Dionicio Cerón

Dionicio Cerón

Personal information
Full name	Dionicio Cerón Pizarro
Nationality	Mexico
Born	(1965-10-09) 9 October 1965 Toluca
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	10,000 metres marathon

Dionicio Cerón Pizarro (born October 9, 1965 in Toluca) is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country two times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. He also won the London Marathon three consecutive times between 1994 and 1996, the only athlete to have ever achieved this feat. Eluid Kipchoge is the only other athlete to have won it 3 times, however not consecutive years.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Mexico
1990	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	10,000 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	—	Marathon	DNF
	Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu-Ōita, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:08:36
1993	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:11:06
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	10,000 m	28:58.11
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:08:51
1994	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:08:53
1995	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:08:30
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	Marathon	2:12:13
1996	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon	2:10:00
2000	Hokkaido Marathon	Sapporo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:17:14

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Dionicio Cerón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01.

External links

• Dionicio Cerón at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Mark Curp	Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder 1990-09-16 – 1993-04-03	Succeeded by Moses Tanui