- Marílson Gomes dos Santos
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for Brazil
Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara 10000 metres Silver 2003 Santo Domingo 10000 metres Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro 10000 metres Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo 5000 metres Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro 5000 metres Marílson Gomes dos Santos (born 8 August 1977 in Brasília) is a Brazilian long-distance runner and winner of the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathon, with times of 2:09:58 and 2:08:43, respectively. He is the first South American to win the race.
He was selected as the best male performer at the 2009 Brazilian national championships after breaking the meet records in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres races. He is the current South American record holder in both these events with times of 13:19.43 and 27:28.12, respectively.[1]
He has won medals at the South American Cross Country Championships, starting with a silver in the junior race in 1996, then taking the bronze in the men's long race in 2000,[2] before winning his first championship title in 2008.[3]
He ran at the 2010 London Marathon and came close to a personal best time, finishing in 2:08:46 for sixth place behind Abel Kirui.[4] He signed up for the New York Marathon that year and used the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo (the Brazilian athletics championships) as his preparation, winning the 10,000 m title.[5] He secured his third career win at the Saint Silvester Race in São Paulo at the end of the year – a record number for the competition in the international era.[6]
At the 2011 London Marathon, he set a personal best of 2:06:34 hours and placed fourth in the fast race behind a Kenyan trio of Emmanuel Mutai, Martin Lel and Patrick Makau.[7]
Contents
Competition record
- 1997 - 1997 Summer Universiade: winner half marathon
- 1999 - 1999 Summer Universiade: winner half marathon
- 2002 - Saint Silvester Road Race: second place
- 2003 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
- 2003 - 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo: 5000m - bronze medal
- 2003 - 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo: 10000m - silver medal
- 2005 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
- 2006 - New York City Marathon: winner
- 2007 - 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro: 5000m - bronze medal
- 2007 - 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro: 10000m - silver medal
- 2008 - New York City Marathon: winner
- 2010 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
- 2011 - 2011 Pan American Games, Guadalajara: 10000m - gold medal
Personal best
- 2006 - South America's 10.000m record holder : 27m28s
- 2007 - South America's Half Marathon record holder: 59m33s
(best performance at the distance by a non-African runner.)
References
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.
- ^ Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-03-04). Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (2010-04-25). Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova - London Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-28.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-09-20). Murer vaults 4.70m at Brazilian championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-01-01). Dos Santos and Timbilil cruise to Sao Paulo wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (2011-04-17). Mutai and Keitany dominate and dazzle in London. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
External links
- IAAF profile for Marílson Gomes dos Santos
- Focus on Athletes article
- "Gomes wins, Prokopcuka repeats at NYC Marathon"
- Interview with Men's Racing
- marathoninfo
New York Men's Marathon Winners 1970: Gary Muhrcke (USA) · 1971: Norman Higgins (USA) · 1972: Sheldon Karlin (USA) · 1973: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1974: Norbert Sander (USA) · 1975: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1976-79: Bill Rodgers (USA) · 1980-82: Alberto Salazar (USA) · 1983: Rod Dixon (NZL) · 1984-85: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) · 1986: Gianni Poli (ITA) · 1987: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) · 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) · 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) · 1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) · 1991: Salvador García (MEX) · 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) · 1993: Andrés Espinosa (MEX) · 1994-95: Germán Silva (MEX) · 1996: Giacomo Leone (ITA) · 1997-98: John Kagwe (KEN) · 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) · 2000: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) · 2001: Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) · 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) · 2003: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2004: Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) · 2005: Paul Tergat (KEN) · 2006: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2007: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2008: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2009: Meb Keflezighi (USA) · 2010: Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETH) · 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) · Boston Marathon - List (M/W) · Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) · London Marathon - List (M/W) · New York City Marathon - List (M/W) Pan American Champions in Men's 10000 m 1951: Curt Stone (USA) · 1955 – 1959: Osvaldo Suárez (ARG) · 1963: Pete McArdle (USA) · 1967: Van Nelson (USA) · 1971: Frank Shorter (USA) · 1975: Luis Hernández (MEX) · 1979: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) · 1983: José Gómez (MEX) · 1987: Bruce Bickford (USA) · 1991: Martín Pitayo (MEX) · 1995: Armando Quintanilla (MEX) · 1999: Elenilson da Silva (BRA) · 2003: Teodoro Vega (MEX) · 2007: David Galván (MEX) · 2011: Marílson dos Santos (BRA)Summer Universiade Champions in Men's (Half) Marathon 1981 – 1995: Marathon • 1997 – 2007: Half Marathon1981: Ivan Kovalchuk (URS) • 1983: Alessio Faustini (ITA) • 1985: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) • 1987: Takahiro Izumi (JPN) • 1989: Tibor Baier (HUN) • 1991: Wang Yung-Jo (KOR) • 1993: Kennedy Manyisa (KEN) • 1995: Takakai Morikawa (JPN) • 1997 – 1999: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) • 2001: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) • 2003: Abdellah Bay (MAR) • 2005: Wilson Busienei (UGA) • 2007: Mohamed Fadil (MAR) • 2009: Zhao Ran (CHN) • 2011: Ahmed Tamri (MAR)
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- Brazilian long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Brazil
- People from Brasília
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games athletes of Brazil
- New York City Marathon winners
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