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Daniel Pattis

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Tiers, South Tyrol, ItalyBorn 1998-03-25Sponsor Brooks Trail Runners
UTMB 941ITRA 938Wins 13Podiums 21

South Tyrolean mountain runner from Tiers, at the foot of the Rosengarten massif, who has become one of the strongest short-trail racers in the world. A junior world vice-champion in mountain running in 2017, Daniel Pattis matured through four Golden Trail World Series seasons before a breakout 2026: silver at the European Off-Road Championships, runner-up at Zegama-Aizkorri and a course-record victory at the Lavaredo 50K.

Race Results

2026
9 races4 wins
1stCR
Lavaredo Ultra Trail/Lavaredo 50K
Jun 26
50km
2,600m+
4:00:51
Course record, breaking Francesco Puppi's previous best of 4:02:16
2nd
European Off-Road Running Championships/Trail
Jun 6
52km
2,450m+
3:59:54
Kamnik - European Championships silver medal
2nd
Zegama-Aizkorri/Mendi Maratoia
May 17
43.1km
2,730m+
3:45:27
Golden Trail World Series. 20 seconds behind Elhousine Elazzaoui
1st
Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival/Trail Hunt
May 1
24.1km
1,480m+
1:50:23
Inaugural pursuit-format elite race
3rd
Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival/VTC Vertical Race
Apr 30
7.3km
1,330m+
0:49:43
1st
Ötzi Trailrun Naturns/Sunny Mountain Trail
Apr 11
30km
2,100m+
2:39:46
Fourth consecutive win
2nd
Chianti Ultra Trail/Chianti Marathon Trail
Mar 22
46km
2,000m+
3:11:13
10th
Ultrabericus Trail/Urban
Mar 14
20.8km
1:41:27
1st
Andersen Marathon Trail
Feb 22
46km
2,400m+
3:57:30
2025
6 races2 wins
1st
Puglia by UTMB/Castellaneta Underground Trail
Nov 9
50km
1,000m+
3:43:10
9th
Ledro Sky Trentino
Oct 12
21km
1,700m+
2:03:27
Golden Trail World Series Grand Finale
15th
World Mountain and Trail Running Championships/Short Trail
Sep 26
45km
3,500m+
5:02:46
Canfranc
1st
Trail Oasi Zegna
Jun 8
34km
1,900m+
2:45:25
Italian Short Trail Championship title
3rd
Zegama-Aizkorri/Mendi Maratoia
May 25
43.1km
2,730m+
3:51:40
Golden Trail World Series
7th
Jinshanling Great Wall Trail Race/Jinshanling Great Wall Trail
Apr 26
24km
1,489m+
2:23:21
Golden Trail World Series
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Career Highlights

2017: Junior world vice-champion in mountain running; awarded the Ossi Pircher Prize as South Tyrol's best young athlete
2020: Italian U23 mountain running champion in Susa
2023: First Golden Trail World Series season; won the Lavaredo 20K and the first of four straight Ötzi Trailrun Naturns titles
2024: 5th overall in the Golden Trail World Series with 3rd at both the UTMB Mont-Blanc ETC and the Four Sisters Mountain Trail in China
2025: Italian short trail champion, 3rd at Zegama-Aizkorri and first 50km win at Puglia by UTMB
2026: Breakout year - silver at the European Off-Road Championships Trail, runner-up at Zegama-Aizkorri behind Elhousine Elazzaoui, and a course-record Lavaredo 50K victory

Key Achievements

Lavaredo 50K Winner (2026) - Course Record (4:00:51)
European Off-Road Running Championships Trail - Silver Medal (2026)
Zegama-Aizkorri Runner-up (2026) and 3rd (2025)
Italian Short Trail Champion (2025)
Puglia by UTMB 50km Winner (2025)
Golden Trail World Series - 5th Overall (2024)
Lavaredo 20K Winner (2023)
Ötzi Trailrun Naturns Winner (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
World Junior Mountain Running Vice-Champion (2017)
Italian U23 Mountain Running Champion (2020)

Notable Traits

Grew up in Tiers below the Rosengarten in the Dolomites; won the Rosengarten Schlern Sky Marathon on home trails in 2024
Studies materials and production engineering at the University of Innsbruck
Coached by Hans Pircher; came up through classic mountain running with a junior world silver in 2017
Four consecutive wins at the Ötzi Trailrun Naturns (2023-2026)
Track PBs of 8:51 (3,000m) and 15:31 (5,000m)