Andrés Espinosa
Andrés Espinoza Pérez (born 4 February 1963) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races.
Espinosa finished ninth at the 1995 World Championships in 2:16:44 hours. He won the 1993 New York Marathon and achieved his personal best time of 2:07:19 hours at the 1994 Boston Marathon. He set the world master (+40) record for the marathon in Berlin Marathon 2003 (2:08:46), which lasted nearly a dozen years until it was broken by 2 seconds in 2015 by Evergreen Kenneth Mungara. He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon in 1994.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Mexico | |||||
1988 | Dallas Marathon | Dallas, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:16:13 |
1989 | Dallas Marathon | Dallas, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:16:19 |
1991 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:10:00 |
1992 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:10:44 |
1993 | New York City Marathon | New York, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:04 |
1994 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:07:19 |
Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | Half marathon | 1:01.34 | |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 9th | Marathon | 2:16:44 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF |
Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Marathon | 2:10:22 | |
1999 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 17th | Marathon | 2:18:47 |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 27th | Marathon | 2:18:02 |
2001 | Torreon Marathon | Torreon, Mexico | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:57 |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 21st | Marathon | 2:23:06 |
2003 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 23rd | Marathon | 2:19:54 |
Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Marathon | 2:08:46 | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 69th | Marathon | 2:29:43 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Andrés Espinosa at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrés Espinosa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- marathoninfo