Timothy "Tim" Davies (born 1977) is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

athlete who specialises in mountain and fell running. Tim was raised into a family with a farming background and was heavily influenced by the hills surrounding him during his childhood. Davies was fifth in the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003, also winning a silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown. At the

European Mountain Running Championships 2006 The 2006 European Mountain Running Championships were held in north-eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, between 8 July and 9 July 2006. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association. Team ...

he finished in seventh position in the individual race, just behind Jones. Davies is a three-time winner of the

Snowdon Race The Snowdon Race ( cy, Ras Yr Wyddfa) 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. Curre ...

and in 2010 he won the

British Fell Running Championships The first British Fell Running Championships, then known as Fell Runner of the Year, were held in 1972 and the scoring was based on results in all fell races. In 1976 this was changed to the runner's best ten category A races and further changes t ...

.Steve Chilton, ''It's a Hill, Get Over It'' (Dingwall, 2013), 329–30. Tim is a former Royal Marine and runs a farm on the Welsh/English border.

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Living people Welsh male long-distance runners British fell runners British male mountain runners 1977 births {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub