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,Obstacle Racing Media: OCR World Championship 2017 Results. 2018 and 2019. He has also won the Spartan World Championships in 2014 and 2018.
Albon won the Trail World Championships in 2019.iRunFar: 2019 Trail World Championships Results.
In 2021 Albon won the OCC at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. The following year, he won the Mont Blanc Marathon.iRunFar: Lessons in Humility: A Conversation With Jon Albon. 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. #DateRaceVenueCategoryPoints1 2 MayYading Skyrun Yading, Sichuan SKy Classic -2 13 MayTransvulcania Ultramarathon (75 km) La Palma Canary IslandsSKy Ultra - 3 28 MayMaratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri Zegama, Basque Country SKy Classic 604 3 JuneUltra SkyMarathon Madeira (55 km) Madeira SKy Ultra 100 5 9 JuneScenic Trail (113 km) Lugano SKy Ultra - 6 18 JuneLivigno SkyMarathon Livigno SKy Classic -7 24 JuneOlympus Marathon Dion SKy Classic -8 8 JulyBuff Epic Trail Barruera SKy Classic -9 8 JulyHigh Trail Vanoise (68 km) Val d’Isère SKy Ultra - 10 16 JulyRoyal Gran Paradiso Ceresole Reale SKy Extreme -11 22 JulyDolomites SkyRace Canazei SKy Classic -12 30 JulySkyRace Comapedrosa Arinsal, La MassanaSKy Classic -13 5 AugustTromsø SkyRace Tromsø SKy Extreme 120 14 26 AugustMatterhorn Ultraks Zermatt SKy Classic 70.815 2 SeptemberThe Rut 25K Big Sky, Montana SKy Classic -16 3 SeptemberThe Rut 50K (50 km) Big Sky, Montana SKy Ultra - 17 9 SeptemberDevil’s Ridge Ultra (80 km) Gobi Desert SKy Ultra - 18 16 SeptemberSalomon Ring of Steall Skyrace Kinlochleven SKy Classic -19 16 SeptemberSalomon Ben Nevis Ultra (110 km) Kinlochleven SKy Ultra - 20 17 SeptemberSalomon Glen Coe Skyline Kinlochleven SKy Extreme 8821 23 SeptemberUltra Pirineu (110 km) Bagà SKy Ultra -22 14 OctoberLimone SkyRace Limone sul Garda SKy Classic -Points total438.8
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