Robin Evan Hugh Jones (born 1 November 1955) is a retired British long-distance runner. He competed at the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
and won the
1982 London Marathon
The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race wa ...
.
Biography
Jones was born in London, and attended
Latymer Upper School
Latymer Upper School is a public school in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There ...
in
Hammersmith
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It ...
, where he began competing in long-distance running both for the school and for
Ranelagh Harriers
Ranelagh Harriers is a road running and cross-country club based in Petersham, Richmond, south-west London, England. The headquarters are its clubhouse, which is behind The Dysart restaurant and right next to Richmond Park, allowing plenty o ...
, and the
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...
.
Jones became the
British marathon champion after winning the British
AAA Championships
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...
title at the
1981 AAA Championships
The 1981 AAA Championships sponsored by Nationwide Building Society, Nationwide was the 1981 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 7 to 8 August 1981 at t ...
.
In 1982 Jones won the
London Marathon
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, finishing in a time of 2:09:24. His personal best is 2:09:24, set in London 1982. In 1983 he finished a close second to
Joseph Nzau
Joseph Nzau (born April 14, 1949) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Nzau won the 1983 Chicago Marathon and the inaugural 1990 Belgrade Marathon.
Running ...
in the
Chicago Marathon
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and won the
Stockholm Marathon
The Stockholm Marathon, known as the adidas Stockholm Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1979. It serves as the Swedish marathon championship race. At the 2009 Stockholm Marathon more tha ...
with a time of 2:11:37, for twenty years the course record.
At the 1984 Olympic Games in
Los Angeles
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, he represented
Great Britain
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in the men's marathon and finished 12th, with a time of 2:13:57.
Jones was the British champion again as the highest placed British athlete in both the
1986 London Marathon and the
1987 London Marathon.
He won the Stockholm Marathon again in 1992 (2:15:58) was second in 1993 (2:17:29) and seventh in 1994 (2:18:20).
Jones became the Secretary of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) in July 1996, succeeding Andy Galloway. Jones currently holds this position as well as the editorship of AIMS' Distance Running magazine which he started in 2000. Jones was president of the
Road Runners Club from 2007 to 2011.
Jones lives in London with his wife, Cheryl, his son, Nathan, and his three daughters, Holly, Coral and Ella.
Competition record
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Athletes from London
English male marathon runners
British male marathon runners
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
London Marathon male winners
People educated at Latymer Upper School
Alumni of the University of Liverpool