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Buff (headgear)
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, a Spanish
Spain
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headwear company, since 2003.
Between six and eight races are selected from at least five different countries. At least five races must feature the "Skyrunning" parameter
Parameter
Parameter from Ancient Greek παρά also “para” meaning “beside, subsidiary” and μέτρον also “metron” meaning “measure”, can be interpreted in mathematics, logic, linguistics, environmental science and other disciplines....
s of a marked vertical
Vertical direction
In astronomy, geography, geometry and related sciences and contexts, a direction passing by a given point is said to be vertical if it is locally aligned with the gradient of the gravity field, i.e., with the direction of the gravitational force at that point...
incline and a minimum altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
of at least 2,000 metres. Points are allocated according to the finishing position, with 100 for the winner, 88 for second, 78 for third, down to two points for the fortieth placed competitor. The same scale is used for the women's event, but only down to fifteenth position. In order to prolong the opportunity to win the championship, double points are awarded in the final race. The best four results across the season are totalled, and the runner with the highest cumulative score is declared champion for the year.
2003
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maraton Alpino Madrileno, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
June 15 | Agustí Roc Amador | Corinne Favre Corinne Favre Corinne Favre is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, and champion mountain runner.... |
| Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyRace, Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
July 6 | Mario Poletti | Corinne Favre |
| Val d'Isère Val d'Isère Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter... Vertical Kilometer, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
July 12 | Marco De Gasperi | Corinne Favre |
| Barr Trail Mountain Race, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
July 13 | Paul Low | Kelli Lusk |
| Course de Sierre Sierre Sierre is the capital of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 14,355.It is situated on the French–German language border of the canton of Wallis... Zinal, Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
August 10 | Jonathan Wyatt Jonathan Wyatt 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, reaching the final, and... |
Tsigi Worku |
| Cervinia Cervinia Breuil-Cervinia is an alpine resort in the Valle d'Aosta region of northwest Italy... SkyMarathon, Italy |
September 7 | Lucio Fregona | Gisella Bendotti |
| Mount Kinabalu Mount Kinabalu Mount Kinabalu is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu National Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the tallest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the tallest mountain in the Malay... Climbathon, Malaysia |
October 4–5 | Marco De Gasperi | Kuilin Danny Gongot |
| 2003 champions | Agustí Roc Amador (2) | Teresa Forn Teresa Forn Teresa Forn Munné from Barcelona is a Catalan long-distance runner. She was champion of the Skyrunner World Series in 2003.- External links :* -References:... |
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2004
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zegama Zegama Zegama is a town and municipality in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain... -Aizkorri, Spain |
May 23 | Mario Poletti | Anna Serra Anna Serra Anna Serra Salamé is a Catalan long-distance runner from Alt Urgell. She was champion of the Skyrunner World Series in 2004.-References:... |
| Valposchiavo-Valmalenco, Italy / Switzerland | June 13 | Dennis Brunod Dennis Brunod Dennis Brunod is an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain and skyrunner.Brunod, added ski mountaineering to his favorite sports in 2000, when he first competed in the Mountain Attack race in Saalbach... |
Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio from Aurano is an Italian long-distance runner. She became female champion of the year of the 2009 Skyrunner World Series.- Selected results :* 2004:** 1st, Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain... |
| Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyRace, Italy | July 4 | Fabio Bonfanti | Emanuela Brizio |
| 6000D SkyRace, France | July 25 | Rob Jebb Rob Jebb Robert Jebb is an English fell runner, skyrunner, and cyclo-cross rider. He has won the annual Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross in the Yorkshire Dales a record eight times since 2000, is a four-time-winner of the Three Peaks Race in the same region and broke Catalan dominance in the Buff Skyrunner World... |
Corinne Favre |
| Dolomites Dolomites The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley... SkyRace, Italy |
August 1 | Fulvio Dapit | Anna Serra |
| Pikes Peak Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County in the United States of America.... Marathon, United States |
August 22 | Galen Burrell | Erica Larson Erica Larson Erica Larson Baron is a chemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a champion mountain runner. She has won the Pikes Peak marathon on five occasions, more than any other woman since the event's inception in 1959.... |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, Malaysia | October 3 | Bruno Brunod | Anna Pichrtová Anna Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová is a professional long distance runner. In 2004 she finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the Athens Olympics, and the following year placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in... |
| 2004 champions | Agustí Roc Amador (3) | Anna Serra | |
2005
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain | May 29 | Rob Jebb | Corinne Favre |
| Valmalenco-Valposchiavo, Italy / Switzerland | June 12 | Ricardo Mejia Ricardo Mejía Ricardo Mejía Hernández is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was champion of the Skyrunner World Series in 2006 after winning four of the five races in which he participated. In 2009 he placed first in the Irazú SkyRace in Costa Rica.... |
Emanuela Brizio |
| Dolomites SkyRace, Italy | July 24 | Michele Tavernaro | Corinne Favre |
| La 6000D SkyRace, France | July 31 | Rob Jebb | Corinne Favre |
| Pikes Peak Marathon, United States | August 21 | Fulvio Dapit | Corinne Favre |
| Sentiero delle Grigne, Italy | September 18 | Dennis Brunod | Corinne Favre |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, Malaysia | October 1–2 | Ricardo Mejia | Anna Pichrtova |
| 2005 champions | Rob Jebb | Corinne Favre | |
2006
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
May 7 | Ricardo Mejia | Monica Ardid |
| Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain | May 28 | Ricardo Mejia | Angela Mudge Angela Mudge Angela Mudge is a champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid 1990s, and developed rapidly.She has won the Scottish Hill Running... |
