Martín Pitayo Martínez (born January 10, 1960) is a retired
long-distance runner from
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, who won the gold medal at the
1991 Pan American Games
The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a mul ...
in
Havana, Cuba. He also won the 1990 edition of the
Chicago Marathon
The Chicago Marathon is a marathon (long-distance foot race) held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also a World Athletics Label Road Race. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest r ...
, clocking 2:09:41.
Achievements
References
Year Rankings*
1960 births
Living people
Mexican male long-distance runners
Mexican male marathon runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Mexico
Place of birth missing (living people)
Chicago Marathon male winners
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
20th-century Mexican people
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