American long-distance runner
Max King
Full name Maxwell King Nationality American Born (1980-02-24 ) 24 February 1980 (age 44)
Max King (born February 24, 1980) is an American ultra-marathoner . He was the winner at the
2014 IAU 100 km World Championships and the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships .[1] King earned the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC Cross Country Championships / Pan American Cross Country Cup .[2] [3]
He has also won numerous national titles at various distances ranging from half marathon to ultra marathons.[4] In addition, he has won multiple national runner of the year awards.[5] King has set 20 Fastest Known Time running records, including the speed record for the 44-mile Olympic National Park Grand Loop in 2020.[6] [7]
King graduated from Cornell University in 2002, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.
Men's World Mountain Running Championships winners
World Champions in Men's 100 km
1987 Domingo Catalán (ESP)
1988 Domingo Catalán (ESP)
1989 Bruno Scelsi (FRA)
1990 Roland Vuillemenot (FRA)
1991 Valmir Nunes (BRA)
1992 Konstantin Santolov (RUS)
1993 Konstantin Santolov (RUS)
1994 Alexey Volgin (RUS)
1995 Valmir Nunes (BRA)
1996 Konstantin Santolov (RUS)
1997 Sergey Yanenko (UKR)
1998 Grigoriy Murzin (RUS)
1999 Simon Pride (GBR)
2000 Pascal Fétizon (FRA)
2001 Yasufumi Miyaki (JAP)
2002 Mario Fattore (ITA)
2003 Mario Fattore (ITA)
2004 Mario Ardemagni (ITA)
2005 Grigoriy Murzin (RUS)
2006 Yannick Djouadi (FRA)
2007 Shinchi Watanabe (JAP)
2008 Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA)
2009 Yasukazu Miyazato (JAP)
2010 Shinji Nakadai (JAP)
2011 Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA)
2012 Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA)
2013 cancelled
2014 Max King (USA)
2015 Jonas Buud (SWE)
2016 Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN)
2018 Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN)
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