Domingos Castro
Domingos Castro ( born November 22, 1963 in Guimarães ) is a former Portuguese athlete. Castro was 1987 vice world champion in 5000 -meter run.
Train
On the railway Castro stepped up to the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart in the 10,000 meter run, finishing in fifth place 28:01,62 minutes. With five seconds behind the winner and a half seconds behind the third-placed Castro was already in this first big race of his career that he could run fast times, but was beat in the final sprint. A year later at the 1987 World Championships in Rome took over the Kenyans John Ngugi the tip and the field followed him. At the end of the Kenyans left the forces and the Moroccan Said Aouita won the final sprint, followed in 13:27,59 min Castro back for a second and surprisingly won the silver medal.
In the 5000 -meter final of the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, John Ngugi decided early on the field, Castro succeeded him as the only one, while the rest of the field did not interfere the two. With two laps to Ngugi replaced by Castro and from the chasing pack, the two German Dieter Baumann ( West) and Hansjörg Kunze (East) gave chase. While Ngugi certainly won gold, Castro was caught up in the final meters of Baumann and Kunze, 0.36 seconds behind Kunze Castro occupied the fourth place, seven seconds ahead of the fifth-placed.
At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo Castro took 13:28,88 min in fifth place, just before the finish he was overtaken by Dieter Baumann, the medal winners were, however, ten and six -second lead out of reach. 1992 at the Olympic Games in Barcelona Castro finished eleventh, two years later he was at the European Championships in 1994 ninth over 5000 meters. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens Castro was in 27:36,52 min sixth and best non-Africans in the 10,000 meters.
Cross
Domingos Castro ran in 1986 and 1988 to 2001 every year at the World Cross Country Championships with and was able to put out 1988 every year with the team in the top eight. 1993, 1999 and 2000, he won the bronze medal with the team. His best individual placings were seventh place in 1990 and the ninth place in 1998. Castro stepped Also at the European Cross Country Championships at three times, in 1994, he won the singles competition of silver and with the team gold in 1997, he finished eighth in the individual standings, won with but the team gold again. 1999 Finally, he finished fifth in the individual standings and reached the second place team.
Road
1994 Domingos Castro ran his first marathon. Twice he stepped up to the Olympic Games in the marathon, finishing in 25th place in 1996, in 2000 he reached the 18th place. In 1995, Castro the Paris Marathon, in Rotterdam in 1997, he won a personal best and 1999, he finished the New York City Marathon second place.
1992 Castro was at the World Championships in the marathon relay with the Portuguese team vice champion.
In the Ekiden Relay also his twin brother Dionísio Castro participated. Both brothers competed for Sporting Lisbon. At a height of 1.67 m her competition weight was 56 kg.