Jonas Buud born 28 March 1974, is a Swedish ultra-distance runner who lives in

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, central Sweden. Buud is a former

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who changed to long-distance running and has achieved international success. He became European Champion over 100 kilometres in 2009 and 2010, and was runner-up at the

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in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2014. In the combined European/World championship over 100 km on April 22, 2012, he finished second in both races with a time of 6:28:59, a new Swedish record. In 2014 Buud for the eighth consecutive year won the Swiss Alpine Marathon, one of Europe's largest ultra marathon races, over a 78 km distance in the Alps. In 2013 he also finished second in the world's oldest and largest ultra-distance race, the

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in South Africa, to achieve the best Swedish placement in the Comrades' 88-year history. In 2015 he won the World championship over 100 km with the time 6:22:48, a new Swedish record.

Wins

* 2007 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2008 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2009 * Karlstad 6H 2010 *Täby Extreme Challenge 2010, new Swedish record over 100 miles at 12:32:03 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2010 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2011 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2012 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2013 *Swiss Alpine Marathon 2014 * Ultravasan 2014 * Ultravasan 2015 *World Championship over 100 km 2015 *

Tarawera Ultramarathon Tarawera Ultramarathon is a trail running event which includes a 21km, 50km, 102km and a 100-mile ultramarathon trail race, with the inaugural even held in 2009, it is part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour. It is held annually in February and takes pl ...

2016

References

External links

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Swedish Ultracommittee web pageJonas Buud's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buud, Jonas 1974 births Living people Swedish male long-distance runners Swedish male marathon runners Swedish ultramarathon runners Male ultramarathon runners People from Mora Municipality Sportspeople from Dalarna County