Timothy Davies (runner) explained

Timothy "Tim" Davies (born 1977) is a Welsh athlete who specialises in mountain and fell running.

Born in Welshpool, Wales,^[1] Tim was raised into a family with a farming background and was heavily influenced by the hills surrounding him during his childhood. Many of his family run, most notably his brother Andrew Davies^[2] .

Davies was fifth in the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003,^[3] also winning a silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown.^[4] At the European Mountain Running Championships 2006 he finished in seventh position in the individual race, just behind Jones.^[5]

Davies is a three-time winner of the Snowdon Race^[6], and became the first Welshman to win it twice in succession.^[7] In 2010 he won the British Fell Running Championships.^[8]

Tim is a former Royal Marine and runs a farm in Powys, Wales^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3102865.stm
2. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Athletics%3a+Davies+eyes+record+fourth+race+success+on+Snowdon.-a0148295785
3. http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565&Itemid=4&year=2003&discode=3101&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 2003.
4. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/mr.htm European Mountain Running Championships
5. http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=567&Itemid=4&year=2006&discode=3101&cat=i World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Championships 2006.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714140030/http://www.snowdonrace.com/records/index.php Snowdon Race Records.
7. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/double-top-for-tim-2941367
8. Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 329–30.
9. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Athletics%3a+Davies+eyes+record+fourth+race+success+on+Snowdon.-a0148295785