Martin Jones (runner)

Martin Jones

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1967-04-21) 21 April 1967 (age 58) Lancashire, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance / Mountain running
Club	Horwich AC
Medal record Representing   Great Britain Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 2 0 0 Total 2 0 0

Martin John Jones (born 21 April 1967) is a British former mountain runner who won the 1992 (short distance) and 1993 World Mountain Running Championships. ^[1]

Biography

Jones was a member of Horwich AC ^[2] and finished second behind Rob Denmark in the 10,000 metres event at the 1994 AAA Championships. ^{[3] [4]}

He also represented his country on other surfaces, competing in the World Cross Country Championships in 1994 ^[5] and 1995 ^[6] and running for England in the 10,000 metres on the track in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where he finished in fourth place. ^[7] He ran internationally in road races too, including the 1993 World Half Marathon Championships. ^[8]

References

1. "World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
2. "Martin seeks repeat" . Manchester Evening News. 3 September 1993. Retrieved 6 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 1994". Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
6. 1995 World Cross Country Championships.
7. "Commonwealth Games Federation: Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
8. IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Facts & Figures.

External links

• Martin Jones profile at Association of Road Racing Statisticians