Ronaldo da Costa

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Ronaldo da Costa
Personal information
Born (1970-06-07) 7 June 1970 (age 55)
Descoberto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
World Half Marathon Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Oslo Half marathon
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata 10,000m

Ronaldo da Costa (born 7 June 1970) is a Brazilian former long-distance runner and former world-record holder for the marathon distance.

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Career

Da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin, having been fifth-placed in the previous year. The record had been held by Belayneh Densamo from Ethiopia at the Rotterdam Marathon in April 1988. [1] The record fell in the following year, almost eleven months later. During his record run Da Costa also was the first man to officially reach the 40 km mark under two hours. He arrived at the 40K split in 1:59:55. [2]

The youngest of eleven children, Da Costa became a national hero after winning the internationally competed São Silvestre Brazilian road race (15 km) in 1994. The same year he won the 5,000 m in the Ibero-American Championships entered by south-western European, Central and Southern American countries. From 1997, aged 27, until 2003 Da Costa achieved top-20 results in four marathons, however unlike most marathon record holders, did not win any international marathons apart from his world-record-breaking run.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1993 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st5000 m 13:58.7
1994 World Half Marathon Championships Oslo, Norway 3rdHalf marathon60:00.54
Ibero-American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st5000m 13:47.99
2nd10,000m 28:18.26
1995 Pan American Games Mar del Plata, Argentina 7th5000 m 14:01.47
3rd10,000 m 29:07.68
South American Championships Manaus, Brazil 1st5000 m 13:51.66
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia 16th10,000 m 29:26.58
1997 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 5thMarathon2:09:07
1998 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 1stMarathon2:06:05 WR
World Half Marathon Championships Uster, Switzerland 12thHalf marathon61:04.54
1999 London Marathon London, England 17thMarathon2:14:10
2002 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 16thMarathon2:12:52
2003 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 17thMarathon2:20:57

References

  1. IAAF All Time Marathon List Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  2. "2021 New York Marathon Statistical Information" (PDF). germanroadraces.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
Records
Preceded by Men's Marathon World Record Holder
20 September 1998 – 24 October 1999
Succeeded by