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Post Race: Breaking News - Post Race -- Awards Banquet & Good Bye

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 at 09 19 pm

The Awards Banquet was held in the heart of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile last evening. A pisco sour, full dinner and dessert was enjoyed by all. Following dinner, the awards were presented and a superb photo and video presentation was provided by Photographer Xijia Cao and Videographer Michael Murphy.

See all the photos and videos from the finish line to the original start line.

Thank you to the volunteers, the medical team, the media team, the local and international staff and the competitors from 40 nations for making the 15th edition of the Atacama Crossing another incredible race.

The next race is the Namib Race on 26 April 2020. In 2020, we host the 4 Deserts Grand Slam and 4 Deserts Grand Slam Plus which includes The Last Desert in Antarctica on 21 November 2020. In addition, the next Roving Race will be RacingThePlanet: Georgia, The Great Caucasus on 23 August 2020. Look out for a major documentary in 2020.

This concludes Breaking News updates. Thank you for joining us. See you later! Hasta Luego!

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Atacama Crossing 2019 Official Results

Sportsmanship Award:		Julia Guttridge / Helen Tan
Spirit Award:		Luke Levine


Overall Top 10
Rank	#	Surname	First Name	Nationality	Sex	Age	Overall Time
1	71	Spajic	Jovica	Serbia	Male	32	29:22:00
2	46	Matsuda	Hiroyuki	Japan	Male	38	32:57:01
3	88	Nanji	Munir	Kenya	Male	50	33:31:51
4	52	Munro	Simon	New Zealand	Male	44	33:46:36
5	47	Minvielle	Ronan	France	Male	39	34:30:10
6	81	Williams	Steve	United Kingdom	Male	53	35:07:54
7	70	Sorensen	Thomas	Denmark	Male	33	35:53:28
8	85	Zwolinski	Kuba	Poland	Male	40	36:02:50
9	33	Jeschka	Jerry	Poland	Male	51	36:16:26
10	7	Brutter	Florian	Austria	Male	41	36:19:16

Men's Age Group Awards:
20 - 29		Lee	Chigon
30 - 39		Minvielle	Ronan
40 - 49		Munro	Simon
50 - 59		Williams	Steve
60 - 69		Ludwig	Mark
70 - 79		Mitchell	Bill

Female Top Ten
Rank	#	Surname	First Name	Nationality	Sex	Age	Overall Time
	5	Barber	Deborah	Australia	Female	27	36:40:04
	66	Schonenborn	Tanja	Germany	Female	38	37:16:38
	15	Dzurova	Petronela	Slovakia	Female	43	37:35:28
	40	Lopez	Corinna	Germany	Female	37	39:18:27
	56	Oppermann	Sarah	Ireland	Female	29	39:37:45
	45	Mansford	Natalie	United Kingdom	Female	36	41:43:57
	74	Swart	Anim	Canada	Female	54	43:56:55
	64	Sanei	Sheila	Sweden	Female	44	44:14:38
	83	Wittke	Alexandra	Germany	Female	37	48:11:59
	26	Glowacka	Kasia	Poland	Female	51	49:20:40

Female Age Group Awards:
20 - 29		Oppermann	Sarah
30 - 39		Lopez	Corinna
40 - 49		Sanei	Sheila
50 - 59		Swart	Anim

Photo: Men's Age Group Award Winners

Photo: Women's Age Group Award Winners.

Photo: Top 3 Women

Photo: Top 3 Overall

Photo: Spirit Award Winner

Photo: Sportsmanship Award Winner