António Pinto (runner)
António Coelho Pinto (born 22 March 1966 in Vila Garcia, Amarante) is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.
Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, beginning in 1988. He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1998.[1] He retired in 2002.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Portugal | |||||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 14th | 10,000m | 28:26.68 |
1992 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:02 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | Marathon | 2:13:24 |
Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:31 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 14th | Marathon | 2:16:41 |
1997 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Marathon | 2:07:55 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF | |
1998 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Half marathon | 59:43 |
2000 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Marathon | 2:06:36 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | Marathon | 2:15:17 | |
Great Scottish Run | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | Half Marathon | 1:02:04[2] | |
2001 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Marathon | 2:09:36 |
2002 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Marathon | 2:09:10 |
References
- ^ Lisbon Half Marathon winners
- ^ "Great Scottish Run results 1979-2012". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
External links
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Portuguese long-distance runners
- Portuguese marathon runners
- London Marathon winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Portuguese athletics biography stubs