Emma Roca Rodríguez
Emma Roca Rodríguez (12 August 1973 – 18 June 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ski mountaineer.
| Emma Roca Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
 Rodriguez in 2013 | |
| Born | 12 August 1973 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 18 June 2021 (aged 47) |
Roca worked as a firefighter and taught biomechanics at university. She lived in Talló, Lleida.[1]
Roca died on 18 June 2021 from vulvar cancer at the age of 47.[2]
Emma's ultrarunning achievements included Emma winning the Costa Brava Stage Run 85km, the Trail Vall de Ribes 65km, the Trail Andorra La Sportiva 65k, the Run Rabbit Run 100 mile and the Leadville Trail 100 mile. She took second at the Hardrock 100 and Ultra-Trail Penyagolosa, placed third at UTMB (the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, considered by many to be the ultimate ultra marathon) and the Ultra Trail Australia, and took fifth at the Western States 100 mile. [3]
Selected results
- 1998:
- Land Rover Trophy as part of Team Spain, Camel Trophy Tierra del Fuego '98
- 2000:
- 2nd, Trofeo Kima[4]
- 2002:
- 2004:
- 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Iolanda García Sàez)
- 10th, World Championship team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
- 2nd, Open International, San Carlos de Bariloche[6]
- 2005:
- 1st, Spanish Championship team (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
- 5th, European Championship team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
- 5th, European Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Sara Gros Aspiroz)
- 8th, World Cup team (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
- 10th, European Championship single race
- 2008:
- 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta, Gemma Arró Ribot and Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain)
- 7th, World Championship team race (together with Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain)
- 7th (and 5th in the "civilian international women" ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain)
- 10th, World Championship long distance
Pierra Menta
- 2002: 5th, together with Cristina Bes Ginesta
- 2005: 4th, together with Jeannie Wall
- 2008: 6th, together with Cristina Bes Ginesta
References
- Interview mit Emma Roca (German), Suunto Outdoor-Welt.
- Muere Emma Roca, pionera en los deportes de montaña (in Spanish)
- Trofeo Kima
- Manu Pérez y Lali Gendrau campeones de España Archived 4 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), 11 February 2002.
- http://www.clubandino.org/INVIERNO/travesia_2004_open.asp Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Club Andino Bariloche.
External links
- Emma Roca Rodríguez at skimountaineering.org
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