Dionicio Cerón
{{short description|Mexican long-distance runner}}
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{{family name hatnote|Cerón|Pizarro|lang=Spanish}}
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| sport = Running
| event =10,000 metres
marathon
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| birth_place =Toluca
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| height ={{convert|1.71|m|ftin}}
| weight ={{convert|54|kg|lb}}
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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
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colspan="6"|Representing {{MEX}} |
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rowspan=2|1990
|9th |Marathon |2:12:18 |
Central American and Caribbean Games
|bgcolor=gold| 1st |29:46.09 |
1991
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:10:02 |
rowspan=3|1992
|— |Marathon |DNF |
Beppu-Ōita Marathon
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:36 |
Fukuoka Marathon
|4th |Marathon |2:10:42 |
rowspan=3|1993
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:11:06 |
Central American and Caribbean Games
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |28:58.11 |
Fukuoka Marathon
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:51 |
rowspan=2|1994
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:53 |
Fukuoka Marathon
|16th |Marathon |2:15:23 |
rowspan=2|1995
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:30 |
World Championships
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:12:13 |
1996
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:10:00 |
rowspan=2|1997
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |Marathon |2:10:59 |
New York City Marathon
|8th |Marathon |2:13:01 |
2000
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:17:14 |
References
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/dionicio-ceron-1.html |title=Dionicio Cerón |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501005530/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/dionicio-ceron-1.html |archivedate=2010-05-01 |df= }}
External links
- {{World Athletics}}
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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|USA}} Mark Curp|title=Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder|years=16 September 1990 – 3 April 1993|after={{flagicon|KEN}} Moses Tanui}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Toluca
Category:Mexican male long-distance runners
Category:Mexican male marathon runners
Category:Olympic male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Mexico
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Category:Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico
Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners