Hugh Jones (athlete)
Hugh Jones (born November 1, 1955 in London ) is a former English long-distance runner who had his greatest successes in the marathon .
Life
In 1981 he finished third in the New York City Marathon . The following year he finished second in the Tokyo International Men's Marathon and then celebrated his greatest triumph when he won the second edition of the London Marathon in 2:09:24. With this personal best, he missed the British record by just 12 seconds. In the same year he won the Paderborn Easter run over 25 km.
In 1983 he set a course record of 2:11:37 in the Stockholm Marathon and was second in the Chicago Marathon . In 1986 he finished second in London, third in 1987 and fourth in 1988.
He was also successful in international marathon championships. At the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1983 he was eighth, at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles twelfth and at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart and at the 1987 World Cup in Rome fifth.
His last great success was his second victory at the Stockholm Marathon in 1992. By then he had long since started to work as a journalist. He also trained as a route surveyor, which benefited him when he became General Secretary of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) in 1996 . In this position, which he still holds today, he played a key role in ensuring that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and its national member federations adopted the standards for route measurement developed by AIMS. In 2003 he personally supervised the final measurement of the new route for the Berlin Marathon .
Hugh Jones lives in London with his wife and four children. In 2004 he last won a marathon (the 24th overall), the Sahara Marathon in the Algerian province of Tindouf .
Web links
- Hugh Jones in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Presentation on the website of AIMS (English)
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Hugh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |