James Kingston (runner)
British runner (born 2002)
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James Kingston (born 22 January 2002) is a British cross country runner. He won the 2023 English National Cross Country Championships and represented Great Britain at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Long-distance running, cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 5000m: 13:41.91 (Brussels, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
From Kent, and a member of Tonbridge AC, he won the senior men's title in the Kent County Cross-Country Championships at Brands Hatch in January 2023.[2][3] He won his first south of England cross cross title later that month.[4] The following month, he won the English National Cross Country Championships, the first Tonbridge athlete ever to do so.[5]
Kingston won the South of England cross country championships again in Beckenham in January 2024.[6] He represented Great Britain at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in March 2024.[7][8]
Kingston placed 16th overall in the men's U23 race as the Great Britain team won the gold medal at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[9][10][11] In January 2025, he placed second representing England at the Home Countries International.[12] He was runner-up to Logan Rees at the Leeds Cross Challenge the following month.[13] He ran a personal best for the 5000 metres of 13:41.91 in May 2025 in Belgium, and ran a 64:35 half-marathon at the Great North Run.[8] In October 2025, Kingston placed second in the individual race and won the team event representing England in Roeselare in the Belgium Cross Cup.[14]
Kingston won the Kent cross country championships for the fourth consecutive year and also won the South of England cross country championships in Beckenham, in January 2026.[15][16] He placed third in the men's senior race at the London Cross Challenge at Parliament Hill on 7 February 2026.[17] He was runner-up to Hugo Milner at the 2026 English National Cross Country Championships in Sedgefield.[18] On 7 March, he won the title at the UK Athletics Cross Challenge Final and UK Inter Counties Championships in Nottingham ahead of Jacob Cann.[19][8] Kingston placed second in the British national 10,000 metres championship race in Loughborough on 17 May 2026, behind Joe Wigfield.[20]