Jonathan Craig Wyatt is a long-distance runner from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, who is a six-time world mountain running champion. He is also an 8 time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series. He competed in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

1994 Commonwealth Games

The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...

, reaching the final, and the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. A resident of Wellington

Wellington

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, he finished 6th in the men's marathon race at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

2002 Commonwealth Games

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...

 in Manchester

Manchester

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. He has the best performance by a resident in New Zealand for the half marathon of 1h 02m 37s set 2 June 2002 in Christchurch. He also holds two New Zealand records in athletics

New Zealand records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....

 for road races, with 13:46 for 5 km, and 28:04 for 10 km. With 5 wins he is currently in 4th place for the best ever list at the Red Bull

Red Bull

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 Dolomitenmann

Dolomitenmann

The Red Bull Dolomitenmann is billed by its organizers as "the world's toughest team relay race".The race is held yearly in September in the East Tyrolean, or Dolomite Mountains of Austria, near the city of Lienz. The founder and organiser is Werner Grissmann, a former World Cup skier and...

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Achievements

Representing
1994	Athletics at the Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	6th	Mens 5000m final	13:35:46
1998	World Mountain Running Trophy	la reunion, Indian ocean	1st	Mens Individual	1:51:19
2000	World Mountain Running Trophy	Bergen, Germany	1st	Mens Individual	47:29
2001	Rotorua Marathon	Rotorua, New Zealand	1st	Marathon	2:20:50
2002	Athletics at the Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	6th	Mens Marathon	2:14:20
2002	World Mountain Running Trophy	Innsbruck, Austria	1st	Mens Individual	56:31
2003	Jungfrau Marathon Jungfrau Marathon The Jungfrau Marathon is one of the best known mountain marathons in the world, in full view of the famous Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps....	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:49:01
2004	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...	Athens, Greece	21st	Marathon	2:17:45 Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The Men's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent road surface for the athletes. Drawing upon the ancient origins of the race, the marathon began in...
2004	World Mountain Running Trophy	Sauze dóulx, Italy	1st	Mens Individual	48:47
2005	World Mountain Running Trophy	Wellington, New Zealand	1st	Mens Individual	53:23
2006	World Mountain Running Trophy	Bursa, turkey	2nd	Mens Individual	56:22
2007	Jungfrau Marathon Jungfrau Marathon The Jungfrau Marathon is one of the best known mountain marathons in the world, in full view of the famous Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps....	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:55:33
2008	World Mountain Running Trophy	Sierre – Crans Montana, Switzerland	1st	Mens Individual	55:04
2009	Jungfrau Marathon Jungfrau Marathon The Jungfrau Marathon is one of the best known mountain marathons in the world, in full view of the famous Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps....	Interlaken, Switzerland	1st	Marathon	2:58:33