Marílson Gomes dos Santos

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold	2011 Guadalajara	10000 metres
Silver	2003 Santo Domingo	10000 metres
Silver	2007 Rio de Janeiro	10000 metres
Bronze	2003 Santo Domingo	5000 metres
Bronze	2007 Rio de Janeiro	5000 metres

Marílson Gomes dos Santos (born 8 August 1977 in Brasília) is a Brazilian long-distance runner and winner of the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathon, with times of 2:09:58 and 2:08:43, respectively. He is the first South American to win the race.

He was selected as the best male performer at the 2009 Brazilian national championships after breaking the meet records in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres races. He is the current South American record holder in both these events with times of 13:19.43 and 27:28.12, respectively.^[1]

He has won medals at the South American Cross Country Championships, starting with a silver in the junior race in 1996, then taking the bronze in the men's long race in 2000,^[2] before winning his first championship title in 2008.^[3]

He ran at the 2010 London Marathon and came close to a personal best time, finishing in 2:08:46 for sixth place behind Abel Kirui.^[4] He signed up for the New York Marathon that year and used the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo (the Brazilian athletics championships) as his preparation, winning the 10,000 m title.^[5] He secured his third career win at the Saint Silvester Race in São Paulo at the end of the year – a record number for the competition in the international era.^[6]

At the 2011 London Marathon, he set a personal best of 2:06:34 hours and placed fourth in the fast race behind a Kenyan trio of Emmanuel Mutai, Martin Lel and Patrick Makau.^[7]

Competition record

• 1997 - 1997 Summer Universiade: winner half marathon
• 1999 - 1999 Summer Universiade: winner half marathon
• 2002 - Saint Silvester Road Race: second place
• 2003 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
• 2003 - 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo: 5000m - bronze medal
• 2003 - 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo: 10000m - silver medal
• 2005 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
• 2006 - New York City Marathon: winner
• 2007 - 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro: 5000m - bronze medal
• 2007 - 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro: 10000m - silver medal
• 2008 - New York City Marathon: winner
• 2010 - Saint Silvester Road Race: winner
• 2011 - 2011 Pan American Games, Guadalajara: 10000m - gold medal

Personal best

• 2006 - South America's 10.000m record holder : 27m28s
• 2007 - South America's Half Marathon record holder: 59m33s
  (best performance at the distance by a non-African runner.)

References

1. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). Murer vaults to world leading 4.82m at Brazilian nationals. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.
2. ^ Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
3. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-03-04). Marílson dos Santos on course for Edinburgh – South American XC Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
4. ^ Brown, Matthew (2010-04-25). Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova - London Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-28.
5. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2010-09-20). Murer vaults 4.70m at Brazilian championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.
6. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2011-01-01). Dos Santos and Timbilil cruise to Sao Paulo wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-01.
7. ^ Brown, Matthew (2011-04-17). Mutai and Keitany dominate and dazzle in London. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.

External links

• IAAF profile for Marílson Gomes dos Santos
• Focus on Athletes article
• "Gomes wins, Prokopcuka repeats at NYC Marathon"
• Interview with Men's Racing
• marathoninfo

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Name	Santos, Marilson Gomes dos
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Date of birth	1977-08-08
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