Isaac Viciosa

Isaac Viciosa (born December 26, 1969 in Cervatos de la Cueza in the province of Palencia ) is a former Spanish athlete . With a height of 1.76 m, his competition weight was 64 kg.

In 1992 Viciosa finished fourth in the 1500 meter run at the European Indoor Championships in Genoa in 3: 43.23 minutes . After he was eliminated in the preliminary stages at the World Championships in 1993 , Isaac Viciosa achieved the breakthrough to the European top in 1994. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 he won silver in 3: 36.01 minutes behind his compatriot Fermín Cacho in 3: 35.27 minutes.

At the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona in 1995 , Viciosa started in the 3000 meter run and finished eighth in 8:01 minutes. At the World Championships in Gothenburg he reached the final over 1500 meters, but was only twelfth and last in 3: 41.12 minutes. Also in 1995 he won the mile run on 5th Avenue in New York City in 3: 47.8 minutes. He could never reach this time on the train. Viciosa won the 5th Avenue mile run for the following years up to and including 1998.

At the 1996 Olympic Games , Viciosa ran 3: 36.11 minutes in the semifinals and missed the finals by five hundredths of a second against the Dutchman Marko Koers . At the 1997 World Championships , Viciosa was also eliminated in the semi-finals.

In 1998 he finished eleventh at the world championships in cross-country skiing on the short distance and was fourth with the Spanish team. In the summer Viciosa improved his best time over 1500 meters, ran a European record over 3000 meters and made his debut at the International Sports Festival in Rome on the 5000 meter course , where he immediately achieved a world class time of 13: 09.63 minutes. At the European Championships in Budapest he then competed over the 5000 meters. In the relatively slow final he won the title with his final sprint in 13: 37.46 minutes ahead of his compatriot Manuel Pancorbo .

At the World Championships in Seville in 1999 and Edmonton in 2001 , he reached the final over 5000 meters, but was unable to prevail against the African competition and finished 13th (1999) and 14th (2001).

In 2002 Isaac Viciosa won a world championship medal after all. As 14th on the short distance, he made a decisive contribution to the fact that the Spanish team could win the bronze medal behind the teams from Kenya and Ethiopia.

Top performances

• 800 meters: 1: 46.90 min (1996)
• 1500 meters: 3: 30.94 min (1998)
• Mile: 3: 52.72 min (1994)
• 3000 meters: 7: 29.34 min (1998)
• 5000 meters: 13: 09.63 min (1998)
• 10,000 meters: 28: 26.75 min (2003)

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2000 . Surbiton 2000 ISBN 1899807-07-1