Iván Zarco
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 February 1984 Barcelona, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long-distance running |
Iván Zarco Alvarez (born 8 February 1984)[1] is a Honduran long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[2] In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he represented Honduras in the marathon, and finished in 76th place.[3][4]
He represented Spain until the end of 2019 and, as of 1 January 2020, he represents Honduras in international competitions.[1][5] In 2020, at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia he set a Honduran national record in half-marathon, finishing the race at 1:04.08.[6][7] Zarco made headlines in March 2021, when he was scheduled to run a marathon in Dresden but instead gave his number to the former compatriot Camilo Santiago who ran as Zarco and finished in 2:17.46, which would have been a new record of Honduras. Santiago was swiftly discovered and disqualified for two years;[8] the sanction was annulled in August 2021 by the Administrative Court.[9] Zarco was not sanctioned initially, since no obvious motive was discovered in his actions.[10] In 2023, both were suspended for six months.[11] On May 22, 2022, he became international again competing in the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante (Spain). He finished the half marathon event in the position 9 with a time of 1:10:30.
On October 1, 2023, he participated in the Route World Championships in Riga (Latvia) in the half marathon event, managing to finish in 82nd position with a time of 1:09:07.
On March 30, 2024, he competed at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He achieved a time of 35:01 and arrived in 93rd position.
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Sapporo, Japan | 76th | Marathon | 2:44.36[12] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Iván Zarco". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's Marathon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Honduran Iván Zarco finished last in the Tokyo marathon". Archysport. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago". El Español (in Spanish). 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "El 'español' Iván Zarco finaliza último el maratón: ¡esta vez sí corrió él con su dorsal!". Marca (in Spanish). 8 August 2021.
- ^ Nieto, Jose (21 July 2021). "Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago". El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ "Iván Zarco correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 a pesar de que Camilo Santiago está sancionado". Runner's World (in Spanish). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Athletics: The Administrative Court of Sports annuls Camilo Santiago's two-year sanction". 24 Sport. 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Camilo Santiago corre un maratón con otro dorsal... y bate el récord nacional de Honduras". Marca (in Spanish). 23 March 2021.
- ^ Spanish and Honduran marathon runners handed six-month bans for bib-fixing
- ^ "Kipchoge third runner ever to win back-to-back Olympic marathon gold -". August 8, 2021.
