Emile Michael John Cairess (born 27 December 1997)[2] is a British long-distance runner.

He finished 4th in Marathon in the 2024 Paris Olympics, the highest position for a British runner for over 20 years.

[3] During the under-23 race at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, Emile Cairess fell over at half-mile stage but managed to move up 59 places for eighth position and a team silver medal.

[4] In January 2022 at the Valencia Ibercaja, he tied Mo Farah's over 10-year-old British 10 kilometres record with his time of 27:44.

[2] At the European Cross Country Championships held in Turin, Italy in December, Cairess achieved his best performance up to that point, with silver medal in the men's senior race behind only reigning world 5000 m champion and European record holder in the event Jakob Ingebrigtsen.