JA🇬🇧
Bergen, NorwayBorn
April 19, 1989
UTMB
924ITRA
932Wins
25Podiums
33
Jonathan Albon is a British mountain athlete who has excelled across skyrunning, trail ultramarathons, and obstacle course racing. Born in Essex and based in Bergen, Norway, he won the 2019 Trail World Championships, the Skyrunner World Series overall title (2017), and multiple OCR and Spartan world titles. On the UTMB circuit, he won OCC (2021) and CCC (2023).
Upcoming Races
2026
1
race
Race Results
2025
4
races2
wins
101km
6,711m+
Aug 29
174km
10,200m+
Ultra-Trail Snowdonia/UTS 100K
May 17
105km
6,450m+
Feb 21
126km
6,236m+
2024
4
races3
wins
Nice Côte d'Azur by UTMB/Nice 50K
Oct 6
54km
2,100m+
Wildstrubel by UTMB/Wild 50
Sep 14
37km
1,600m+
shortened
160km
5,360m+
May 10
73km
4,220m+
2023
7
races2
wins
81km
3,510m+
Sep 1
100km
6,030m+
Fjällmaratonveckan Årefjällen/Salomon 27K
Jul 30
26km
960m+
44.4km
2,500m+
19km
1,080m+
44km
3,250m+
Innsbruck-Stubai
May 14
42km
2,560m+
Career Highlights
2024: Transvulcania Ultramarathon – Champion
2024: Western States 100 – 6th place
2023: UTMB CCC – Champion
2022: Marathon du Mont-Blanc – Champion
2022: UTMB CCC – 2nd place
2021: UTMB OCC – Champion
2019: Trail World Championships – World
Champion
2017: Skyrunner World Series – Overall Champion
2016–2017: Sky Extreme Series – Overall
Champion
Key Achievements
Trail World Champion (2019)
Skyrunner World Series Overall Champion (2017)
Sky Extreme Series Champion (2016, 2017)
OCR World Champion (2014–2019, multiple)
Spartan World Champion (2014, 2018)
UTMB CCC Winner (2023)
UTMB OCC Winner (2021)
Transvulcania Champion (2024)
Notable Traits
British skyrunner and trail ultrarunner with OCR
background
Lives and trains in Bergen, Norway
Multiple-time OCR World Champion and Spartan World
Champion
Skyrunner World Series overall champion (2017)
Versatile across short sky races and 100 km
ultras