Timothy Davies (runner)

For other people named Timothy Davies, see Timothy Davies (disambiguation).

Tim Davies during the 2005 Snowdon Race

Timothy "Tim" Davies (born 1977) is a Welsh athlete who specialises in mountain and fell running.

Born in Welshpool, Wales,[1] Tim was raised into a family with a farming background and was heavily influenced by the hills surrounding him during his childhood. Many of his family run, most notably his brother Andrew Davies.[2]

Davies was fifth in the World Mountain Running Trophy in 2003,[3] also winning a silver medal at the 2004 European Mountain Running Championships in the team event alongside Andi Jones and John Brown.[4] At the European Mountain Running Championships 2006 he finished in seventh position in the individual race, just behind Jones.[5]

Davies is a three-time winner of the Snowdon Race,[6] and became the first Welshman to win it twice in succession.[7] In 2010 he won the British Fell Running Championships.[8]

Tim is a former Royal Marine and runs a farm in Powys, Wales[9]

References

1. [1]
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3. World Mountain Running Association: World Mountain Running Trophy 2003.
4. European Mountain Running Championships, gbrathletics.com.
5. World Mountain Running Association: European Mountain Running Championships 2006.
6. Snowdon Race Records.
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8. Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 329–30.
9. [4]