Domingos Castro

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Domingos Castro (born November 22, 1963 in Guimarães ) is a former Portuguese athlete . Castro was runner-up in the 5000 meter run in 1987.

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On the track, Castro competed in the 10,000 meter run at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart and finished fifth in 28: 01.62 minutes. Five seconds behind the winner and one and a half seconds behind third place, Castro already showed in this first major race of his career that he could run fast times but could be beaten in the final sprint. A year later at the World Championships in Rome in 1987 , Kenyan John Ngugi took the lead in the 5000 meter run and the field followed him. In the end, the Kenyan lost his strength and the Moroccan Saïd Aouita won the final sprint, in 13: 27.59 minutes Castro followed only one second behind and surprisingly won the silver medal.

In the 5000 meter final of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, John Ngugi pulled away from the field early, Castro was the only one to follow him, while the rest of the field let the two go. Two laps before the end, Ngugi broke away from Castro and the two Germans Dieter Baumann (West) and Hansjörg Kunze (East) took up the chase from the field of pursuers . While Ngugi won gold, Castro was overtaken by Baumann and Kunze in the final meters, with Castro 0.36 seconds behind Kunze in fourth place, seven seconds ahead of fifth.

At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Castro finished fifth in 13: 28.88 minutes, shortly before the finish he was overtaken by Dieter Baumann, but the medalists were ten and six seconds ahead of them. In 1992 at the Olympic Games in Barcelona Castro was eleventh, two years later he was ninth over 5000 meters at the European Championships in 1994 . At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Castro was sixth and best non-African over 10,000 meters in 27: 36.52 minutes.

Cross

Domingos Castro ran in 1986 and from 1988 to 2001 every year in the World Cross Country Championships and was able to place with the team in the top eight every year except in 1988. In 1993, 1999 and 2000 he won the bronze medal with the team. His best individual placings were seventh place in 1990 and ninth place in 1998. Castro also competed three times in the European Cross Country Championships, in 1994 he won silver in the individual ranking and gold with the team, and in 1997 he finished eighth in the individual ranking and won with the team gold again. In 1999, he finally finished fifth in the individual ranking and reached second place with the team.

Street

In 1994 Domingos Castro ran his first marathon . He competed twice in the Olympic Games in the marathon and finished 25th in 1996 , in 2000 he reached 18th place. In 1995 Castro won the Paris Marathon , in 1997 he won in Rotterdam with a personal best and in 1999 he finished second in the New York City Marathon .

In 1992 Castro was runner-up in the marathon relay with the Portuguese team at the world championship.

His twin brother Dionísio Castro also took part in the Ekiden relay . Both brothers competed for Sporting Lisbon . With a height of 1.67 m, her competition weight was 56 kg.

Best times

  • 1500 meters: 3: 38.1 min (1997)
  • 5000 meters: 13: 14.41 min (1989)
  • 10,000 meters: 27: 34.53 min (1993)
  • Half marathon: 61:24 min (1996)
  • Marathon: 2: 07.51 h (1997)

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personal data
SURNAME Castro, domingos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Guimarães