Robert Hope (born 3 June 1974) is an English runner who has been a national

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 ...

champion several times and who has represented his country at the World Mountain Running Trophy. Hope had some success in fell running as a junior athlete, being the English champion in the under-20 age group in 1994. The next year, he won his local race,

Rivington Pike Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington, Chorley in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich. The land and building are owned and managed by Chorley Council. The Pike Tower ...

, where he went on to be victorious several more times in later years. He was runner-up to Ian Holmes in the 2002

English Fell Running Championships The first English Fell Running Championships were held in the 1986 season, based on results in various fell races of different lengths over the year. The winners have been as follows. *All Jeska's athletics results were declared null and void w ...

and had a noteworthy set of victories at

Burnsall Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Wharfe in Wharfedale, and is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The village is approximately south-east from Grassington ...

, Grasmere and

Kilnsey Kilnsey is a small village in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the B6160 road, between the villages of Grassington and Kettlewell, near Arncliffe and just across the River Wharfe from Conistone. The village is north of Skipton ...

that year, winning all three races within four days. He was joint winner (with Simon Bailey) in the English Championships in 2005 due in part to his triumph in the last race of the series at the

Langdale Horseshoe The Langdale Horseshoe is an annual Lake District fell race that starts and finishes at the Old Dungeon Ghyll. The course climbs to Stickle Tarn before heading to Thunacar Knott, Esk Hause shelter, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Pike of Blisco. ...

immediately after returning from the World Mountain Running Trophy in New Zealand. Hope was the English champion again in 2010 and 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 ...

in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2014. Hope represented his country in several editions of the World Mountain Running Trophy, finishing 30th in the 2007 race. He also ran in the

European Mountain Running Championships The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year. ...

, finishing 27th in

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.WMRA: European Mountain Running Championships 2008.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Rob 1974 births Living people British fell runners British male mountain runners English male long-distance runners