Emma Roca Rodríguez

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Roca and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Emma Roca Rodríguez
Emma Roca UTMB 2013.png
Rodriguez in 2013
Born(1973-08-12)12 August 1973
Barcelona, Spain
Died18 June 2021(2021-06-18) (aged 47)

Emma Roca Rodríguez (12 August 1973 – 18 June 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ski mountaineer.

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:
  • 2000:
    • 2nd, Trofeo Kima[4]
  • 2002:
    • 2nd, Spanish Championship[5]
    • 3rd, Trofeo Kima[4]
  • 2004:
  • 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[]

Main article: Pierra Menta
  • 2002: 5th, together with Cristina Bes Ginesta
  • 2005: 4th, together with Jeannie Wall
  • 2008: 6th, together with Cristina Bes Ginesta

References[]

  1. ^ Interview mit Emma Roca[permanent dead link] (German), Suunto Outdoor-Welt.
  2. ^ Muere Emma Roca, pionera en los deportes de montaña (in Spanish)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Trofeo Kima
  5. ^ Manu Pérez y Lali Gendrau campeones de España Archived 4 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), 11 February 2002.
  6. ^ http://www.clubandino.org/INVIERNO/travesia_2004_open.asp Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Club Andino Bariloche.

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