Max King (born February 24, 1980) is an American ultra-marathoner. He was the winner at the 2014

IAU 100 km World Championships The IAU 100 km World Championships have been held annually since 1987, at different locations, and is organized by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). Due to lack of sponsorship, the 2013 event, planned for Jeju Island, South ...

and the

2011 World Mountain Running Championships The 27th World Mountain Running Championships were held in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is locat ...

. King earned the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC Cross Country Championships /

Pan American Cross Country Cup The Pan American Cross Country Cup (''Copa Panamericana de Cross Country'') is an international cross country running competition organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) for athletes representing the countries and territories o ...

. He has also won numerous national titles at various distances ranging from

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

to ultra marathons. In addition, he has won multiple national runner of the year awards. King graduated from

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in 2002, where he was a member of the

Quill and Dagger Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key at Yale University. In 1929, ''The New York Times'' stated ...

society.

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* Living people 1980 births American male ultramarathon runners American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners Cornell University alumni American male mountain runners World Mountain Running Championships winners {{US-ultradistance-athletics-bio-stub