Aleksandras Sorokinas

Aleksandr "Sania" Sorokin (; born 30 September 1981) is a Lithuanian long-distance runner who holds multiple world and European records. As of May 2023, he held seven world records on the track and road: 100 km (road), 100 miles (road), 100 miles (track), 6-hour run (track), 12-hour run (track), 12-hour run (road), 24-hour run (road). Sorokin won the IAU 24 Hour World Championship in 2019, IAU European 24 Hour Championships in 2022 and the Spartathlon in 2017.

He holds the world record for the greatest distances in 24 hours [], and achieved the fastest time for 100 miles (10 hours, 51 minutes, 39 seconds), in some cases having broken his own earlier records in subsequent runs.

Career Aleksandr Sorokin kayaked and canoed for Lithuanian teams until a shoulder injury at aged 25. He later began running in 2013, at the age of 31, to lose weight (he was 100 kg). He quickly demonstrated exceptional qualities in ultra distance running and took part in his first 100 kilometres race in 2013.

In 2015, he set the Lithuanian records for 100 km (6:50:34) and 24 hours (242.189 km) at the respective World Championships.

In 2017, Sorokin won the prestigious Spartathlon in Greece, becoming the 35th winner and the third-fastest athlete in this race.

In 2019 at the IAU 24 Hour World Championship held in Albi, France, he had his breakthrough performance, breaking the championship record with a distance of 278.972 kilometres.

At the Spartanion race in Tel Aviv, Israel on 6 January 2022, the 40-year-old bested his own two records in one run and became the first runner to break the 11-hour barrier for 100 miles as he covered the distance (161 km) in 10 hours, 51 minutes and 39 seconds, and then continued on and broke a second record – the furthest distance run in 12 hours, at 111.24 miles. On 23 April at the Centurion Running Track 100 Mile, he set a new world record for the 100 kilometres with a time of 6:05:41. (track)

Ashford, United Kingdom Centurion Running Track 100 Mile

World record (road)

Tel Aviv, Israel Spartanion Race

IAU World record

Ashford, United Kingdom Centurion Running Track 100 Mile

IAU World record 12-hour run (track)

Ashford, United Kingdom Centurion Running Track 100 Mile

World record 12-hour run (road)

Tel Aviv, Israel Spartanion Race

IAU World record 24-hour run (road)

Verona, Italy IAU European 24 Hour Championships

IAU World record