Ryan Sandes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ryan Sandes
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	Mar 10, 1982(1982-03-10)
Age	42
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Pisces

Ryan Sandes Biography

Ryan Sandes is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on March 10, 1982 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He is a trail runner who became the first to win all four of the Four Deserts races in 2010. This achievement catapulted him up the ranks among the top endurance athletes around the world. He holds records for routes such as the Great Himalayan Trail or Fish River Canyon.

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Sandes was winner of the Sahara Race in 2008, the Gobi March in 2008, second in 2009 RacingThePlanet Namibia, and winner of the Jungle Ultra Marathon in Floresta Nacional do Tapajós in Pará, Brazil, setting a new course record.

Sandes won the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 in a time of 16:46:54, more than half an hour ahead of runner-up Dylan Bowman. He won the 2012 North Face 100 in Australia in a time of 9:22:45, and had placed 3rd in 2011.

He was married to Vanessa Haywood.

Ryan Sandes Net Worth

Ryan Sandes is one of the richest Runner from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ryan Sandes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from South African College Schools, Cape Town, South Africa.

Time magazine ranked his victory in the 4 Desserts races among the most difficult endurance challenges anywhere.

Ryan Nicholas Sandes “Hedgie” (born 10 March 1982 in Cape Town) is a South African trail runner. In 2010 he became the first competitor to have won all four of the 4 Deserts races, each a 6/7-day, 250-kilometer (160 mi) self- supported footrace through the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Gobi Desert in China, the Sahara Desert in Egypt, and lastly Antarctica. His achievement prompted Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet and organiser of the event, to state “Ryan Sandes is clearly one of the top endurance athletes in the world – to have won all 4 Deserts is a remarkable accomplishment.” To date only 81 individuals have completed all four trails. 11 competitors have managed the 4 Deserts Grand Slam, that is, completing the four trails in a calendar year (from 1 January to 31 December of the same year). In 2010, Time magazine included the 4 Deserts Challenge on a list of the ten most demanding endurance races in the world.

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Who is Ryan Sandes Dating?

According to our records, Ryan Sandes married to Vanessa Haywood. As of December 1, 2023, Ryan Sandes’s is not dating anyone.

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Running a total of 1,504 km in 24 days 4 hours and 24 minutes, Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel set a new FKT during March 2018 for the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT).

Facts & Trivia

Ryan Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Ryan Sandes celebrates birthday on March 10 of every year.