Rodolfo Gómez
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1979 San Juan | 10,000 metres |
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1975 Mexico City | 10,000 metres |
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1975 Mexico City | 5000 metres |
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1979 San Juan | 5000 metres |
Rodolfo Gómez Orozco (born 30 October 1950 in Delicias, Chihuahua) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the Tokyo Marathon (1981), the IAAF Citizen Golden Marathon in Athens (1982), the Rotterdam Marathon (1982), the Nike OTC Marathon (1982), the Pittsburgh Marathon (1987) and the Mexico City Marathon (1987). He gained prominence on American television in 1982 when he finished in second place, four seconds back in 2:09:33 while being the primary foil to Alberto Salazar's third victory in a row at the New York Marathon. He ran a personal best of 2:09:12 at the 1983 Tokyo Marathon, finishing third in that race.
Gómez represented Mexico at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. Later on he became an athletics coach, guiding runners like Andrés Espinosa, Germán Silva, Benjamín Paredes, Adriana Fernández, Isaac García, Martín Pitayo, and Isidro Rico.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1976 | Olympic Games | Montréal, Canada | 19th | Marathon | 2:18:21 |
1979 | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 15th | Marathon | 2:16:18 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 6th | Marathon | 2:12:39 |
New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:10:13 | |
1981 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:00 |
New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 7th | Marathon | 2:12:47 [1] | |
1982 | Golden Marathon | Athens, Greece | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:49 |
Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:57 | |
Nike OTC Marathon | Eugene, Oregon | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:35 | |
New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:09:33 | |
1983 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:09:12 |
Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Marathon | 2:09:25 | |
1986 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 10th | Marathon | 2:15:02 |
1987 | Pittsburgh Marathon | Pittsburgh, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:07 |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1981.htm Course 150 m short on remeasurement
External links
[edit]- Rodolfo Gómez at World Athletics
- Rodolfo Gómez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Mexican male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes for Mexico
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Chihuahua (state)
- People from Delicias, Chihuahua
- 20th-century Mexican people
- Mexican athletics biography stubs