Sainte-Victoire (60 km): 4th woman (08:07:28); Trail du Ventoux (Le 46 Origine, 41 km): 12th woman (04:50:49).

Grand Raid des Pyrénées (Ultra 160, 160 km): 19th overall (31:33:25).

UT4M (170 km): 26:28:27; Festival des Templiers (Endurance Trail, 99.4 km): 13:59:28 (8th woman); Montagn’hard (100 km): 19:00:56 (1st woman).

UT4M Challenge: 26:47:06; TDS (UTMB Mont-Blanc) — 3rd woman on the shortened/neutralised race (finish in Bourg-Saint-Maurice) in 6:54:21, during a highly unusual edition.

Céline Finas

Away from racing, Céline works in a highly analytical field: she is an actuarial engineer, based in Paris, with a background at Centrale Paris. Risk, probabilities and long-term thinking are part of her daily life — and they naturally shape her approach to ultra: clear judgement, precision and the ability to stay in control for hours. She also carries a strong “outdoors” DNA from orienteering, with a love for terrain, autonomy, and making the right calls when fatigue kicks in.

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