European Mountain Running Championships
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The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association
(EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
The history of the competition lies in the European Mountain Running Trophy, which was first held in 1994. It was officially sanctioned by the World Mountain Running Association in 1995 and continued until 2001, at which point the EAA introduced the official European Mountain Running Championships.
A senior championships until 2009, the competition now features separate senior and junior (under 20s) races for both men and women. Medals are awarded on an individual and national team basis. For the team competition, the finishing positions of each country's top three runners are combined, and the team with the smallest cumulative total wins the medals.
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the...
(EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
The history of the competition lies in the European Mountain Running Trophy, which was first held in 1994. It was officially sanctioned by the World Mountain Running Association in 1995 and continued until 2001, at which point the EAA introduced the official European Mountain Running Championships.
A senior championships until 2009, the competition now features separate senior and junior (under 20s) races for both men and women. Medals are awarded on an individual and national team basis. For the team competition, the finishing positions of each country's top three runners are combined, and the team with the smallest cumulative total wins the medals.
Editions
| Year | City | Country | Date | No. of athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos -History:The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing point for the Portuguese discoverer João Gonçalves Zarco, who is credited with the discovery of the Madeira Islands... |
7 July | ||
| 2003 | Trento Trento Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino... |
6 July | ||
| 2004 | Korbielów Korbielów Korbielów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a... |
4 July | ||
| 2005 | Heiligenblut Heiligenblut Heiligenblut is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated in the high-Alpine region of the Hohe Tauern mountain range at 1,288 meters, Heiligenblut is located at the foot of the Großglockner, the highest mountain in Austria, and the Pasterze... |
10 July | ||
| 2006 | Upice Úpice Úpice is a town in the Czech Republic.... |
9 July | ||
| 2007 2007 European Mountain Running Championships The 2007 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 14 July in Cauterets, France. Held by the European Athletic Association.The championships comprised four races, incorporating junior races for the first time: the men's race, which was 12.8 km long with a 1,570 m ascent, the... |
Cauterets Cauterets Cauterets is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-Geography:Cauterets is located southwest of Lourdes in the beautiful valley of the Gave de Cauterets and borders the Pyrenees National Park.... |
8 July | ||
| 2008 2008 European Mountain Running Championships The 2008 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Held by the European Athletic Association, the competition was held on an up- and downhill course in the Black Forest... |
Zell am Harmersbach Zell am Harmersbach Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine.-History:... |
12 July | ||
| 2009 2009 European Mountain Running Championships The 2009 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 12 July in Telfes im Stubai, Austria. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association. The 2009 edition saw the introduction of two under-20s competitions into the championships... |
Telfes Telfes Telfes is a village in the district Innsbruck Land in Tyrol, Austria. It is situated in the Stubaital 11 km south of Innsbruck, and has 1473 inhabitants.... |
12 July | ||
| 2010 2010 European Mountain Running Championships The 2010 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 4 July in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association in conjunction with the Bulgarian Athletic Federation. The competition featured four races, with... |
Sapareva Banya Sapareva Banya Sapareva Banya is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is located at the north foot of the Rila mountain 15 km east of Dupnitsa... |
4 July | ||
| 2011 2011 European Mountain Running Championships The 2011 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 10 July at Uludağ in Bursa, Turkey. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association in conjunction with the Turkish Athletic Federation. The competition featured four races, with... |
Bursa | 9 July |
See also
- World Mountain Running ChampionshipsWorld Mountain Running ChampionshipsThe World Mountain Running Championships is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body....
- World Long Distance Mountain Running ChallengeWorld Long Distance Mountain Running ChallengeThe World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge is an annual international mountain running competition organised by the World Mountain Running Association ....
- Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running ChampionshipsCommonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running ChampionshipsThe Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships, founded in 2009, is a biennial fell running tournament operated by the Commonwealth Games Federation.-Championship Venues:-See also:*World Mountain Running Championships...
External links
- Official website at European Athletics