Juan Martínez (long distance runner)

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Juan Martínez ( Juan Maximo Martínez ; born January 1, 1947 in San Juan de las Manzanas Ixtlahuacan , México , Mexico) is a retired Mexican long-distance runner .

Life

After the Summer Olympics in 1964 , the potential Mexican Olympic participants for 1968 were housed in a central training camp in Mexico City , where they trained twice a day under competent guidance. Tadeusz Kempka from Poland was responsible for Martinez , who had extensive group training based on Soviet training theory. Marinez won the Mexican Championships over 5000 m and over 10000 m in Xalapa in 1965 , showing that he was the best man of his training group with modern training. In 1966 he won bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Games over 10,000 m . The following year he was Central America and Caribbean champion in the 10,000 m and half marathon and won bronze in the 5000 m at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg .

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he was fourth over 5000 m and 10,000 m.

In 1969 he won the Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre , and in 1970 he won gold over 10,000 m and silver over 5,000 m at the Central American and Caribbean Games. At the Pan American Games in 1971 in Cali, he came silver over 10,000 m and only had to admit defeat Frank Shorter , and at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he was tenth over the same distance.

In total, he set three national records over 5000 m and four over 10,000 m. In 1986 he started in age group competitions. He works as a trainer.

Personal bests

  • 5000 m: 13: 44.0 min, May 24, 1969, Modesto
  • 10,000 m: 28: 23.14 min, August 31, 1972, Munich

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997) . In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change . Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. up 2nd February 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / olimpicosmexicanos.com.mx
personal data
SURNAME Martínez, Juan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martínez, Juan Maximo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan de las Manzanas Ixtlahuacan , México , Mexico