Jonas Buud

Jonas Buud born 28 March 1974, is a Swedish ultra-distance runner who lives in Mora, central Sweden.

Buud is a former orienteer who changed to long-distance running and has achieved international success. He became European Champion over 100 kilometres in 2009 and 2010, and was runner-up at the World Championships in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2014. In the combined European/World championship over 100 km on April 22, 2012, he finished second in both races with a time of 6:28:59, a new Swedish record.

In 2014 Buud for the eighth consecutive year won the Swiss Alpine Marathon, one of Europe's largest ultra marathon races, over a 78 km distance in the Alps. In 2013 he also finished second in the world's oldest and largest ultra-distance race, the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, to achieve the best Swedish placement in the Comrades' 88-year history.

In 2015 he won the World championship over 100 km with the time 6:22:48, a new Swedish record.

Wins 2007 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2008 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2009 Karlstad 6H 2010 Täby Extreme Challenge 2010, new Swedish record over 100 miles at 12:32:03 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2010 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2011 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2012 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2013 Swiss Alpine Marathon 2014 Ultravasan 2014 Ultravasan 2015 World Championship over 100 km 2015 Tarawera Ultramarathon 2016