António Coelho Pinto (born 22 March 1966 in Vila Garcia, Amarante) is a Portuguese long-distance runner who won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000. He also won the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, beginning in 1988.
Previously a cyclist, Pinto switched to running in ...
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António Coelho Pinto (born 22 March 1966 in Vila Garcia, Amarante) is a Portuguese long-distance runner who won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000. He also won the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, beginning in 1988.
Previously a cyclist, Pinto switched to running in 1986. World class over 10,000 m, he made the Olympic final in 1988, in only his third year in the sport, captured the European title ten years later in 1998, and added the European record in 1999. But it is at the marathon that he has become best known. A modest seventh place (2:12:39) debut at Carpi, in 1991, was only a hint at what was to come. He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1998 .
With a best time for the marathon of 2:06:36, which is a European record for the classic distance, and six other sub-2:09:00 finishes, Pinto is one of the...
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