Jasmin Paris MBE

• First Woman ever to complete the Barkley Marathons 

• Women’s record for most Munros climbed in 24 hours

• Veterinary surgeon at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

Jasmin Paris MBE is an ultra-marathon runner and veterinarian at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science. 

She was the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons, one of the world’s toughest sporting challenges. The record breaking ultrarunner cemented her place in the history books by finishing the gruelling 100-mile race within its 60-hour time limit. She is one of only 20 people to complete the race in its 38-year history. 

Each year, competitors will climb 63,000 feet, twice the height of Mount Everest, over the course of the self-navigated race. Over 98% of those who enter the race fail to finish. Paris was first invited to compete in the Barkley Marathons in 2022 where she completed three out of five loops before another attempt in 2023, completing 3 loops again. In 2024 Jasmin returned to compete again and made history by completing all five loops within 60 hours, only the 20th person in the race’s history to do so, and the first woman to reach the yellow gate that marks the finish line. 

Her achievements as an elite ultra-marathon runner are well-documented, including summiting a record-breaking 29 Munros, Scottish mountains over 3000 feet, within 24 hours. 

In 2019, she ran the 268-mile Spine Race across the Pennine Way in just over 83 hours, famously pausing to express breast milk for her baby, before going on to win the gruelling challenge, slicing 12 hours off the record time.  

Jasmin has seen a series of success at national level winning the Scottish Hill Running Championships in 2014 and 2015 and secured a bronze medal at the 2014 British Fell Running Championships before going on to win gold in 2015 and 2018. 

She has also had success on the world stage where she was crowned champion in the Skyrunner World Series Sky Extreme category in 2016 and finished third in the Skyrunning World Championships. 

Jasmin is a shining example of success in both her academic career and as a trailblazer for women in endurance running.