Jonathan Wyatt
Jonathan Craig Wyatt (born 20 December 1972) is a New Zealand male versatile runner. He is a six-time world mountain running champion. He is also an 8-time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series.
Jonathan Wyatt was interviewed by ICRT at 2010 Taipei 101 Run Up. | |
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Full name | Jonathan Craig Wyatt |
Born | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 20 December 1972
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Sport | Athletics Mountain running Trail running Skyrunning Snowshoe running |
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World finals | 7 Mountain Running World Cup
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Medal record
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Biography
He competed in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, reaching the final, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A resident of Wellington, he finished 6th in the men's marathon race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He has the best performance by a resident in New Zealand for the half marathon of 1h 02m 37s set 2 June 2002 in Christchurch. He also holds two New Zealand records in athletics for road races, with 13:46 for 5 km, and 28:04 for 10 km. With 5 wins he is currently in 4th place for the best ever list at the Red Bull Dolomitenmann. He is married with the Italian sky runner and former cross-country skier Antonella Confortola.[1]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | Athletics at the Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 6th | Men's 5000m final | 13:35:46 |
1998 | World Mountain Running Trophy | la reunion, Indian Ocean | 1st | Men's Individual | 1:51:19 |
2000 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Bergen, Germany | 1st | Men's Individual | 47:29 |
2001 | Rotorua Marathon | Rotorua, New Zealand | 1st | Marathon | 2:20:50 |
2002 | Athletics at the Commonwealth Games | Manchester, England | 6th | Men's Marathon | 2:14:20 |
2002 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Innsbruck, Austria | 1st | Men's Individual | 56:31 |
2003 | Jungfrau Marathon | Interlaken, Switzerland | 1st | Marathon | 2:49:01 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 21st | Marathon | 2:17:45 |
2004 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Sauze dóulx, Italy | 1st | Men's Individual | 48:47 |
2005 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Wellington, New Zealand | 1st | Men's Individual | 53:23 |
2006 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Bursa, Turkey | 2nd | Men's Individual | 56:22 |
2007 | Jungfrau Marathon | Interlaken, Switzerland | 1st | Marathon | 2:55:33 |
2008 | World Mountain Running Trophy | Sierre – Crans Montana, Switzerland | 1st | Men's Individual | 55:04 |
2009 | Jungfrau Marathon | Interlaken, Switzerland | 1st | Marathon | 2:58:33 |
Other results
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011[2]
References
- "Mountain Running: Jonathan Wyatt joins the La Sportiva team". lasportiva.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
Married to cross-country skier and runner Antonella Confortola
- "Jonathan Wyatt klar for NutenOpp igjen" (in Norwegian). kondis.no. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
Ekteparet Jonathan Wyatt og Antonella Confortola (biletet) er tilbake i Rosendal for femte gong. Dei skal forsvara kvar sin løyperekord frå hhv 2008 og 2010.
External links
- Jonathan Wyatt at World Athletics
- Jonathan Wyatt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Athletics: Vili and Willis seeing double
- Athletics NZ
- World Mountain Running Association
- Jonospulse CV page