Timothy Davies (runner)
Timothy "Tim" Davies (born 1977) is a Welsh athlete who specialises in mountain and fell running.
Born in Welshpool, Wales,[1] Tim was raised into a family with a farming background and was heavily influenced by the hills surrounding him during his childhood. Many of his family run, most notably his brother Andrew Davies.[2]
Davies was fifth in the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003,[3] also winning a silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown.[4] At the European Mountain Running Championships 2006 he finished in seventh position in the individual race, just behind Jones.[5]
Davies is a three-time winner of the Snowdon Race,[6] and became the first Welshman to win it twice in succession.[7] In 2010 he won the British Fell Running Championships.[8]
Tim is a former Royal Marine and runs a farm in Powys, Wales[9]
References
[edit]- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 2003.
- ^ European Mountain Running Championships, gbrathletics.com.
- ^ World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Championships 2006.
- ^ Snowdon Race Records.
- ^ [3]
- ^ Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 329–30.
- ^ [4]
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