Dionicio Cerón
Mexican long-distance runner
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Full name | Dionicio Cerón Pizarro |
Nationality | Mexico |
Born | (1965-10-09) 9 October 1965 (age 58) Toluca |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 10,000 metres marathon |
Dionicio Cerón Pizarro (born October 9, 1965 in Toluca) is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country two times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. He also won the London Marathon three consecutive times between 1994 and 1996, the only man to have ever achieved this feat. Eliud Kipchoge, António Pinto and Martin Lel are the only other men to have won it three times or more, however not in consecutive years.
Achievements
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dionicio Cerón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01.
External links
- Dionicio Cerón at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder 16 September 1990 – 3 April 1993 | Succeeded by |
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Central American and Caribbean Games champions in men's 10,000 metres
- 1926: Eduardo Quintanar (MEX)
- 1930: Felipe Jardines (MEX)
- 1935: Juan Morales (MEX)
- 1938: Agustín Romero (MEX)
- 1946: Mateo Flores (GUA)
- 1950: Luis Velásquez (GUA)
- 1954: Cruz Serrano (MEX)
- 1959: Josafath Hernández (MEX)
- 1962: Eligio Galicia (MEX)
- 1966: Álvaro Mejía (COL)
- 1970: Juan Martínez (MEX)
- 1974: Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)
- 1978: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
- 1982: Aldo Allen (CUB)
- 1986: Francisco Pacheco (MEX)
- 1990–93: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
- 1998: Germán Beltrán (VEN)
- 2002: Pablo Olmedo (MEX)
- 2006: David Galván (MEX)
- 2010: Juan Carlos Romero (MEX)
- 2014–18: Juan Luis Barrios (MEX)