Hugo Milner (born 2 September 1998) is a British triathlete and

cross-country runner Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

. He won the English national cross country title in 2024.

Early life

Milner attended Littleover Community School in Derbyshire, and in 2017 earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University where he studied Environmental Science and Public Policy.

Career

Cross country

A member of Derby Athletics Club, Milner won the Cardiff Cross Country challenge, and the Milton Keynes Cross Country challenge in 2021. In 2022, he finished runner-up at the Liverpool Cross Challenge and finished 32nd at the

2022 European Cross Country Championships The 2022 European Cross Country Championships was the 28th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 11 December 2022 in La Mandria Park near Turin, Italy. Italy became the first country to have stage ...

. Milner secured a victory in cross country at the Liverpool Cross Challenge in November 2023. He competed in Brussels at the

2023 European Cross Country Championships The 2023 European Cross Country Championships was the 29th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was held on 10 December 2023 in Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium. Belgium staged the European Cross Country Ch ...

, finishing fourth overall. On 20 January 2024, he won the London International Cross Country event. He won the English national title in Telford in September 2024.

Triathlon

After taking up triathlon two years previously, Milner won the

World Triathlon Cup The World Triathlon Cup is an annual series of triathlon races staged around the world. The series is organised by the World Triathlon, the world governing body of the sport. Inaugurated in 1991, the World Cup began as an attempt to create a regular ...

event in Miyazaki, Japan in October 2023, in only his fourth World Cup race. In his previous two races, he had also clocked the best run split times. He finished eighth at the E World Triathlon Championships in London in April 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milner, Hugo 1998 births Living people English male triathletes Harvard Crimson men's cross country runners Sportspeople from Derbyshire English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners