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Andrew "Andi" Jones (born 10 October 1978, in

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) is an English athlete who specialises in road, cross country, and mountain/

fell running Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty. The name arises from the origins of the English sport o ...

, and has competed for England and Great Britain. In 2003, he finished fourth in the World Mountain Trophy in

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. Closer to home, he competes for Stockport Harriers. Although one of the UK's leading distance runners, Andi chooses to work full-time alongside his running career and was employed as head of Design and Technology at Falinge Park High School,

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. In 2014, Jones emigrated to

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. Andi became the first athlete for twelve years to retain the senior men's title at the 2007 English Northern Cross Country Championships at

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, Manchester. The last runner to win back-to-back crowns was Rossendale Harrier, Dave Lewis, in 1994 and 1995. In July 2009, Jones became the first male to win the

Snowdon Race The Snowdon Race () is a ten-mile endurance running competition in Gwynedd, from Llanberis to the peak of Snowdon. Contestants must make the five miles up the Llanberis Path to the summit ( above sea level) and return down. Currently entrants mus ...

four times in a row. He missed the 2010 Snowdon Race to concentrate on the European and Commonwealth Marathon Championships, but returned in 2011 to record a narrow win over Scottish athlete Murray Strain, and won for a sixth time in 2013. He finished tenth in the 2010 London Marathon, the second best performing European man after Andrew Lemoncello. Early in his career, Jones ran for East Cheshire Harriers, later moving to Salford Harriers and then to Stockport Harriers. Jones has also worked at Falinge Park High school as a resistance material teacher.

Personal bests

* 10 km: 29:28 –

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(2005) * Half marathon: 64:22 –

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(2009) * Marathon: 2:15:20 –

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(2009)

Major achievements

* 2003 World Mountain Running Trophy, Alaska – 4th * 2006 North of England Cross Country Championships – 1st * 2006 Liverpool Half Marathon – 1st * 2006 European Mountain Running Championships – 7th * 2008

English National Cross Country Championships The English National Cross Country Championships is an annual English cross country running event which takes place in late February following the regional championships (Southern, Midlands and Northern) which all take place on the same weekend ...

– 4th * 2008 World Cross Country Championships – 80th * 2008 Birmingham Half Marathon – 1st * 2011 European Mountain Running Championships – 6th * 2014 Greater Manchester Marathon – 1st

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* * * __NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Andi 1978 births Living people Athletes from Manchester English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners British fell runners British male mountain runners Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games