Aurélia Truel

Aurélia Truel
Truel at the 2013 Festival des Templiers
Personal information
Born (1975-04-04) 4 April 1975 (age 49)
Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Sport
SportTrail running
Medal record
Trail running
IAU Trail World Championships
Representing  France
Gold medal – first place 2011 Connemara Team event
Silver medal – second place 2013 Llanrwst Individual event
Gold medal – first place 2013 Llanrwst Team event
Gold medal – first place 2016 Braga Team event

Aurélia Truel (born 4 April 1975)[1] is a French ultramarathon runner, who specialises in trail running. She came second at the 2013 IAU Trail World Championships in Llanrwst, Wales, and was part of teams that won the 2011, 2013 and 2016 Trail World Championship team events.

Early life

Truel was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.[2] Aged 10, Truel started playing handball, and at the same time she started running, initially focusing on middle-distance running. She quit handball after deciding that she was too short to be competitive.[2][3] Truel ran her first half-marathon in 1995 in Nogent-sur-Marne.[2]

Career

Truel competed in her first trail event at the 2008 Festival des Templiers [fr] in the Grands Causses, France. In 2009, she came 21st overall and second female at the Le Trail de la Côte d'Opale [fr] event,[4] and third female at the Les Gendarmes et les Voleurs de Temps [fr] event.[5] In 2010, she came third at the Festival des Templiers.[6] Truel was selected for the 2011 IAU Trail World Championships in Connemara, Ireland. She finished fourth in the individual event, and won the team event.[7] In the same year, she won the Éco-Trail de Paris Île-de-France [fr],[8] and the Le Trail de la Côte d'Opale.[9]

In 2012, Truel won the Festival des Templiers event.[10] At the 2013 Trail World Championships in Llanrwst, Wales, Truel came second in the individual event, and retained her title in the team event.[11] In the same year, she finished third at the Festival des Templiers event.[12]

In 2014, Truel won the Éco-Trail de Paris Île-de-France again,[13] as well as the Maxi-Race du Lac d'Annecy [fr].[14] In 2016, Truel came 11th at the IAU Trail World Championships in Braga, Portugal, and won the team event again.[15] In 2017, Truel won the Marathon international du beaujolais [fr]. It was her first participation at the event.[16][17]

Publications

  • Truel, Aurélia, Aubineau, Nicolas (2017) Trail: Coaching nutrition (in French) Fleurus ISBN 9782317015625

References

  1. ^ "Truel, Aurelia" (in French). Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Joubert, Emilie (31 March 2015). "Trail : Aurélia Truel, l'esprit d'équipe". Le Pape. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Aurélia Truel intègre le team trail pour 2017" (in French). Terre de Runners. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "2009-09-13 – Trail de la Côte d'Opale 55 km" (in French). Runraid. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Ttn 2009 : gendarmes et voleurs de temps. Thierry breuil comme l'an passé" (in French). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Festival de Templiers 2010" (PDF) (in French). Run In Live. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Championnats du Monde de Trail – Connemara (IRL) : Quatre médailles d'or pour la France". French Athletics Federation (in French). 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. ^ "TTN 2011. Aurélia Truel : victoire à domicile sur l'Eco Trail de Paris" (in French). VO2. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ "TTN 2011- Trail Côte d'Opale. La passe de quatre pour Thierry Breuil et victoire pour Aurélia Truel" (in French). VO2. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Festival des Templiers 2012. Monna Lisa : Aurélia Truel, l'abonnée des Causses" (in French). VO2. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ Rochette, Christopher (6 March 2013). "Mondial de Trail : Deux Françaises sur le podium". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. ^ Beurnaux, Luc (27 October 2013). "Templiers 2013 – T. Lorblanchet renoue avec la victoire" (in French). Trails by Endurance. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  13. ^ Dechaume, Sabrine (29 March 2014). "Les résultats du 50 et du 30 km de l'Eco Trail de Paris (75), le 29 mars 2014" (in French). Le Pape. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  14. ^ Dechaume, Sabrine (1 June 2014). "Les résultats du marathon et de la XL Maxi Race (Annecy, 73), le 1er juin 2014" (in French). Le Pape. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. ^ Hicks, Meghan (29 October 2016). "2016 IAU Trail World Championships Results". I Run Far. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Plus de 16.000 coureurs ont participé au marathon du Beaujolais". Le Progrès (in French). 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  17. ^ Fonteneua, Tony (18 November 2017). "Aurélia Truel, reine du Marathon du Beaujolais". Le Patriote (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2018.