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Nationality | Canadian and British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dundee, Scotland | 14 March 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Ultramarathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Vancouver Falcons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 3 December 2014 |
Ellie Greenwood (born 14 March 1979) is a British and Canadian ultramarathon runner. She is a four-time 100km World Champion, winning both individual and team titles in 2010 and 2014. She won the 90 km Comrades Marathon in South Africa in 2014, becoming the first British woman to win the race. Greenwood is also a former champion and course record holder for the Canadian Death Race, Western States 100, and the JFK 50 Mile Run.
In 2011, 2012, and 2014 Ultrarunning Magazine named Greenwood the North American Female Ultrarunner of the Year.