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.

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* 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 {{mexico-athletics-bio-stub