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Andrew "Andi" Jones (born 10 October 1978, in Ashton-under-Lyne) 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 Alaska. Closer to home, he competes for

Stockport Harriers Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is wi ...

. 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, Rochdale. In 2014, Jones emigrated to Qatar. Andi became the first athlete for twelve years to retain the senior men's title at the 2007 English Northern Cross Country Championships at Heaton Park, 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 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 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede in a time of 2:05:19 hours and the elite women's ...

, the second best performing European man after

Andrew Lemoncello Andrew Lemoncello (born 12 October 1982) is a Scottish long distance runner who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and the marathon events. He won a team junior gold medal at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and won a schola ...

. 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 – Trafford (2005) * Half marathon: 64:22 – Wilmslow (2009) * Marathon: 2:15:20 – London (2009)

Major achievements

2003 World Mountain Running Trophy The 2003 World Mountain Running Championships was the 19th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association. Results Men Senior ;Individual ;Team Women ...

, Alaska – 4th * 2006 North of England Cross Country Championships – 1st * 2006 Liverpool Half Marathon – 1st *

2006 European Mountain Running Championships 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. Teams ar ...

– 7th * 2008 English National Cross Country Championships – 4th *

2008 World Cross Country Championships The 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 30, 2008. The races were held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races ...

– 80th * 2008 Birmingham Half Marathon – 1st *

2011 European Mountain Running Championships The 2011 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 10 July at Uludağ in Bursa, Turkey. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association in conjunction with the Turkish Athletic Fe ...

– 6th * 2014

Greater Manchester Marathon The Manchester Marathon is a long-distance running event in Greater Manchester, England. It was known as the Greater Manchester Marathon until the word "Greater" was dropped beginning with the (cancelled) 2020 edition of the race. The most re ...

– 1st

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* * * __NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Andi 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Manchester English 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