Benjamín Paredes

Benjamín Paredes
Personal information
Born (1961-08-07) August 7, 1961
Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1995 Mar del PlataMarathon
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 PonceMarathon

Benjamín Vencar Paredes Martínez (born August 7, 1961) is a Mexican former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon, but who also competed in duathlons, even winning a silver medal for Mexico at the ITU-world championships in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in June 1992.[1]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Mexico
1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 1st Marathon 2:14:23
1994 New York City Marathon New York City, United States 2nd Marathon 2:11:23
1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st Marathon 2:14:44
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 8th Marathon 2:14:55
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece — Marathon DNF
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 64th Marathon 2:27:17
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 19th Marathon 2:22:07

Personal bests

  • 10,000 metres - 28:43 minutes (2003) Montreal, Canada
  • Half marathon - 1:01:49 hours (1999) Half Marathon - World Championships. Oslo, Norway
  • Marathon - 2:10:41 hours (1994) Rotterdam, The Netherlands

References


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