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Kílian Jornet Burgada (born October 27, 1987 in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain) is a Catalan ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is widely regarded as the best trail runner in the world.〔http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4160746.ece〕〔http://www.redbull.com/en/adventure/stories/1331666522860/kilian-jornet-rocks-hard-at-the-hardrock-100〕 He is a six-time champion of the long-distance running Skyrunner World Series and has won some of the most prestigious ultramarathons, including the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Grand Raid, the Western States Endurance Run and the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. Jornet holds the fastest known time for the ascent and descent of Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Denali. == Biography == Jornet was born in Sabadell, Spain, but grew up in Cap de Rec, a mountain hut at 2000 meters where his father was a hut keeper and mountain guide. The hut is located at the cross-country Lles ski resort in Lles de Cerdanya.〔 At the age of three he climbed Tuc de Molières, a three-thousander in the Pyrenees. By the age of five he climbed Aneto , the highest mountain in the Pyrenees, and a year later he climbed his first four-thousander, the Breithorn () in Switzerland. 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. Jornet studied at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia.〔(Jornet's Facebook profile )〕 His sister Naila Jornet Burgada and his girlfriend Emelie Forsberg also compete in ski mountaineering events.〔(What Makes Jornet Burgada Run? )〕 Jornet has been recognised as an elite athlete since 2004〔 by the Catalan and Spanish sports councils ( and ).〔 〕 Previously, for his achievements in the "junior" class ski mountaineering team, he won the Catalan sports award () in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he set a new course record of 2:30:57 for the race to the summit of the Dôme de Neige des Écrins.〔 〕 He was World Champion in the Buff SkyRunner World Series in 2007,〔 〕 2008 and 2009〔(2009 Skyrunner World Series ranking ), October 29, 2009〕 becoming the youngest athlete to win this honour.〔 On September 7, 2013, Jornet and his companion Emelie Forsberg had to be rescued by the PGHM (Peloton de Gendarmerie de haute montagne) at 3,800 meters of altitude (éperon Frendo) while attempting to climb the north face of the Aiguille du Midi wearing sneakers and a body stocking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kílian Jornet Burgada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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