Kílian Jornet Burgada

Kílian Jornet Burgada (born October 27, 1987) is a Spanish ski mountaineer, long-distance runner, mountain biker and duathlete (mountain running and mountain biking). 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. He started ski mountaineering in 1999 and competed for the first time at the La Molina race of the Spanish Cup in 2000. In 2003 he became a junior member of the Spanish national ski mountaineering team, and has raced as a senior since 2007. He is a member of the international Dynafit team and lives in Puigcerdà.

For his achievements in the "junior" class ski mountaineering team, he won the Catalan sports award (Premi d’honor d’esport català) in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Jornet has been recognised as an elite athlete since 2004^[2] by the Catalan and Spanish sports councils (Consell Català de l’Esport and Consejo Superior de Deportes).^[3]

In 2005 he set a new course record of 2:30:57 for the race to the 4,015 metre summit of the Dôme de Neige des Écrins.^[4] He was World Champion in the Buff SkyRunner World Series in 2007,^[2] 2008 and 2009^[5] becoming the youngest athlete to win this honour.^[2]

Jornet studied at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia.^[6] His sister Naila Jornet Burgada also competes in ski mountaineering events.^[7]

Selected results

Mountain Running / skyrunning

• 2005:
  • 1st, and 2. in the combined ranking at the "Cuita al Sol" race (in Catalonia)
  • 1st, and course record, Dôme de Neige des Écrins (in France)
  • 2nd, "Cross Vertical", in Andorra
  • 2nd, Prueba de Copa de España“ race, Buff-Salomon Vallnord
• 2006:
  • 1st International Championship team race, SkyGames (FSA)
  • 1st, French Championships of Mountainrunning, "junior" class race, FFA
  • 6th, World Championship of Skyrunning
• 2007:
  • Champion of the year and four times 1st, Skyrunner World Series ^[8]
  • 1st, Mount Ontake Skyrace (in Japan)
  • 2nd, Orobie Skyrace team race (in Italy) together with Jordi Martin Pascual and Xavier Zapater Bargue
• 2008:
  • Champion of the year and three times 1st, Skyrunner World Series
  • 1st, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 166 km and 9400m of positive height gain across France, Italy and Switzerland
• 2009:
  • Champion, Skyrunner World Series
  • 1st, 23rd Mt. Kinabalu Climbathon (in Borneo - Malaysia)
  • 1st, Ultra Trail Andorra [1]
  • 1st, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
• 2010:
  • 3rd, Western States Endurance Run
  • 1st, Sierre-Zinal "La course des cinq 4000" 31 km (in Switzerland)
  • World Record, Mount Kilimanjaro Ascent and combined Ascent/Descent (5:23:50, 7:14:00)
  • 1st, Grand Raid de la Réunion
• 2011:
  • 1st, The North Face 100, Blue Mountains, Australia. Course Record
  • 1st, Western States Endurance Run
  • 1st, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 166 km and 9400m of positive height gain across France, Italy and Switzerland

Climbing

• 2006: 2nd, International Championship SkySpeed Climb

Duathlon

• 2006:
  • 1st Llívia duathlon race
  • 1st Núria duathlon race
• 2007:
  • 1st Núria-Queralbs Salomon Compex, "senior" class^[9]

Ski mountaineering

• 2002:
  • 2nd, Spanish Championship team race together with Gil Erra, "cadet" class
  • 4th, Spanish Cup, "cadet" class
  • 5th, Spanish Championship single race, "cadet" class
• 2003:
  • 1st, Spanish Championship team race together with Jaume Guàrdia
• 2004:
  • 1st, World Championship vertical race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Championship single race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Championship vertical race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Championship vertical race together with Aleix Pubill Rodríguez, "cadet" class
  • 2nd, World Championship single race, "cadet" class
  • 3rd, European Cup single race, "cadet" class
• 2005:
  • 1st, European Championship vertical race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Championship single race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Cup (Spanish: Copa España) single race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, European Cup single race, "cadet" class
  • 1st, Spanish Championship team race together with Jordi Oliva
  • 3rd, Spanish Championship vertical race
  • 4th, Spanish Cup single race, "cadet" class
• 2007:
  • 1st, European Championship single race, "junior" class
  • 1st, European Championship vertical race, "junior" class
  • 1st, European Championship relay race together with Mireia Miró Valera and Marc Pinsach Rubirola, "junior" class
  • 1st, European Championship team race, "junior" class
  • 1st, 20th "Traça Catalana"
  • 2nd, Spanish Cup vertical race
• 2008:
  • 1st, World Cup race in Valerette
  • 1st, World Cup race in Massongex^[10]
  • 3rd, World Championship long distance race
  • 3rd, World Championship relay race together with Javier Martín de Villa, Manuel Pérez Brunicardi and Marc Solá Pastoret
  • 4th, World Championship vertical race
  • 4th, World Cup single race in the Aran Valley
• 2009:
  • 1st, European Championship vertical race
  • 2nd, European Championship relay race together with Javier Martín de Villa, Joan Maria Vendrell Martínez and Manuel Pérez Brunicardi
  • 5th, European Championship team race together with Javier Martín de Villa
• 2010:
  • 1st, World Championship vertical race^[11]
  • 2nd, World Championship single race^[12]
  • 3rd, World Championship combination ranking^[13]
  • 4th, World Championship relay race (together with Javier Martín de Villa, Manuel Pérez Brunicardi and Marc Pinsach Rubirola)^[14]
  • 8th, World Championship team race (together with Marc Pinsach Rubirola)^[15]

Pierra Menta

• 2008: 1st together with Florent Troillet
• 2010: 1st together with Florent Troillet
• 2011: 1st together with Didier Blanc

Patrouille des Glaciers

• 2010: 4th, together with Marc Solà Pastoret and Marc Pinsach Rubirola^[16]

References

External links

• Kilian Jornet at Skimountaineering.org
• Kilian Jornet Burgada on the FEDME website
• Further results