| Background
: |
Highlights
While the marathon is the event that brought Dionicio Ceron fame and fortune, he had previously established himself over shorter road races.
He burst onto the international running scene in 1988 with a victory in the historic and always competitive San Blas Half Marathon in Puerto Rico. In 1990 Ceron dominated US road racing, winning the Elby’s Big Boy 20K, Cascade Run-off 15K, Peachtree Road Race 10K and the Philadelphia Distance Run Half Marathon (where he set a World Record).
Dionicio Ceron is best known as the three-time champion of the London Marathon, with wins in 1994, 1995, and 1996. Other major victories are Beppu-Oita in 1992, Rotterdam, Fukuoka and Mexico City Marathons in 1993. The Mexico win resulted in a course record that still stands today.
Ceron was the silver medallist in the 1995 World Championships Marathon in Sweden, finishing behind Spain’s Martin Fiz, and in 1993 and 1994 was rated the world’s number one marathoner. At the time he was the only runner to run under 2:09 for the marathon in five consecutive years, from 1992 to 1996.
Ceron is still actively running for health and fitness, plus he is coaching a group of 10 young runners that he believes will keep Mexico on the World Marathon Map in the next millennium.
1988 San Blas ½ Marathon, Champion
1990 Elby's Big Boy Classic 20K, Champion CR
1990 Cascade Run Off 15K, Champion
1990 Peachtree Road Race 10K, Champion
1990 Philadelphia Distance Run, Champion CR, WR (1:00:46)
1991 Rotterdam Marathon, second
1992 Beppu-Oita Marathon, Champion CR, NR
1992 Fukuoka International Marathon, fourth
1993 Tokyo ½ Marathon, third
1993 Rotterdam Marathon, Champion
1993 Mexico City Marathon, Champion CR
1993 Fukuoka International Marathon, Champion
1994 Tokyo ½ Marathon, second PR, NR
1994 London Marathon, Champion
1994 Sapporo ½ Marathon, third
Ranked No. 1 Marathoner for 1993 & 1994 by Track and Field News
1995 London Marathon, Champion PR, NR
1995 IAAF World Marathon Championships, second
1996 Kyoto City Half Marathon, second
1996 London Marathon, Champion
1997 Boston Marathon, Third
1997 Coahuila Half Marathon Champion
1997 Medellin Half Marathon, Second
1997 New York City Marathon, Eighth
1999 Monterrey Half Marathon, Second
2000 Coahuila Half Marathon, Sixth
2000 Bogota Half Marathon, Second
2000 Hokkaido Marathon, Champion
|
