Diego García (athlete)
Diego García (athlete) | |
nation | Spain |
birthday | October 12, 1961 |
place of birth | Azkoitia , Spain |
date of death | March 31, 2001 |
Place of death | Azpeitia , Spain |
Career | |
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discipline | Marathon run |
Diego García Corrales (born October 12, 1961 in Azkoitia , † March 31, 2001 in Azpeitia ) was a Spanish marathon runner .
In 1989 he was fourth in the San Sebastian Marathon . In 1991 he came in 23rd at the IAAF World Cup marathon held as part of the London Marathon and 14th at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo .
The following year he was ninth at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and third at the Fukuoka Marathon . In 1993 he was tenth in the World Cup held as part of the San Sebastián Marathon.
At the European Athletics Championships in 1994 he was part of the all-Spanish podium as a silver medalist: Martín Fiz won gold, Alberto Juzdado won bronze . In 1995 he first won the Seville Marathon and then finished sixth at the World Championships in Gothenburg and fourth in Fukuoka.
A 53rd place at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was followed by another fourth place in Fukuoka. In 1998 he finished seventh at the London and Berlin marathons , and second in San Sebastián in 1999.
In the last year of his career, he finished second in the Seoul International Marathon and the Amsterdam Marathon in 2000 .
Shortly after retiring from competitive sports, he died of sudden cardiac death while training . A statue was erected in his honor at the place of death in the immediate vicinity of the Sanctuario de Loyola , and the Media Maratón Azkoitia-Azpeitia half marathon , which took place between his place of birth and his home, was given the title of Memorial Diego García.
Personal bests
- 10,000 m : 28: 42.66 min, July 5, 1997, San Sebastián
- Marathon: 2:09:51 h, December 3, 1995, Fukuoka
Web links
- Diego Garcia in the database of World Athletics (English)
- In Memoriam Diego Garcia , obituary on the IAAF website, April 3, 2001
- Entry on the website of the Comité Olímpico Español
Footnotes
- ↑ porMaratones: Media Maratón Azkoitia-Azpeitia . January 27, 2009
- ↑ Website of the Media Maratón Azkoitia-Azpeitia ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | García, Diego |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García Corrales, Diego |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Azkoitia |
DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 2001 |
Place of death | Azpeitia |