Martín Fiz
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| Full name | Martín Fiz Martín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| birthday | 3rd March 1963 (age 57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 169 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | 2:08:05 h (marathon) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: September 24, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martín Fiz Martín (born March 3, 1963 in Vitoria-Gasteiz ) is a former Spanish long-distance runner , world champion in marathon running (1995) and two-time Olympic athlete (1996, 2000).
Career
Martín Fiz took 16th place at the Junior World Cross Country Championships in 1982. From 1989 to 1995 he took part in the World Cross Country Championships , in 1990, 1991 and 1995 he won bronze in the team competition. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he was eliminated in the 5000 meter run as well as at the European Athletics Championships in 1990 in Split and the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
In 1993 Fiz completed his first marathon, the following year he won his first major title in 2:10:31 h at the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 , and the following year he won the Rotterdam marathon in 2:08:57 h. At the 1995 World Championships , he won the title in 2:11:41 h. In the spring of the following year he won the Seoul International Marathon in 2:08:25 h.
Olympic Games 1996
At the marathon of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Fiz belonged to the top group for a long time and finished fourth in 2:13:20 h.
At the 1997 World Championships he was second in 2:13:21 h, five seconds behind his compatriot Abel Antón . At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, he finished eighth in 2:16:17 h.
In 1997 he won the Lake Biwa Marathon with his best time of 2:08:05 h. Two more victories in this race followed in 1999 and 2000.
Olympic Games 2000
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he was sixth in 2:13:06 h.
In 2001 he ended his professional career after finishing eleventh in 2:17:11 h in the Madrid Millennium Marathon .
In 2009 he won the half marathon competition of the Mallorca Marathon as a hobby runner . The Martín Fiz Marathon has been held in his hometown in his honor since 2003 .
Best times
- 3000 m : 7: 50.17 min, July 30, 1990, Getxo
- 5000 m: 13: 20.01 min, July 17, 1991, Rome
- 10,000 m : 27: 49.61 min, July 1, 1998, Barakaldo
- Half marathon : 1:01:08 h, September 29, 1996, Grevenmacher
- Marathon: 2:08:05 h, March 2, 1997, Ōtsu
Web links
- Martín Fiz in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Martín Fiz's weblog
- Biography and Palmarès on the Martín Fiz Marathon website
- Martín Fiz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Fiz, Martín |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fiz Martín, Martín (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish long distance runner and world champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vitoria-Gasteiz |