Dionicio Cerón
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Full name | Dionicio Cerón Pizarro |
Nationality | Mexico |
Born | Toluca | 9 October 1965
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.
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[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Toluca
- Mexican male long-distance runners
- Mexican male marathon runners
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Mexico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- London Marathon male winners
- Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen