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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 three times
at the Summer Olympics: in 1992, 1996 and 2000.
While the marathon brought Cerón fame and fortune, he previously
established himself over the shorter distance road races. He burst
onto the international running scene in 1988 with a victory in the
historic and always competitive San Blas Half Marathon in
Puerto Rico. In 1990
Cerón dominated US road racing, winning the Elby’s Big Boy (20 km),
Cascade Run-off (15 km), Peachtree Road Race (10 km) and the
Philadelphia Distance Run Half Marathon, where he set 1990
a world record of 1:00:46. The record was broken by Moses Tanui in 1993 at
the Great North
Run.
Cerón is best known as the three-time champion of the London
Marathon, with wins in 1994, 1995, and 1996. Other major
victories are Ōita in 1992, Rotterdam, Fukuoka and Mexico City marathons in 1993. The Mexico
win resulted in a course record that still stands.
Cerón was the silver medallist in the 1995 World
Championships in Athletics in Sweden, finishing behind Spain’s
Martin
Fiz, and in 1993 and 1994 was rated the world’s number one
marathoner. He is the only runner to run under 2:09 for the
marathon in five consecutive years, from 1992 to 1996.
Ceron is still actively running for health and fitness, plus he
is coaching a group of ten young runners.
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