Dionicio Cerón Explained

Dionicio Cerón
Fullname:Dionicio Cerón Pizarro
Nationality:
Sport:Running
Event:10,000 metres
marathon
Birth Date:9 October 1965
Birth Place:Toluca
Height:1.71m (05.61feet)
Weight:54kg (119lb)

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

Representing
1990Chicago MarathonChicago, United States9thMarathon2:12:18
Mexico City, Mexicobgcolor=gold1st10,000 m29:46.09
1991Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands2ndMarathon2:10:02
1992Barcelona, Spain - Marathon
Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu-Ōita, Japan1stMarathon2:08:36
Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan4thMarathon2:10:42
1993Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1stMarathon2:11:06
Ponce, Puerto Rico1st10,000 m28:58.11
Fukuoka, Japan1stMarathon2:08:51
1994London, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:08:53
Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan16thMarathon2:15:23
1995London, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:08:30
Gothenburg, Sweden2ndMarathon2:12:13
1996London, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:10:00
1997Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon2:10:59
New York City MarathonNew York City, United States8thMarathon2:13:01
2000Hokkaido MarathonSapporo, Japan1stMarathon2:17:14

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