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Portuguese long-distance runner
António Coelho Pinto (born 22 March 1966) is a retired
Portuguese
long-distance
runner. He was born in
Vila Garcia,
Amarante.
Pinto won the
London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the
10,000 metres final at the
1998 European Championships in Athletics in
Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the
marathon is 2:06:36. He competed in four consecutive
Summer Olympics for his native country, beginning in 1988. He also won the
Lisbon Half Marathon 1998.
[1] He retired in 2002.
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing
Portugal
|
1990
|
European Championships
|
Split,
Yugoslavia
|
14th
|
10,000m
|
28:26.68
|
1991
|
Italian Marathon
|
Carpi, Italy
|
7th
|
Marathon
|
2:12:39
|
1992
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
1st
|
Marathon
|
2:10:02
|
1994
|
Paris Marathon
|
Paris, France
|
2nd
|
Marathon
|
2:10:58
|
European Championships
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
9th
|
Marathon
|
2:13:24
|
Berlin Marathon
|
Berlin, Germany
|
1st
|
Marathon
|
2:08:31
|
1995
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
3rd
|
Marathon
|
2:08:48
|
Berlin Marathon
|
Berlin, Germany
|
3rd
|
Marathon
|
2:08:57
|
1996
|
Tokyo Marathon
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
2nd
|
Marathon
|
2:08:38
|
Olympic Games
|
Atlanta, United States
|
14th
|
Marathon
|
2:16:41
|
1997
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
1st
|
Marathon
|
2:07:55
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
—
|
Marathon
|
DNF
|
1998
|
Lisbon Half Marathon
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
1st
|
Half marathon
|
59:43
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
3rd
|
Marathon
|
2:08:13
|
European Championships
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
1st
|
10,000m
|
27:12.47
|
Fukuoka Marathon
|
Fukuoka, Japan
|
13th
|
Marathon
|
2:12:28
|
1999
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
2nd
|
Marathon
|
2:09:00
|
2000
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
1st
|
Marathon
|
2:06:36
|
Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
11th
|
Marathon
|
2:15:17
|
Great Scottish Run
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
1st
|
Half Marathon
|
1:02:04
[2]
|
2001
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
3rd
|
Marathon
|
2:09:36
|
2002
|
London Marathon
|
London, United Kingdom
|
7th
|
Marathon
|
2:09:10
|
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