Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Sky running, obstacle racing |
Club: | Gore Running Wear |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1989 |
Birth Place: | Harlow, Essex, England, UK |
Residence: | Bergen, Norway[1] |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Weight: | 67 kg |
Worlds: | 3 Skyrunning World Cup
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Medaltemplates: | [2] |
Jonathan Albon (born 19 April 1989) is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series.[3]
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,[1] [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.
Overall race by race.[9]
Date | Race | Venue | Category | Points | ||
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1 | 2 May | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
2 | 13 May | Transvulcania Ultramarathon (75 km) | La Palma Canary Islands | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - |
3 | 28 May | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | 60 | ||
4 | 3 June | Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira (55 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | 100 | |
5 | 9 June | Scenic Trail (113 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
6 | 18 June | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
7 | 24 June | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
8 | 8 July | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
9 | 8 July | High Trail Vanoise (68 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
10 | 16 July | bgcolor=lime | SKy Extreme | - | ||
11 | 22 July | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
12 | 30 July | Arinsal, La Massana | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | |
13 | 5 August | bgcolor=lime | SKy Extreme | 120 | ||
14 | 26 August | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | 70.8 | ||
15 | 2 September | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
16 | 3 September | The Rut 50K (50 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
17 | 9 September | Devil’s Ridge Ultra (80 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
18 | 16 September | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
19 | 16 September | Salomon Ben Nevis Ultra (110 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
20 | 17 September | bgcolor=lime | SKy Extreme | 88 | ||
21 | 23 September | Ultra Pirineu (110 km) | bgcolor=orange | SKy Ultra | - | |
22 | 14 October | bgcolor=aqua | SKy Classic | - | ||
style=text-align:right colspan=5 | Points total! | 438.8 |