Dionicio Cerón

{{short description|Mexican long-distance runner}}

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{{family name hatnote|Cerón|Pizarro|lang=Spanish}}

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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}}
rowspan=2|1990

|Chicago Marathon

|Chicago, United States

|9th

|Marathon

|2:12:18

Central American and Caribbean Games

|Mexico City, Mexico

|bgcolor=gold| 1st

|10,000 m

|29:46.09

1991

|Rotterdam Marathon

|Rotterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|Marathon

|2:10:02

rowspan=3|1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|—

|Marathon

|DNF

Beppu-Ōita Marathon

|Beppu-Ōita, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:08:36

Fukuoka Marathon

|Fukuoka, Japan

|4th

|Marathon

|2:10:42

rowspan=3|1993

|Rotterdam Marathon

|Rotterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:11:06

Central American and Caribbean Games

|Ponce, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|10,000 m

|28:58.11

Fukuoka Marathon

|Fukuoka, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:08:51

rowspan=2|1994

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:08:53

Fukuoka Marathon

|Fukuoka, Japan

|16th

|Marathon

|2:15:23

rowspan=2|1995

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:08:30

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Marathon

|2:12:13

1996

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:10:00

rowspan=2|1997

|Boston Marathon

|Boston, United States

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|Marathon

|2:10:59

New York City Marathon

|New York City, United States

|8th

|Marathon

|2:13:01

2000

|Hokkaido Marathon

|Sapporo, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:17:14

References

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