Kílian Jornet Burgada
Kílian Jornet Burgada (born October 27, 1987 in Sabadell ) is a Spanish ski mountaineer , mountain runner and duathlete in combined mountain running and mountain biking from Catalonia .
Life
Jornet started ski mountaineering in 1999. With the participation in the Spain Cup in La Molina he contested his first competition in 2000 and has been a member of the Spanish national ski mountaineering team since 2003 , and since 2007 also in the men's squad. He is a member of the international Salomon team and lives in Puigcerdà .
Already in the youth class he won numerous championship titles in international and national competitions. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 he was awarded the Premi d'honor d'esport català , the Catalan sports honorary prize, for his success in ski mountaineering . Since 2004 he has been a “high level athlete” of the Catalan Sports Council (Consell Català de l'Esport) and the High Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes) of the Spanish government (No. 40.563.172 - Moñana y Escalada).
In 2005 he set the course record in mountain running at the Dôme de Neige des Écrins (4,015 m). In 2007 he was the overall winner of the Buff SkyRunner World Series of the Federation for Sport at Altitude (FSA) with victory in four of seven races and in 2008 with victory in three of six races . So far, only François D'Haene , Xavier Thévenard and himself have managed to win the UTMB three times (2008, 2009 and 2011).
He lives in a relationship with the Swedish professional trail runner Emelie Forsberg . His sister Naila Jornet Burgada is also an active ski mountaineer.
Successes (selection)
Mountain running / skyrunning / trail running
- 2005:
- 1st place and 2nd overall in the “Cuita al Sol” race
- Course record and 1st place Dôme de Neige des Écrins
- 2nd place in the "Cross Vertical", Andorra
- 2nd place at the "Prueba de Copa de España" Buff-Salomon Vallnord
- 2006:
- 1st place at the International Championship in the Catalan team during the SkyGames (FSA)
- 1st place of the juniors at the French Hill Climb Championships ( FFA )
- 6th place at the world championship skyrunning
- 2007:
- Annual champion and four times 1st place in the Buff SkyRunner World Series
- 1st place at the Mount Ontake Skyrace
- 2nd place team at the Orobie Skyrace (with Jordi Martin Pascual and Xavier Zapater Bargue)
- 1st place at the Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathlon
- 2008:
- Victory at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
- Annual champion and three times 1st place at the Buff SkyRunner World Series
- 2009
- Victory at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
- 1st place at the Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathlon
- 2010:
- Victory in the Grand Raid Réunion
- 2011:
- Victory at the Western States Endurance Run
- Victory at the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
- 2012
- Victory in the Grand Raid Réunion
- 2013:
- Victory at the Transvulcania
- Record Mont Blanc ascent
- Record Matterhorn ascent
- 2014:
- Record Aconcagua ascent
- Track record at the hard rock Hundred Mile Endurance Run
- 2015
- Victory in the hard rock Hundred Mile Endurance Run
- 2016
- Victory at the hard rock Hundred Mile Endurance Run (together with Jason Schlarb)
- 2017
- 2nd place in the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc
- Victory in the hard rock Hundred Mile Endurance Run
- 2019
- Overall victory in the Salamon Golden Trail Series (1st place in the Annapurna Trail Marathon, 1st place in the Zegama, Spain, 1st place in the Pikes Peak Marathon in the United States and 1st place and new course record in the Sierre-Zinal, Switzerland)
Climb
- 2006: 2nd place at the International SkySpeed Climb Championship
Duathlon
- 2006:
- 2007: 1st place Men Núria-Queralbs Salomon Compex
Ski mountaineering / vertical race
- 2002:
- 2003: 1st place of the cadets in the Spanish championship team (with Jaume Guàrdia )
- 2004:
- 1st place for the cadets at the World Vertical Race Championship
- 1st place of the cadets in the Spanish championship singles
- 1st place for the cadets in the Spanish Vertical Race Championship
- 1st place of the cadets in the Spanish Championship Team (with Aleix Pubill Rodríguez )
- 3rd place for the cadets at the European Ski Mountaineering Cup
- 2004:
- 2nd place for the cadets at the World Ski Mountaineering Championships
- 2005:
- 1st place for the cadets at the European Vertical Race Championship
- 1st place for the cadets in the Spanish championship
- 1st place of the cadets at the Spain Cup (Copa España)
- 1st place of the cadets at the European Cup (Copa España)
- 1st place of the cadets in the Spanish Championship Team (with Jordi Oliva )
- 3rd place in the Spanish Vertical Race Championship
- 4th place for the cadets at the Spain Ski Mountaineering Cup
- 2007:
- 1st place of the juniors at the European championship singles
- 1st place of the juniors at the European Vertical Race Championship
- 1st place of the juniors at the European Championship Relay (with Mireia Miró Varela and Marc Pinsach Rubirola )
- 1st place of the juniors in the European championship team
- 1st place at the 20th "Traça Catalana"
- 2nd place at the Spain Cup in the Vertical Race
- 2008:
- 1st place at the World Cup race in Valerette
- 1st place Pierra Menta with Florent Troillet
- 3rd place at the World Championships long distance
- 3rd place at the world championship long distance ski mountaineering
- 3rd place world championship ski mountaineering relay (with Javier Martín de Villa , Marc Solá Pastoret , Manuel Pérez Brunicardi )
- 4th place of the men in the vertical race
- 4th place at the World Cup ski mountaineering, Val d'Aran
Works
- Run or Die: The Life of an Unconditional Runner. Munich: Malik, 2013. ISBN 978-3890297644
- Everything is possible: run on Everest. Salzburg: Bergwelten, 2019. ISBN 978-3711200150
Web links
- Athlete's personal website
- Kilian Jornet at Skimountaineering.org
- Kilian Jornet Burgada on the FEDME website
Individual evidence
- ^ Kilian Jornet, campeón del mundo (Spanish), 2007.
- ↑ Lista “Deportista de Alto Nivel” ( Memento of the original of July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; span.), Consejo Superior de Deportes.
- ↑ Rècord de Kilian Jornet al Dome de Neige des Ecrins (4,015 m.) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (span.), FEEC, 2005.
- ↑ http://www.runnersworld.de/community/emelie-forsberg-im-interview.361586.htm
- ↑ http://www.emelieforsberg.com
- ↑ Kilian Jornet, Campeón del Mundo ( Memento of the original of October 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), El Mundo Deportivo, September 25, 2007.
- ↑ La Palma TransVulcania 2013 - Results, La Palma 24 Journal, May 12, 2013 Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Extreme mountain running: an amazing record on Mont Blanc! Retrieved January 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Kilian Jornet sets record on Mont Blanc. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. July 11, 2013, accessed January 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Kilian Jornet beats a record on the Matterhorn. August 21, 2013, accessed January 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Kilian Jornet climbs the Matterhorn in record time. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. August 21, 2013, accessed January 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Highest mountain in America: Spaniard climbs Aconcagua in record time. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
- ^ Kilian Jornet Smashes Aconcagua Speed Record. In: Climbing. December 23, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 .
- ^ Mary Murphy: Kilian Jornet Takes Title at Golden Trail World Series. Gearjunkie, October 25, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Marc Pinsach i Neus Parcerisas guanyen les Duatlon Series ( Memento of the original September 21, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalan), October 20, 2007.
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SURNAME | Jornet Burgada, Kílian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish ski mountaineer and mountain runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sabadell |