Emma Roca Rodríguez (12 August 1973 – 18 June 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ski mountaineer and an eco-challenge member. She represented Spain which she was a captain, she helped her team to get in the top 10 spot.
Roca worked as a firefighter and taught biomechanics at university. She lived in Talló, Lleida.
Roca died on 18 June 2021 from vulvar cancer at the age of 47.
Emma's ultrarunning achievements included Emma winning the Costa Brava Stage Run 85km, the Trail Vall de Ribes 65km, the Trail Andorra La Sportiva 65k, the Run Rabbit Run 100 mile and the Leadville Trail 100 mile. She took second at the Hardrock 100 and Ultra-Trail Penyagolosa, placed third at UTMB (the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, considered by many to be the ultimate ultra marathon) and the Ultra Trail Australia, and took fifth at the Western States 100 mile.
Selected results
1998
Land Rover Trophy as part of Team Spain, Camel Trophy Tierra del Fuego '98
2000
2nd, Trofeo Kima
2002
3rd, Trofeo Kima
2004
2nd, Open International, San Carlos de Bariloche
2005
8th, World Cup team (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
2008
7th (and 5th in the "civilian international women" ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain)
2010
1st, Adventure Racing World Championship, Team Buff Thermacool (together with Benjamen Midena, Fran Lopez Costoya, Arnau Julia)
Ultramarathon
2010
1st, World Raid Championship, 2011 2nd, Marathon des Sables, Morocco 2nd, Cavalls del Vent 2012 3rd, Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc (UTMB) 2013 3rd, Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc (UTMB) 2015 5th, Weston States
Ski Mountaineering Championships
2002
2nd, Spanish Championship Ski Mountaineering
2004
5th, World Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Iolanda García Sàez) 10th, World Championship Ski Mountaineering team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta)
2005
1st, Spanish Championship Ski Mountaineering team (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta) 5th, European Championship Ski Mountaineering team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta) 5th, European Championship Ski Mountaineering relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Sara Gros Aspiroz) 10th, European Championship Ski Mountaineering single race
2008
5th, World Championship Ski Mountaineering relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta, Gemma Arró Ribot and Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain) 7th, World Championship Ski Mountaineering team race (together with Izaskun Zubizarreta Guerendiain) 10th, World Championship Ski Mountaineering long distance