Dionísio Castro

Dionísio Castro ( Dionísio Silva Castro, born November 22, 1963 in Guimarães ) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner.

Career

His first major Championships were the World Cross Country Championships in 1986, where he finished sixth with the Portuguese team. Until 1992, he reached with the team six times a place among the top eight nations, the best placements will be reached in 1990 and 1991 with the fifth place respectively.

On the railway Castro stepped up to at the European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart in the 10,000 meter run, finishing in eleventh place 28:17,46 min. The following year he was over 5000 m eighth at the World Athletics Championships in Rome 13:30,94 min. In the 1988 Olympics he did not reach the target in advance of the 10,000 -meter -petition.

On March 31, 1990, he started at an hourly running in the stadium of La Flèche. Although he missed the world record by Jos Hermens had set up in 1976 to one meter, but he improved at the split time after 20,000 meters record level of Hermens by 5.8 seconds 57:18,4 min.

At the European Championships in 1990 in Split 5000- meter race was decided in a sprint. Salvatore Antibo from Italy won in 13:22,00 min, Castro was in 13:23,99 min fourth. A year later, he ran at the World Championships in Tokyo in 13:35,39 min again to eighth place.

He was fifth at the Rotterdam Marathon in 1992 and won at the World Championships in the marathon relay with the Portuguese team silver. In a marathon, the Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​he gave up.

He was twice national champion in cross country (1987, 1991) and one each about 5000 m ( 1990) and 10,000 m ( 1991).

In the Ekiden Relay and Domingos Castro participated, Dionisio's twin brother. The 1.67 m big brothers weighed into their active time 56 kg and started for Sporting Lisbon.

Personal best

• 5000 m: 13:13,59 min, August 15, 1990, Zurich
• 10,000 m: 27:42,84 min, May 13, 1988, Tokyo
• 20,000 m: 57:18,4 min, March 31, 1990, La Flèche ( European record, former world record)
• Hours of operation: 20 943 m, March 31, 1990, La Flèche (Portuguese record )
• Marathon: 2:11:54 h, April 5, 1992, Rotterdam