# Andi Jones > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andi_Jones > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andi_Jones.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi_Jones > Source revision: 1323312428 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British long-distance runner (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} [[File:Berlin marathon Andi Jones kilometer 34 Tauentzien 25.09.2011 10-59-16.jpg|thumb|Jones running the [Berlin Marathon](/source/Berlin_Marathon) 2011]] '''Andrew "Andi" Jones''' (born 10 October 1978, in [Ashton-under-Lyne](/source/Ashton-under-Lyne)Neil Shuttleworth, "Andi Jones Reflects, on Gravy Day", ''The Fellrunner'', Autumn 2014, 24.) is an English athlete who specialises in road, cross country, and mountain/[fell running](/source/fell_running), and has competed for England and Great Britain. In 2003, he finished fourth in the [World Mountain Trophy](/source/World_Mountain_Running_Championships) in [Alaska](/source/Alaska).{{cite web|url=http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/andi-jones/profile |title=Runnerslife: Andi Jones Profile |publisher=Runnerslife.co.uk |accessdate=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123441/http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/andi-jones/profile |archivedate=13 April 2014 }} Closer to home, he competes for [Stockport Harriers](/source/Stockport_Harriers).{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/andi-jones-wins-greater-manchester-6925751 |title=Andi Jones wins Greater Manchester Marathon |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=2014-04-06 |accessdate=2014-04-12}} Although one of the UK's leading distance runners, Andi chooses to work full-time alongside his running career and was employed as head of Design and Technology at [Falinge Park High School](/source/Falinge_Park_High_School), [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale).{{cite web|url=http://www.falingepark.com/faculties/design-and-technology/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010044/http://www.falingepark.com/faculties/design-and-technology/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-24 |title=Design and Technology | Falinge Park High School |publisher=Falingepark.com |accessdate=2014-04-12 }} In 2014, Jones emigrated to [Qatar](/source/Qatar).{{Cite web|url=http://www.eightlane.org/qatar-andi-jones-training-blog/|title=wordpress-231953-953672.cloudwaysapps.com – Just another WordPress site}} Andi became the first athlete for twelve years to retain the senior men's title at the 2007 English Northern Cross Country Championships at [Heaton Park](/source/Heaton_Park), Manchester. The last runner to win back-to-back crowns was Rossendale Harrier, Dave Lewis, in 1994 and 1995. In July 2009, Jones became the first male to win the [Snowdon Race](/source/Snowdon_Race) four times in a row. He missed the 2010 Snowdon Race to concentrate on the European and Commonwealth Marathon Championships, but returned in 2011 to record a narrow win over Scottish athlete Murray Strain, and won for a sixth time in 2013. He finished tenth in the [2010 London Marathon](/source/2010_London_Marathon), the second best performing European man after [Andrew Lemoncello](/source/Andrew_Lemoncello).Brown, Matthew (25 April 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56560.html Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova – London Marathon report]. [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2010-04-28. Early in his career, Jones ran for East Cheshire Harriers, later moving to Salford Harriers and then to Stockport Harriers. Jones has also worked at Falinge Park High school as a resistance material teacher. ==Personal bests== * 10 km: 29:28 – [Trafford](/source/Trafford) (2005) * Half marathon: 64:22 – [Wilmslow](/source/Wilmslow) (2009){{Power of 10 name|4225}} * Marathon: 2:15:20 – [London](/source/London) (2009) ==Major achievements== * [2003 World Mountain Running Trophy](/source/2003_World_Mountain_Running_Trophy), Alaska – 4th * 2006 North of England Cross Country Championships – 1st * 2006 [Liverpool Half Marathon](/source/Liverpool_Half_Marathon) – 1st * [2006 European Mountain Running Championships](/source/2006_European_Mountain_Running_Championships) – 7th * 2008 [English National Cross Country Championships](/source/English_National_Cross_Country_Championships) – 4th * [2008 World Cross Country Championships](/source/2008_World_Cross_Country_Championships) – 80th * 2008 [Birmingham Half Marathon](/source/Great_Birmingham_Run) – 1st * [2011 European Mountain Running Championships](/source/2011_European_Mountain_Running_Championships) – 6th{{Cite web|url=http://www.wmra.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=567&Itemid=4&year=2011&discode=3101&cat=i|title=WMRA – World Mountain Running Association|website=wmra.ch}} * 2014 [Greater Manchester Marathon](/source/Greater_Manchester_Marathon) – 1st{{Cite web|url=https://www.racetecresults.com/StartPage.aspx?CId=38|title=All Races|website=racetecresults.com}} {{ARRS name|23106}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Power of 10 name|4225}} * {{ARRS name|23106}} __NOTOC__ {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Andi}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes from Manchester Category:English men long-distance runners Category:British men long-distance runners Category:British fell runners Category:British men mountain runners Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andi Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi_Jones) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi_Jones?action=history)). 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