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: Petra Hartmann; Petra Hartmann was born 10 April 1971 in Chur, Switzerland to Peter and Rosa Hartmann – Hartmann. Hartmann spent her youth in Zizers, Switzerland and graduated from the Swiss Institute for Management and Hospitality in Zizers with a B.A. in Food Science. Hartmann enjoys the outdoors and a variety of mountain sports including trail running, cycling, skiing and snowboarding. After arriving in Vail in 1999, Hartmann found employment as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier and participated in numerous races with considerable success. In August of 2024, Petra Hartmann won her age group (50 – 59 years) during the Leadville Trail 100: Race Across the Sky. Most of this ultra-marathon course is above 10,000 feet in elevation. It begins and ends in the town of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado at an elevation of 10, 152 feet and features a high point of 12,600 feet (Hope Pass). Hartmann completed the 100-mile running feat in 27 hours 32 minutes and 40 seconds.

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