Fiona Oakes


Fiona Oakes is a British distance runner who holds four world records for marathon running. In 2013, she won both the Antarctic Ice Marathon and the North Pole Marathon. She runs despite losing a kneecap from an illness when she was 17. Oakes has been vegan since she was 6 years old. As far as Fiona is aware, she was the first vegan woman to complete the Marathon des Sables. She runs Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary, is an ambassador for The Vegan Society, and is a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society.

World records

In 2013, Oakes became the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent ; the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole ; and the fastest female in elapsed time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole. In 2018 Oakes broke her 4th Guinness World record by becoming the fastest female to run a half marathon in an animal costume in Tromso, Norway.

Other achievements

In the women's category of the Atacama Crossing race in September 2018, Oakes won her age group. She also won stage six in her gender group in the same race.
Oakes won the "Charity Champion" category of the 2018 Brave Britons Amplifon Awards.
In 2019 Oakes qualified to represent England Masters in 2020 for both the Fleet half marathon and Bristol 10km races. Both qualifications were subsequently carried over to 2021 as a result of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

''Running for Good''

Oakes was the subject of Running for Good, a documentary film by Keegan Kuhn, centred around her run in the 2017 Marathon des Sables.