Germán Silva

Germán Silva ( Germán Silva Martínez, born January 9, 1968 in Zacatlán, Puebla ) is a retired Mexican long-distance runner, who was especially successful in the marathon.

Silva began his career as a hurdler. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase he won in 1990 at the Central American and Caribbean Games and finished in 1991 at the Pan American Games in sixth place. He then moved to the 10,000 -meter run. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he was sixth at the distance, at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 ninth.

From 1994, Silva has focused increasingly on road runs. First, he won the London Marathon in April to third place. In September he won at the World Half Marathon Championships in Oslo in a personal best of 1:00:28 h the silver medal with only one second behind the winner Khalid Skah. In the New York City Marathon in November, Silva won the conclusion of the season in 2:11:21 h He was clearly lying well misguided one kilometer before the finish in leadership. When he returned on the right track, his friend and training partner Benjamín Paredes had now almost over the top. However, Silva was able to catch up and beat him by two seconds.

1995 Silva returned for the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg back once again to the web. However, in the 10,000 - meter race, he finished only three tenth. For this he succeeded at the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:11:00 h the title defense. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he was in the marathon with 2:14:29 h in sixth. More top rankings then he scored yet in New York City ( 1997: rank 5 ) and the Boston Marathon (1997: 4th place in 1998: 6th place ).

Germán Silva is 1.60 m tall, weighed about 52 kg competition times and was supervised by Rodolfo Gómez. After the end of his career as a marathon runner, he began to work as a coach.

Bests

  • 5000 m: 13:26,11 min, July 10, 1993, Oslo
  • 10,000 m: 27:46,52 min, June 15, 1992 Montreal
  • Half Marathon: 1:00:28 h, September 24, 1994, Oslo
  • Marathon: 2:08:56 h, 20 April 1998 Boston
  • 3000 m steeplechase: 8:33,52 min, June 29, 1989, Poznan
Long-distance running 1993 World Championships in Athletics London-Marathon 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships New-York-City-Marathon 1995 World Championships in Athletics Boston-Marathon 5000 metres
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