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Jonathan Albon

Jonathan Albon
Jonathan Albon at 2013 London Marathon
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 (age 35)
Harlow, Essex, England, UK
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportSky running, obstacle racing
ClubGore Running Wear
Achievements and titles
World finals3 Skyrunning World Cup
  • Extreme (2016, 2017)
  • Overall (2017)
Medal record
Skyrunning
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kinlochleven Ultra SkyMarathon
Trail running
IAU World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Coimbra Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Coimbra Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Castellón Team
WMRA World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Innsbruc-Stubai Short Race Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chiang Mai Short Race [1]
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chiang Mai Short Race Team
Obstacle Course Racing
Adventurey OCR World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cincinnati Long course
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cincinnati Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cincinnati Long course
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cincinnati Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Blue Mountains Long course
Gold medal – first place 2016 Blue Mountains Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Blue Mountains Long course
Gold medal – first place 2017 Blue Mountains Short course
Gold medal – first place 2018 Essex Long course
Gold medal – first place 2018 Essex Short course
Gold medal – first place 2019 Essex Long course
Gold medal – first place 2019 Essex Short course
Silver medal – second place 2016 Blue Mountains Short course
OCR European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amsterdam Long course
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amsterdam Short course
Gold medal – first place 2018 Esbjerg Long course
Spartan Race World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vermont Long course
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lake Tahoe Long course
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lake Tahoe Long course
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lake Tahoe Long course
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi Long course
Spartan Race European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Slovakia Long course
Gold medal – first place 2016 Edinburgh Long course
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dolomites Long course
Gold medal – first place 2021 Verbier Long course
Spartan Race Trifecta World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sparta Individual
Tougher Mudder World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Seattle Long course
Gold medal – first place 2024 AlUla Infinity
Tougher Mudder European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hemel Hempstead Long course

Jonathan Albon (born 19 April 1989) is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series.[3]

Biography

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Originally from Great Dunmow in Essex, Albon later moved to live in Bergen, Norway.[4]

He twice won the final ranking of Sky Extreme (2016 and 2017) and has once been the overall winner of the Skyrunner World Series. As an obstacle racer, he has won the Adventurey world championships in 2014,[5] 2015,[5] 2016,[2][5] 2017,[6][5] 2018 and 2019. He has also won the Spartan World Championships in 2014 and 2018.

Albon won the Trail World Championships in 2019.[7]

In 2021 Albon won the OCC at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. The following year, he won the Mont Blanc Marathon.[8] He placed second in CCC at UTMB 2022. In 2023 he won CCC at UTMB. In 2024 Albon won the Transvulcania Ultramarathon. He placed 6th in the 2024 Western States 100miler.

2017 SWS Victory

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Overall race by race.[9]

# Date Race Venue Category Points
1 2 May Yading Skyrun China Yading, Sichuan SKy Classic -
2 13 May Transvulcania Ultramarathon (75 km) Spain La Palma Canary Islands SKy Ultra -
3 28 May Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri Spain Zegama, Basque Country SKy Classic 60
4 3 June Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira (55 km) Portugal Madeira SKy Ultra 100
5 9 June Scenic Trail (113 km) Switzerland Lugano SKy Ultra -
6 18 June Livigno SkyMarathon Italy Livigno SKy Classic -
7 24 June Olympus Marathon Greece Dion SKy Classic -
8 8 July Buff Epic Trail Spain Barruera SKy Classic -
9 8 July High Trail Vanoise (68 km) France Val d’Isère SKy Ultra -
10 16 July Royal Gran Paradiso Italy Ceresole Reale SKy Extreme -
11 22 July Dolomites SkyRace Italy Canazei SKy Classic -
12 30 July SkyRace Comapedrosa Andorra Arinsal, La Massana SKy Classic -
13 5 August Tromsø SkyRace Norway Tromsø SKy Extreme 120
14 26 August Matterhorn Ultraks Switzerland Zermatt SKy Classic 70.8
15 2 September The Rut 25K United States Big Sky, Montana SKy Classic -
16 3 September The Rut 50K (50 km) United States Big Sky, Montana SKy Ultra -
17 9 September Devil’s Ridge Ultra (80 km) China Gobi Desert SKy Ultra -
18 16 September Salomon Ring of Steall Skyrace United Kingdom Kinlochleven SKy Classic -
19 16 September Salomon Ben Nevis Ultra (110 km) United Kingdom Kinlochleven SKy Ultra -
20 17 September Salomon Glen Coe Skyline United Kingdom Kinlochleven SKy Extreme 88
21 23 September Ultra Pirineu (110 km) Spain Bagà SKy Ultra -
22 14 October Limone SkyRace Italy Limone sul Garda SKy Classic -
Points total 438.8

References

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  1. ^ "Amazing Thailand World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2021 presented by NSDF, 04/11/2022-06/11/2022 : : My.race|result".
  2. ^ a b "Jonathan Albon". inspiration.goreapparel.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ "De Gasperi and Avilés Sky Champions. Albon and Maiora take Overall". skyrunnerworldseries.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ Clif Bar: Jonathan Albon.
  5. ^ a b c d "Rankings and results". August 2018.
  6. ^ Obstacle Racing Media: OCR World Championship 2017 Results.
  7. ^ iRunFar: 2019 Trail World Championships Results.
  8. ^ iRunFar: Lessons in Humility: A Conversation With Jon Albon.
  9. ^ "2017 Overall - Men" (PDF). skyrunnerworldseries.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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