Jonathan Wyatt
Jonathan Craig Wyatt (born 20 December 1972) is a long-distance runner from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, who is a six-time world mountain running champion. He is also an 8 time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series. 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.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing New Zealand | |||||
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 |
References
- Jonathan Wyatt profile at IAAF
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Athletics: Vili and Willis seeing double
- Athletics NZ
- World Mountain Running Association
- Jonospulse CV page