Jonathan Wyatt

Jonathan Craig Wyatt (born 20 December 1972) is a New Zealand runner. He is a six-time world mountain running champion and an eight-time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series.

Jonathan Wyatt

Jonathan Wyatt was interviewed by ICRT at 2010 Taipei 101 Run Up.
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Craig Wyatt
Born	(1972-12-20) 20 December 1972 (age 51) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Spouse	Antonella Confortola
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics Mountain running Trail running Skyrunning Snowshoe running
Achievements and titles
World finals	7 Mountain Running World Cup 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008
Medal record Mountain running World Championships Winner 1998 Dimitile Long race Winner 2000 Bergen Long race Winner 2002 Innsbruck Long race Winner 2004 Sauze d'Ouix Long race Winner 2005 Wellington Long race Runner-up 2006 Bursa Long race Winner 2008 Crans-Montana Long race Snowshoe running World Championships 2010 Vancouver Overall

Running career

Wyatt competed in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, reaching the final, and finished sixth in the men's marathon race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He is a two-time Olympian, competing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 5,000 metres and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the marathon.^[1] He holds the New Zealand national record in the 5K at 13:46, and is the former national record holder for the 10K and half marathon.

Wyatt is a five-time winner of the Red Bull Dolomitenmann race.

Post-running

Wyatt works for athletic brand La Sportiva. He became president of the World Mountain Running Association council in 2017.^[2]

Personal life

Wyatt is married to Italian sky runner and cross-country skier Antonella Confortola.^[3] They live in northern Italy with their daughter.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  New Zealand
1994	Athletics at the Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	6th	Men's 5000m final	13:35:46
1998	World Mountain Running Trophy	Réunion, France	1st	Men's Individual	1:25:19
2000	World Mountain Running Trophy	Bergen, Germany	1st	Men's Individual	47:29
2001	Rotorua Marathon	Rotorua, New Zealand	1st	Marathon	2:20:50
2002	Athletics at the Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	6th	Men's Marathon	2:14:20
2002	World Mountain Running Trophy	Innsbruck, Austria	1st	Men's Individual	56:31
2003	Jungfrau Marathon	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:49:01
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	21st	Marathon	2:17:45
2004	World Mountain Running Trophy	Sauze d'Oulx, Italy	1st	Men's Individual	48:47
2005	World Mountain Running Trophy	Wellington, New Zealand	1st	Men's Individual	53:23
2006	World Mountain Running Trophy	Bursa, Turkey	2nd	Men's Individual	56:22
2007	Jungfrau Marathon	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:55:33
2008	World Mountain Running Trophy	Sierre-Crans Montana, Switzerland	1st	Men's Individual	55:04
2009	Jungfrau Marathon	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:58:33

Other results

Nuten Opp

• 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011^[5]

References

1. "Jonathan Wyatt - Olympic Facts and Results". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
2. "Council". www.wmra.info. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
3. "Mountain Running: Jonathan Wyatt joins the La Sportiva team". lasportiva.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Married to cross-country skier and runner Antonella Confortola
4. Mock, Justin (26 October 2020). "Catching Up With Jonathan Wyatt". iRunFar.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
5. "Jonathan Wyatt klar for NutenOpp igjen" (in Norwegian). kondis.no. Retrieved 7 November 2017. Ekteparet Jonathan Wyatt og Antonella Confortola (biletet) er tilbake i Rosendal for femte gong. Dei skal forsvara kvar sin løyperekord frå hhv 2008 og 2010.

External links

• Jonathan Wyatt at World Athletics
• Jonathan Wyatt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Athletics: Vili and Willis seeing double
• Athletics NZ
• World Mountain Running Association
• Jonospulse CV page