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| Born | 19 April 1989 Harlow, Essex, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sky running, obstacle racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 3 Skyrunning World Cup
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Medal record
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Jonathan Albon (born 19 April 1989) is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series. [2]
Originally from Great Dunmow in Essex, Albon later moved to live in Bergen, Norway. [3]
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, [4] 2015, [4] 2016, [5] [4] 2017, [6] [4] 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.
Overall race by race. [9]
| # | Date | Race | Venue | Category | Points |
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| 1 | 2 May | Yading Skyrun |  Yading, Sichuan | SKy Classic | - |
| 2 | 13 May | Transvulcania Ultramarathon (75 km) |  La Palma Canary Islands | SKy Ultra | - |
| 3 | 28 May | Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri | Zegama, Basque Country | SKy Classic | 60 |
| 4 | 3 June | Ultra SkyMarathon Madeira (55 km) |  Madeira | SKy Ultra | 100 |
| 5 | 9 June | Scenic Trail (113 km) |  Lugano | SKy Ultra | - |
| 6 | 18 June | Livigno SkyMarathon |  Livigno | SKy Classic | - |
| 7 | 24 June | Olympus Marathon |  Dion | SKy Classic | - |
| 8 | 8 July | Buff Epic Trail | Barruera | SKy Classic | - |
| 9 | 8 July | High Trail Vanoise (68 km) |  Val d’Isère | SKy Ultra | - |
| 10 | 16 July | Royal Gran Paradiso | Ceresole Reale | SKy Extreme | - |
| 11 | 22 July | Dolomites SkyRace | Canazei | SKy Classic | - |
| 12 | 30 July | SkyRace Comapedrosa |  Arinsal, La Massana | SKy Classic | - |
| 13 | 5 August | Tromsø SkyRace |  Tromsø | SKy Extreme | 120 |
| 14 | 26 August | Matterhorn Ultraks | Zermatt | SKy Classic | 70.8 |
| 15 | 2 September | The Rut 25K |  Big Sky, Montana | SKy Classic | - |
| 16 | 3 September | The Rut 50K (50 km) | Big Sky, Montana | SKy Ultra | - |
| 17 | 9 September | Devil’s Ridge Ultra (80 km) | Gobi Desert | SKy Ultra | - |
| 18 | 16 September | Salomon Ring of Steall Skyrace | Kinlochleven | SKy Classic | - |
| 19 | 16 September | Salomon Ben Nevis Ultra (110 km) | Kinlochleven | SKy Ultra | - |
| 20 | 17 September | Salomon Glen Coe Skyline | Kinlochleven | SKy Extreme | 88 |
| 21 | 23 September | Ultra Pirineu (110 km) | Bagà | SKy Ultra | - |
| 22 | 14 October | Limone SkyRace | Limone sul Garda | SKy Classic | - |
| Points total | 438.8 | ||||
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