Ultravasan

Ultravasan
Statusactive
Genresports event
DateAugust
Frequencyannual
LocationDalarna
CountrySweden
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
Organised byVasaloppet

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]

The race is arranged on two distances:

  • Ultravasan 90: Start in Sälen and finish in Mora, following the same trail as Vasaloppet. The race was originally 90 km, but after some modifications in 2023, the course is now 92 km.[2] The course has also had several minor changes over the years, notably incorporating more technical terrain in the first half of the race.
  • Ultravasan 45: Start in Oxberg and finish in Mora, following the second half of the Vasaloppet trail. The course is around 45 km in distance.[3]

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

Notable performances

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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

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

Winners of Ultravasan 90
Year Country Men Time Country Women Time
2014 Sweden Jonas Buud 6:02:03 Great Britain Holly Rush 7:09:04
2015 Sweden Jonas Buud 5:45:08  Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 7:02:35
2016 Norway Jarle Risa 6:11:49  Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 6:54:32
2017 Sweden Elov Olsson 6:07:37 Sweden Ida Nilsson 6:51:26
2018 Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 6:01:56 Russia Alexandra Morozova 6:43:55
2019 USA Jim Walmsley 5:47:28 Russia Alexandra Morozova 7:11:07
2021 France Sébastien Spehler 6:09:45 Russia Alexandra Morozova 6:48:36
2022 Sweden Viktor Stenqvist 6:19:07 Sweden Anna Hellström 7:40:51
2023 Sweden Olle Meijer 6:46:13 Sweden Ida Nilsson 7:23:52
2024 Sweden Olle Meijer 6:15:18 Norway Laila Kveli 7:18:23
2025 Sweden Olle Meijer 6:07:23 Poland Dominika Stelmach 6:54:59
Winners of Ultravasan 45
Year Country Men Time Country Women Time
2014 Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:49:47 Sweden Gloria Vinstedt 3:28:13
2015 Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 2:45:30 France Caroline Dubois 3:13:22
2016 Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:41:47 Sweden Lisa Ring 3:04:18
2017 Sweden Erik Ahnfält 2:40:28 Great Britain Joasia Zakrzewski 3:06:12
2018 Sweden David Nilsson 2:39:33 Sweden Lisa Ring 3:03:00
2019 Sweden Fredrik Eriksson 2:49:21 Sweden Sofia Byhlinder 3:09:40
2021 Sweden Kristofer Låås 2:41:04 Sweden Liselotte Hellsten 3.05.38
2022 Sweden Jesper Lundberg 2:34:29 Sweden Barbro Näsström 3.02.47
2023 Sweden Kristofer Låås 2:39:47 Sweden Erica Lech 3.02.09
2024 Sweden Jesper Lundberg 2:35:52 Sweden Malin Starfelt 2.55.18
2025 Sweden Linus Rosdahl 2:32:22 Sweden Agnes Josefsson 2.53.19

References

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  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. ^ a b "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.
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