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Medal record
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Men's Athletics
Competitor for  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver 2003 Santo Domingo 10000 metres
Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro 10000 metres
Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo 5000 metres
Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro 5000 metres

Marílson Gomes dos Santos (born 8 August 1977 in Brasília) is a Brazilian long distance runner and winner of the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathon, with times of 2:09:58 and 2:08:43, respectively. He is the first South American to win the race.

He was selected as the best male performer at the 2009 Brazilian national championships after breaking the meet records in both the 5000 metres and 10000 metres races. He is the current South American record holder in both these events with times of 13:19.43 and 27:28.12, respectively.[1]

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Competition record

Personal best

References

  1. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kenya Paul Tergat
Kenya Martin Lel
Men's New York City Marathon Winner
2006
2008
Succeeded by
Kenya Martin Lel
United States Meb Keflezighi







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