World Mountain and Trail Running Championships
Cape Town , South Africa
In 1984 the World Mountain Running Association (formerly called ICMR) was formed with Angelo Biasi as President. Since that time annual International competitions have been held to test the World’s best mountain runners both seniors and junior (U20) runners. From 1985 until 2008 as a World Mountain Running Trophy and since that time as an official World Mountain Running Championships recognised and held under the jurisdiction of the IAAF.
Today the WMRA also holds competitions for Masters/Veteren runners as well as Under 18 year old runners. A World Cup of Mountain Running is held as well as the Long Distance Mountain Running Championships.
Starting in 2021 in partnership with the IAAF, Trail Runnings International Association (ITRA) and the International Association of Ultra Running (IAU) a combined World Championships will be held signalling a new era for the WMRA and a desire to bring the sports many disciplines together.
Open only to national athletic federation teams.
Slovenia 2010; Albania 2011; Italy 2012; Poland 2013; Italy 2014, Wales 2015; Bulgaria 2016, Italy 2017, Andorra 2018.
