Rodolfo Gómez

Rodolfo Gómez Orozco (born October 30, 1950 in Mexico City) is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the Tokyo Marathon (1981), the Athens Marathon (1982), the Rotterdam Marathon (1982), the Oregon Marathon (1982), the Pittsburgh Marathon (1984) en the Mexico City Marathon (1987).

Gómez enrolled in the Military School of Physical Education and participated in the curriculum of Specialization in Athletics taught by the International Olympic Committee. He earned a scholarship to attend the University of Texas in El Paso, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education with honors.

Gómez represented Mexico at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. Later on he became an athletics coach, guiding runners like Andrés Espinosa, Germán Silva, Benjamín Paredes, Adriana Fernández, Isaac Garcia, Martín Pitayo, and Isidro Rico.

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