Timothy Davies (runner)

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Tim Davies during the 2005 Snowdon Race Tim Davis Snowdon Race 2005.jpg
Tim Davies during the 2005 Snowdon Race

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

Tim was raised into a family with a farming background and was heavily influenced by the hills surrounding him during his childhood.

Davies was fifth in the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003, [1] also winning a silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown. [2] At the European Mountain Running Championships 2006 he finished in seventh position in the individual race, just behind Jones. [3]

Davies is a three-time winner of the Snowdon Race [4] and in 2010 he won the British Fell Running Championships. [5]

Tim is a former Royal Marine and runs a farm on the Welsh/English border.

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