Fiona Oakes

Record-breaking long distance runner, Fiona Oakes is an athlete with a difference. Embarking on her high profile sporting career with the aim to promote a vegan lifestyle, Oakes is anevidence of the power of fighting for a cause you believe in. An inspirational woman who is the epitome of hard work and dedication, Fiona Oakes is a fascinating speaker for all manner of audiences, from corporate clients requiring an interesting after dinner speaker, to animal rights groups needing an influential keynote speaker.

Withover fifty marathons under her belt, Fiona Oakes is a formidable name on the running scene. Throughout her impressive career she has amassed four world records, including the fastest female to complete a marathon in aggregate time on each continent and the fastest female tocomplete the same feat including the North Pole. Talent and commitment have ensured Oakes every success in her career, and due to her unrelenting dedication she is set to represent England Masters in 2021.

Overcoming adversity is something Oakes is very familiar with and is part of the reason her running career acts as an inspiration to many. At the age of fourteen an illness led to the loss of a knee cap for Fiona, and she was told she’d never walk again. Seventeen surgeries later, and through sheer determination, she was setting records for a sport she was told she’d never be able to do.