Ultravasan

Last updated
Ultravasan
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)August
Frequencyannual
Location(s) Dalarna
Country Sweden
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
Organised by Vasaloppet

Ultravasan is an annual ultramarathon and trail run in Sweden, which was hosted for the first time in 2014 following the route of the ski race Vasaloppet. The 90 km race is the largest ultramarathon race in Sweden, and attracts more participants than the 45 km event. [1]

Contents

The race is arranged on two distances:

The races are part of the Vasaloppet Summer Week, along with the bike races CykelVasan and the shorter running races TrailVasan. [4]

Notable performances

Jonas Buud was involved in the creation of the race [5] , and won the first two editions of Ultravasan 90. His time in 2015 is still held as the course record, although the course is now longer.

In 2019, Jim Walmsley tried to break Buud's record time, but fell two minutes short. [6]

In 2024, Norwegian former crosscountry skier Laila Kveli won Ultravasan 90 and became the first athlete to win both the skiing race and the running race. [7]

In 2025, Olle Meijer took the lead with one kilometer to go and won for the third year in a row. He became the first man to win Ultravasan 90 three times, and the second person to do so after Alexandra Morozova. [8]

Also in 2025, Agnes Josefsson won Ultravasan 45 at only 19 years of age, setting a course record in the process. [8]

Past winners

Winners and official times. Course records with green background. [9]

Winners of Ultravasan 90
YearCountryMenTimeCountryWomenTime
2014Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jonas Buud 6:02:03Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Holly Rush 7:09:04
2015Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jonas Buud 5:45:08Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 7:02:35
2016Flag of Norway.svg Norway Jarle Risa 6:11:49Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 6:54:32
2017Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Elov Olsson 6:07:37Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Ida Nilsson 6:51:26
2018Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 6:01:56Flag of Russia.svg Russia Alexandra Morozova 6:43:55
2019Flag of the United States.svg USA Jim Walmsley 5:47:28Flag of Russia.svg Russia Alexandra Morozova 7:11:07
2021Flag of France.svg France Sébastien Spehler6:09:45Flag of Russia.svg Russia Alexandra Morozova6:48:36
2022Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Viktor Stenqvist6:19:07Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Anna Hellström7:40:51
2023Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Olle Meijer6:46:13Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Ida Nilsson 7:23:52
2024Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Olle Meijer6:15:18Flag of Norway.svg Norway Laila Kveli 7:18:23
2025Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Olle Meijer6:07:23Flag of Poland.svg Poland Dominika Stelmach 6:54:59
Winners of Ultravasan 45
YearCountryMenTimeCountryWomenTime
2014Flag of Russia.svg Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:49:47Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Gloria Vinstedt 3:28:13
2015Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 2:45:30Flag of France.svg France Caroline Dubois3:13:22
2016Flag of Russia.svg Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:41:47Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Lisa Ring 3:04:18
2017Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Erik Ahnfält 2:40:28Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Joasia Zakrzewski 3:06:12
2018Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden David Nilsson 2:39:33Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Lisa Ring 3:03:00
2019Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Fredrik Eriksson 2:49:21Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Sofia Byhlinder 3:09:40
2021Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Kristofer Låås2:41:04Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Liselotte Hellsten3.05.38
2022Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jesper Lundberg2:34:29Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Barbro Näsström3.02.47
2023Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Kristofer Låås2:39:47Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Erica Lech3.02.09
2024Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jesper Lundberg2:35:52Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Malin Starfelt2.55.18
2025Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Linus Rosdahl2:32:22Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Agnes Josefsson2.53.19

References

  1. "About Ultravasan 90". Vasaloppet Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Ahead of Ultravasan, Trailvasan, Funkisvasan and Vasastafetten 2024". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. "About Ultravasan 45". Vasaloppet Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. "Vasaloppet's Summer Week". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. Redaktionen, Publicerad av (20 August 2014). "Buud till löparna i Ultravasan: Gå!". Marathon.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. "Jim Walmsley and Alexandra Morozova won Ultravasan 90 2019". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. "Olle Meijer and Laila Kveli won Ultravasan 90 2024". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Olle Meijer and Dominika Stelmach won Ultravasan 90 2025". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. "Vasaloppet Results". Mika timing. Retrieved 24 October 2024.