Jonathan Albon

Jonathan Albon

File:Jonathan Albon 2013 London Marathon (cropped).jpg Jonathan Albon at 2013 London Marathon
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 Harlow, Essex, England, UK
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Sky running, obstacle racing
Club	Gore Running Wear
Achievements and titles
World finals	3 Skyrunning World Cup Extreme (2016, 2017) Overall (2017)
Medal record Skyrunning World Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Kinlochleven Ultra SkyMarathon Trail running IAU World Championships Gold medal – first place 2019 Coimbra Individual Silver medal – second place 2019 Coimbra Team Bronze medal – third place 2018 Castellón Team WMRA World Championships Gold medal – first place 2023 Innsbruc-Stubai Short Race Team Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chiang Mai Short Race Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chiang Mai Short Race Team Obstacle Course Racing Adventurey OCR World Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Cincinnati Long course Gold medal – first place 2014 Cincinnati Team Gold medal – first place 2015 Cincinnati Long course Gold medal – first place 2015 Cincinnati Team Gold medal – first place 2016 Blue Mountains Long course Gold medal – first place 2016 Blue Mountains Team Gold medal – first place 2017 Blue Mountains Long course Gold medal – first place 2017 Blue Mountains Short course Gold medal – first place 2018 Essex Long course Gold medal – first place 2018 Essex Short course Gold medal – first place 2019 Essex Long course Gold medal – first place 2019 Essex Short course Silver medal – second place 2016 Blue Mountains Short course OCR European Championships Gold medal – first place 2017 Amsterdam Long course Gold medal – first place 2017 Amsterdam Short course Gold medal – first place 2018 Esbjerg Long course Spartan Race World Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Vermont Long course Gold medal – first place 2018 Lake Tahoe Long course Silver medal – second place 2017 Lake Tahoe Long course Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lake Tahoe Long course Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi Long course Spartan Race European Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Slovakia Long course Gold medal – first place 2016 Edinburgh Long course Gold medal – first place 2019 Dolomites Long course Gold medal – first place 2021 Verbier Long course Spartan Race Trifecta World Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Sparta Individual Tougher Mudder World Championship Gold medal – first place 2018 Seattle Long course Gold medal – first place 2024 AlUla Infinity Tougher Mudder European Championship Gold medal – first place 2018 Hemel Hempstead Long course

Jonathan Albon (born 19 April 1989) is a British sky runner and obstacle course racer who has won three Skyrunner World Series.

Biography

Originally from Great Dunmow in Essex, Albon later moved to live in Bergen, Norway.

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, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He has also won the Spartan World Championships in 2014 and 2018.

Albon won the Trail World Championships in 2019.

In 2021 Albon won the OCC at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. The following year, he won the Mont Blanc Marathon. He placed second in CCC at UTMB 2022. In 2023 he won CCC at UTMB. In 2024 Albon won the Transvulcania Ultramarathon. He placed 6th in the 2024 Western States 100miler.

2017 SWS Victory

Overall race by race.

#	Date	Race	Venue	Category	Points
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

External links

• Jonathan Albon at the International Orienteering Federation