| Valmalenco-Valposchiavo, Italy / Switzerland | June 11 | Helmut Schiessl | Angela Mudge |
| OSJ Ontake SkyRace, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
June 25 | Fulvio Dapit | Angela Mudge |
| Dolomites SkyRace, Italy | July 23 | Agusti Roc | Angela Mudge |
| SkyRace Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of... |
September 3 | Ricardo Mejia | Ester Hernandez Casahuga |
| Sentiero delle Grigne, Italy | September 17 | Massimo Colombo | Daniela Gilardi |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon, Malaysia | September 30 | Ricardo Mejia | Anna Pichrtova |
| 2006 champions | Ricardo Mejia | Angela Mudge | |
2007
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berga Berga Berga is the capital of the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia, Spain.- History :Berga derives its name from the Bergistani, an Iberian tribe that lived in the area before the Roman conquest. The Bergistani were first subdued by Hannibal in 218 BC... (Catalunya-Spain) |
May 20 | Raul Garcia Castan | Angela Mudge |
| Corteno Golgi (Italy) | July 1 | Andrew Symonds | Corrine Favre |
| Vallnord Vallnord Vallnord is a ski/snowboard resort in the Pyrenees mountains in the country of Andorra, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars.It encompasses the linked sectors of Pal and Arinsal and the Ordino-Arcalis sector some kilometres away.All the separate sectors within Vallnord contain... (Andorra) |
July 22 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Angela Mudge |
| Dolomites SkyRace (Italy) | July 29 | Mitja Kosovelj | Angela Mudge |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon (Malaysia) | August 26 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Monica Ardid |
| OSJ Ontake SkyRace (Japan) | September 2 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Stéphanie Jiménez Stéphanie Jiménez Stéphanie Jiménez is an Andorran mountain runner. She has competed in the Buff Skyrunner World Series since 2006, finishing in the top five in the championship on every occasion. Her first race victory was in 2007, when she won the OSJ Ontake SkyRace at Mount Ontake, Japan.- External links :*... |
| Zegama-Aizkorri (Euskadi-Spain) | September 23 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Corrine Favre |
| 2007 champions | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Angela Mudge (2) | |
2008
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berga Berga Berga is the capital of the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia, Spain.- History :Berga derives its name from the Bergistani, an Iberian tribe that lived in the area before the Roman conquest. The Bergistani were first subdued by Hannibal in 218 BC... (Catalunya-Spain) |
May 11 | Jessed Hernàndez | Corinne Favre |
| Valmalenco-Valposchiavo, (Italy / Switzerland) | June 8 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Angela Mudge |
| Vallnord Vallnord Vallnord is a ski/snowboard resort in the Pyrenees mountains in the country of Andorra, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars.It encompasses the linked sectors of Pal and Arinsal and the Ordino-Arcalis sector some kilometres away.All the separate sectors within Vallnord contain... (Andorra) |
June 29 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Rosa Madureira |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon (Malaysia) | August 24 | Agustí Roc Amador | Corinne Favre |
| Fort William (United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... ) |
September 6 | Agustí Roc Amador | Angela Mudge |
| Sentiero delle Grigne, Pasturo Pasturo Pasturo is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km north of Lecco... (Italy) |
September 21 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Emanuela Brizio |
| 2008 champions | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... (2) |
Corinne Favre (2) | |
2009
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irazú SkyRace (Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... ) |
April 18 | Ricardo Mejía | Emanuela Brizio |
| Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri (Spain) | May 24 | Ricky Lightfoot | Emanuela Brizio |
| Vallnord SkyRace (Andorra) | June 28 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Emanuela Brizio |
| Giir di Mont (Italy) | July 26 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Stéphanie Jiménez |
| Pikes Peak Marathon (United States) | August 16 | Matt Carpenter Matt Carpenter Matthew Edwin Carpenter is an American trail runner. He has won the Pikes Peak Marathon on twelve occasions, the Vail Hill Climb eight times, the Imogene Pass Run six times, the Barr Trail Mountain Race, Everest SkyMarathon Tibet, and Aspen SkyMarathon five times each, and holds the course record... |
Anita Ortiz |
| Ben Nevis Race (United Kingdom) | September 5 | Rob Jebb | Mireia Miró Valera Mireia Miró Valera Mireia Miró Varela is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.Miró was born in Barcelona. She started ski mountaineering in 2005 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in Cerler in 2006... |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon (Malaysia) | October 24 & 25 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Emanuela Brizio |
| 2009 champions | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... (3) |
Emanuela Brizio | |
2010
| Race | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri (Spain) | May 16 | Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet Burgada is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete . He is a three time champion of the Skyrunner World Series from 2007–09 and the winner of the 2011 Western States Endurance Run.- Biography :Jornet was born in Sabadell in Catalonia, Spain... |
Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio from Aurano is an Italian long-distance runner. She became female champion of the year of the 2009 Skyrunner World Series.- Selected results :* 2004:** 1st, Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain... |
| Charbeton Marathon (France) | August 1 | Tofol Castañer | Anna Frost |
| Pikes Peak Marathon (United States) | August 22 | Matt Carpenter Matt Carpenter Matthew Edwin Carpenter is an American trail runner. He has won the Pikes Peak Marathon on twelve occasions, the Vail Hill Climb eight times, the Imogene Pass Run six times, the Barr Trail Mountain Race, Everest SkyMarathon Tibet, and Aspen SkyMarathon five times each, and holds the course record... |
Keri Nelson |
| Sentiero delle grigne (Italy) | September 19 | Miguel Ángel Heras | Mireia Miró |
| Mount Kinabalu Climbathon (Malaysia) | October 24 | Marco De Gasperi | Nuria Picas |
| 2010 champions | Tofol Castañer | Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio Emanuela Brizio from Aurano is an Italian long-distance runner. She became female champion of the year of the 2009 Skyrunner World Series.- Selected results :* 2004:** 1st, Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain... (2) |
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