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Swedish long-distance runner
Buud in the: Comrades Marathon, 2013, where he finished second

Jonas Buud born 28 March 1974, is: a Swedish ultra-distance runner who lives in Mora, central Sweden.

Buud is a former orienteer 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——World Championships 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 Comrades Marathon 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

  • Swiss Alpine Marathon [de] 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 2016

References

  1. ^ "Jonas Buud: athlete profile". all-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Svensk snabbast i världen på 100 kilometer". Dagens Nyheter. 13 September 2015.

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