2012 European Mountain Running Championships
The 2012 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 7 July at Pamukkale in Denizli, Turkey.The men's race was 12.2 km long and featured an ascent of 700 m.[1] The women's and junior men's races were 8.3 km long comprising a rise of 470 m.[2][3] The junior women's race was 4.4 km over a hill of 240 m.[4] Ahmet Arslan from Turkey took his sixth consecutive men's title,[1] while Swiss Monika Furholz won the gold medal in senior women's[2] category.[5] In the junior men's category, Turkish Ahmet Özrek became the champion.[3] Annabel Mason from United Kingdom was the gold medalist in junior women's race.[5] The event was dominated by the host nation Turkey, which won in total eight medals (four gold, three silver and one bronze) in six categories.