Andi Jones

Who is Andi Jones?

Andrew "Andi" Jones is an English athlete who specialises in road, cross country and mountain / fell running, competing for England & Great Britain. In 2003 he finished 4th in the WMRA World Mountain Trophy in Alaska. Closer to home he competes for Stockport Harriers. Although one of the UK's leading distance runners Andi chooses to work full-time alongside his running career and is employed as head of Design and Technology at Falinge Park High School, Rochdale. Andi is due to emigrate to Qatar in 2014.

Andi became the first athlete for 12 years to retain the senior men's title at the 2007 North of England cross country championships in Heaton Park, Manchester. The last runner to win back to back crowns was Rossendale Harrier, Dave Lewis, in 1994 and 1995. For the third time in five years, Gareth Raven of Sale Harriers Manchester finished runner-up.

In July 2009, Jones became the first male to win the Snowdon Race four times in a row. Jones missed the 2010 Snowdon race to concentrate on the European and Commonwealth Marathon Championships, but was back in 2011 with another win but was this time pushed all the way by Scottish athlete Murray Strain.