Marathon des Sables

Mohamad Ahansal ( born January 1, 1973 in Zagora, southern Morocco) is a Moroccan long-distance runner and four times the Marathon des Sables - winner. His older brother Lahcen Ahansal ( b. 1971 ) won even ten times (1997 and 1999 to 2007).

In 1998 he won the 137 miles ( 220 km) long Marathon des Sables in the record time of 16:22:29 hours, the current Guinness world record for the fastest crossing the desert.

In 2008 he won the Marathon des Sables again. This time, with 245.3 kilometers of the longest in the history of MDS, in 19:27:46 hours.

In 2009 he made the double and won the 24th Marathon des Sables. This was at 91 km, the longest single stage of all time, which he won in 8:08:22 hours.

In 2010, he completed the hat trick and gets third win in a row.

Ahansal lived in Ingolstadt and started for the MTV Ingolstadt. In early 2011 he has returned to his Moroccan homeland.