Martin Vrábel
Martin Vrábel (born September 21, 1955 in Prešov ) is a former Slovak long-distance runner .
Eight times he was Czechoslovakian champion over 10,000 m (1981, 1982, 1984-1989) and twice over 5000 m .
In 1987 he won the Dębno marathon and was sixth in the 10,000 m and twelfth in the marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Rome . The following year he won the Hamburg Marathon , but did not reach the finish line at the Olympic Games in Seoul either in the preliminary round of the 10,000-meter run or in the marathon. In 1989 he was seventh in the Rotterdam Marathon , second in the 25 km in Berlin and third in Hamburg.
In 1991 he finished second in the Houston Marathon and came 24th in the Tokyo World Championships marathon . At the World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 as part of the Great North Run , he finished 75th. The following year he won the Madrid Marathon and finished 35th in the marathon of the World Championships in Stuttgart , now starting for Slovakia.
Personal best
- 3000 m : 7: 55.97 min, August 20, 1984, Budapest
- 5000 m: 13: 39.5 min, June 13, 1982, Gateshead
- 10,000 m: 28: 05.59 min, August 29, 1987, Rome
- 10 km road run : 29:13 min, June 5, 1991, Copenhagen
- Hours run : 19,836 m, September 25, 1980 Ostrava (current Slovak record)
- Half marathon : 1:04:39 h, September 20, 1992, South Shields
- 25 km road race: 1:15:10 h, May 7, 1989, Berlin (current Slovak record)
- Marathon: 2:12:40 h, January 20, 1991, Houston
Web links
- Martin Vrábel in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Martin Vrábel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics: Czechoslovakian Championships
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vrábel, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prešov |