Benjamín Vencar Paredes Martínez (born August 7, 1961 in Ecatepec de Morelos, Estado de México) 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

  • Benjamín Paredes at World Athletics
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamín Paredes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
  • Wrong Turn
  • photos at flickr.com


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