World Mountain Running Championships
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The World Mountain Running Championships is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body.
The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races.
It was first held in 1985 as the World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009.[1]
Editions
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1985 () | San Vigilio di Marebbe, Südtirol | Italy | 23 September |
| 2nd | 1986 () | Morbegno - Sondrio - Albosaggia, Lombardia | Italy | 5 October |
| 3rd | 1987 () | Lenzerheide - Valbella, Graubünden | Switzerland | 23 August |
| 4th | 1988 () | Keswick, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 15 October |
| 5th | 1989 () | Die - Châtillon-en-Diois, Drôme | France | 16 September |
| 6th | 1990 () | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 7th | 1991 () | Zermatt, Valais | Switzerland | 8 September |
| 8th | 1992 () | Valle di Susa, Piemonte | Italy | 30 August |
| 9th | 1993 () | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | France | 5 September |
| 10th | 1994 () | Berchtesgaden, Bayern | Germany | 4 September |
| 11th | 1995 () | Edinburgh, Scotland | United Kingdom | 10 September |
| 12th | 1996 () | Telfes, Tirol | Austria | 1 September |
| 13th | 1997 () | Úpice - Malé Svatoňovice, Hradec Králové | Czechoslovakia | 7 September |
| 14th | 1998 () | Dimitile, Réunion | France | 20 September |
| 15th | 1999 () | Mount Kinabalu Park, Sabah | Malaysia | 19 September |
| 16th | 2000 () | Bergen, Bayern | Germany | 10 September |
| 17th | 2001 () | Arta Terme, Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | 16 September |
| 18th | 2002 () | Innsbruck, Tirol | Austria | 15 September |
| 19th | 2003 () | Girdwood, Alaska | United States | 20 September |
| 20th | 2004 () | Sauze d'Oulx, Piemonte | Italy | 4 September |
| 21st | 2005 () | Wellington | New Zealand | 25 September |
| 22nd | 2006 () | Bursa | Turkey | 10 September |
| 23rd | 2007 () | Ovronnaz, Valais | Switzerland | 15 September |
| 24th | 2008 () | Sierre - Crans Montana, Valais | Switzerland | 14 September |
| 25th | 2009 () | Madesimo - Campodolcino, Lombardia | Italy | 6 September |
| 26th | 2010 () | Kamnik - Velika Planina, Gorenjska | Slovenia | 5 September |
| 27th | 2011 () | Tirana | Albania | 11 September |
| 28th | 2012 () | Temù - Ponte di Legno, Lombardia | Italy | 2 September |
| 29th | 2013 () | Krynica-Zdrój, Małopolska | Poland | 8 September |
| 30th | 2014 () | Casette di Massa, Tuscany | Italy | 14 September |
| 31st | 2015 () | Betws-y-Coed, Wales | United Kingdom | 19 September |
Champions
- nb Italy's Elisa Desco was the original winner of the 2009 women's race but was later disqualified for erythropoietin (EPO).[2]
Short course champions
| Edition | Men's individual | Men's team |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  Kenny Stuart (ENG) |
 Italy |
| 1986 | Maurizio Simonetti (ITA) |
Italy |
| 1987 | Fausto Bonzi (ITA) |
Italy |
| 1988 | Alfonso Vallicella (ITA) |
Italy |
| 1989 | Fausto Bonzi (ITA) |
Italy |
| 1990 | Severino Bernardini (ITA) |
Italy |
| 1991 |  John Lenihan (IRL) |
 Switzerland |
| 1992 | Martin Jones (ENG) |
England |
See also
- World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
- Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Women individual (8.8 km/550 m /68 participants). World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
- Medalists and editions
- World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on): Results. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2015-02-04.
