Organizer information

The Organizer space is intended for organizers of trail-running races. In order to guarantee the best quality of events and to spread the values of trail running, ITRA provides race organizers with lots of services.

National representatives

ITRA is represented throughout the world by National Representatives. These women and men represent the voice of their country's runners and trail running organizers at the ITRA General Assembly.

The role of the National Representatives

has a key role, as a spokesperson for the members of the trail running community within their country, they commit themselves to invest and promote the healthy and sustainable development of trail running in their respective countries while respecting the values of trail running as outlined by ITRA.

In each country, ITRA organizers and running members elect their Organizing Members Representatives and their Running Members' Representatives for 4 years.

These Members' Representatives represent all the trail running members and organizers of their country at the ITRA General Assembly.

Their missions

Each National Representative commits to:

listen to the runners and organizers of their country, share their discussions with ITRA, and be a source of new ideas.
inform the runners and organizers in their country of the actions and services offered by ITRA
represent ITRA at sporting events or sports gatherings in their country.

For more details, consult the ITRA statutes.

Who can become a National Representative?

For National Runners Representatives: any ITRA running member can become a National Runners Representative if he or she is up to date with his annual ITRA contribution, is a citizen or resident of the country he or she wishes to represent, and has participated at least once in a trail running event during the 24 months preceding the day of his or her membership.
For National Organizers Representatives: any person holding a managerial, elective, or salaried position within an ITRA Organizing Member Entity may become a National Organizers Representative. This person will be a candidate in the country where the Organizing Member entity to which he/she belongs is headquartered.

The next elections for National Representatives will take place in 2027. To become a National Runners Representative or National Organizers Representative in your country, send your application to contact@itra.run.

National Representatives elected for 2023-2027

The National Runners Representatives were elected in spring 2023, for 4 years, by the runner members and the National Organizers Representatives by the organizing members of their country.

You can join them by email for those who have their first name and family name clickable.

North America

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
-	Marline CÔTÉ (THE ULTRA-TRAIL HARRICANA - CAN)
Catalina SILVA (MEX)	-
Ian MADDIESON (USA)	-

South America

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Santiago PETRERA (ARG)	-
Andrea LOPEZ BARRAZA (CHU)	-
Sidney TOGUMI (BRA)	Marco CAMPOS (TRANSMANTIQUEIRA ULTRA TRAIL AGULHAS NEGRAS - BRA)
Miguel Angel GARZON - (COL)	-

Asia

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Xiaolin WANG (CHN)	Lei YU (DALIAN 100 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - CHN)
Nanang HANDOKO(INA)	Arbiarto PULUNG (Linggarjati X00 - INA)
Koichi IWASA (JPN)	Tatsuo CHIBA (YABUSAPO - JPN)
Man Yee CHEUNG (HKG)	Rainer DUESPOHL (uHey Limited - HKG)
Youngroc KIM (KOR)	-
Choo Siong ANG (SGP)	-
Su Weng LAI (MAC)	-
Razif YAHYA (MAY)	-
Edmund CURA (PHI)	-
Kshitish PUROHIT (IND)	Jedhe DIGHVIJAY (WGRF - IND)
Hien TRAN (VIE)	-

Europe

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Michael GEISLER (AUT)	-
Kathleen VAN WINCKEL (BEL)	Gregory LECLERCQ (EVENTS TRAIL - BEL)
Evgeniy TSVETOV (BUL)	-
Damir MAKSIMOVIC (CRO)	-
Petr VLTAVSKY (CZE)	Radka OUHRABKOVA (RUPERTUS - CZE)
Soren RASMUSSEN (DEN)	-
Morgane GLORION (ESP)	Orlando MONTESDEOCA SANTANA (MOVERUN - ESP)
Jelena MELNIKOVA (EST)	-
Malo CAPITAINE (FRA)	Philippe LE RUYET (TRAIL DU KREIZ BREIZH - FRA)
Hannah LARGE (GBR)	Huw WILLIAMS (PEN LLYN ULTRA - GBR)
Davit JUGHASHVILI (GEO)	-
Pierre Emmanuel ALEXANDRE (GER)	-
Nikolaos ZANAS (GRE)	Lazaros RIGOS (OLYMPUS TRAILS - GRE)
Tamas BELUS (HUN)	Laszlo CSANYI (MOLLIS PLUVIA KFT - HUN)
-	Pol O MURCHU (IRISH MOUNTAIN RUNNING ASSOCIATION - IRL)
Fridleifur FRIDLEIFSSON (ICE)	-
Tommaso SARTI (ITA)	Paolo OTTONE (Sport PRO-MOTION ASD - ITA)
Toms KOMASS (LAT)	-
Zhikica IVANOVSKI (MKD)	Dejan KRLE (TREX - MKD)
Erik VAN KEMPEN (UKR)	-
Dominika STELMACH (POL)	-
Pedro FERNANDES (POR)	-
Gheorghe PETROVAY (ROU)	Theodore MANOLACHE (Running Media Consulting srl - ROU)
Mojca KOLIGAR (SLO)	Marc OŽBEJ (UTVV SLOVENIA -SLO)
Aleksandar VUKMIROVIC (SRB)	-
Malte HERBRECHT (SUI)	-
Milos PINTRAVA (SVK)	Milos PINTRAVA (SLOVAK ULTRA TRAIL - SVK)
Laurent LELOUP (SWE)	Laurent LELOUP (TGS - Trail genom Skåne - SWE)
Bike GECKINLI (TUR)	-
Tatyana GRAMATIKOVA (UKR)	-

Oceania

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Majell BACKHAUSEN (AUS)	John CLARIDGE (ULTRAIN - AUS)
Sean MCWILLIAMS (NZL)	-

Africa

RUNNERS’ REPRESENTATIVES	ORGANIZERS’ REPRESENTATIVES
Eloff HOFFMAN (RSA)	-

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International Trail Running Association

A non-profit organization

Born in July 2013, the ITRA (International Trail Running Association) aims to give a voice to parties involved in trail running in order to promote its strong values, its diversity, the safety of races and the health of runners, as well as to further the development of trail running and ensure a constructive dialogue between the national and international bodies with an interest in the sport.

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