Mohamad Ahansal (born January 1, 1973) to a nomadic family near Zagora in the Sahara desert is a Moroccan ultramarathon runner best known for his 5 wins of the Marathon De Sables and has taken part in it 21 times His first victory in this race came in 1995.
His brother Lahcen has won the race 10 times.
He first started running at the age of 17Mohamad has also run many half-marathons and full marathons.
He holds the Guinness World Records title for the fastest crossing of the desert and has the podium record for the Marathon De Sables (MDS) 16 times out of 19 entries.
In 2010, he won the Marathon des Sables in achieving a flawless, winning all the steps!Sahara and mountains in Chile, Mohamad won the Volcano Marathon in 2013, on an elevation of 4500m.
In 2015 he and his brother created their own ultramarathon in Morocco, the Trans Atlas Marathon.
Mohamad Ahansal lives in the German city of Ingolstadt and runs for MTV Ingolstadt.