Dionísio Silva Castro (born 22 November 1963 in
Fermentões-
Guimarães
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Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...
) is a former
long-distance runner
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Within endurance running comes two d ...
from
Portugal
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, best known for setting the
world record
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in the 20,000 metres on 31 March 1990, when he clocked 57:18.4 in
La Flèche
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. Castro continued for another 943 metres in an attempt to break
Jos Hermens
Josephus ("Jos") Maria Melchior Hermens (born 8 January 1950 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a former Dutch long-distance runner. Subsequently, he also became well-known for his later career as a sports manager as the founder and CEO of Global ...
' world record for the
one-hour run as well, but missed out by one metre.
He competed for the Portuguese club
Sporting Clube de Portugal
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.
His twin brother
Domingos
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People
Surnamed
* Afonso Domingos
* André Domingos
* Antonio Domingos
* Bárbara Domingos
* Camilo Domingos
* Ederson Bruno Domingos
* Garcia Domingos
* Guilherme Afif Domingos
* Jônatas Domingos
* Laila Domingo ...
was also a world class athlete in the long distance events. The two of them represented their native country at the
1988 (
Seoul
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,
South Korea
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) and
1992 Summer Olympics
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(
Barcelona
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,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
).
Achievements
*
All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
External links
*
Centario Sporting
*
*
1963 births
Living people
Portuguese male long-distance runners
Portuguese male marathon runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Portugal
Portuguese twins
Twin sportspeople
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
Sportspeople from Guimarães
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