Martin Jones (runner)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1967 Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance / Mountain running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Horwich AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Martin seeks repeat". Manchester Evening News. 3 September 1993. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships – 1994". Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ 1995 World Cross Country Championships.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Federation: Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Facts & Figures.
External links
- Martin Jones profile at Association of Road Racing Statisticians