Martín Fiz Martín (born 3 March 1963) is a Spanish former long-distance runner.
Personal life Martín Fiz Martín was born on 3 March 1963 in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Career Fiz won the marathon at the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. The same year he captured the title in the Rotterdam Marathon.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Fiz came fourth in the marathon. A year later he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, finishing behind his countryman Abel Anton.
He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Fiz came sixth in the marathon.
Post-career Fiz has continued running into masters age divisions, setting the world M55 record in the road 10K at 31:36 on 13 January 2019 in Valencia.
He is the only athlete in the world who has managed to win in six Majors Marathons in the Master 50 category (runners over 50 years old), winning the Marathons of New York, Tokyo, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, and London, achieving the goal of obtaining the 'Six World Marathon Majors', World Marathon Majors, an international competition created in 2006, which brings together six of the most prestigious world Marathons, recognised as the most high profile on the calendar.
International competitions Representing 1988Ibero-American ChampionshipsMexico City, Mexico1st3000m steeplechase9:05.21 A1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia —5000mDNF1992Ibero-American ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd5000m13:57.991993Helsinki City MarathonHelsinki, Finland1stMarathon2:12:471994Boston MarathonBoston, United States10thMarathon2:10:21European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1stMarathon2:10:311995Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1stMarathon2:08:56World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden1stMarathon2:11:311996Seoul International MarathonSeoul, South Korea1stMarathon2:08:25Summer OlympicsAtlanta, United States4thMarathon2:13:20New York MarathonNew York City, United States 7th Marathon 2:12:311997Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan1st Marathon 2:08:05 World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece2nd Marathon 2:13:211998Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan2nd Marathon 2:09:331999Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan1st Marathon 2:08:50 World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8th Marathon 2:16:17 New York MarathonNew York City, United States 9th Marathon 2:12:032000Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan1st Marathon 2:08:14Summer OlympicsSydney, Australia 6th Marathon 2:13:242001Madrid Millenium MarathonMadrid, Spain 7th Marathon 2:17:11
Personal bests Event Time Date Location 1500 metres 3:44.00 1 January 1988 3000 metres 07:50.17 30 July 1990 Getxo 3000 metres steeplechase 08:28.90 18 June 1988 Getxo 5000 metres 13:20.01 17 July 1991 Rome 10,000 metres 27:49.61 1 July 1998 Barakaldo Half marathon 1:01:08 29 September 1996 Grevenmacher Marathon 2:08:05 2 March 1997 Ōtsu
References
Spanish Olympic Committee
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