Dionicio Cerón Pizarro (born October 9, 1965) is a Mexican former marathon runner, 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 man to have ever achieved this feat. Eliud Kipchoge, António Pinto and Martin Lel are the only other men to have won it three times or more, however not in consecutive years. In 1990 he won the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, and is to date the only Mexican, male or female, to have won this prestigious 10K run.
Achievements Representing 1990Chicago MarathonChicago, United States9thMarathon2:12:18Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 1st10,000 m29:46.09Peachtree Road Race Atlanta, Georgia 1st10 K28:231991Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands2ndMarathon2:10:021992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain—MarathonDNF Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu-Ōita, Japan 1stMarathon2:08:36Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan4thMarathon2:10:421993Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:11:06Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st10,000 m28:58.11Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 1stMarathon2:08:511994London Marathon London, United Kingdom 1stMarathon2:08:53Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan16thMarathon2:15:231995London Marathon London, United Kingdom 1stMarathon2:08:30World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2ndMarathon2:12:131996London Marathon London, United Kingdom 1stMarathon2:10:001997Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon2:10:59New York City MarathonNew York City, United States8thMarathon2:13:012000Hokkaido MarathonSapporo, Japan 1stMarathon2:17:14
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