Germán Silva
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing Mexico | ||
World Half Marathon Championships
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1994 Oslo | Half marathon | |
CAC Games | ||
1990 Mexico City | 3000m steeplechase |
Germán Silva Martínez (born 9 January 1968 in
Outside marathon running, he was the silver medallist at the
Career
Silva grew up in
Silva changed his focus to the
He came in third at the 1994
At the start of 1995 he ran at the Tokyo Half Marathon and recorded his second-fastest ever time, coming second to Brazil's Eduardo do Nascimento in 1:00:47. At the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, he placed thirteenth in the 10,000 metres. A few months later, he won the New York City Marathon for a second time running, finishing in a time of 2:11:00. He made his Olympic marathon debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games and finished in sixth place. In 1997 he was fifth in New York and fourth in the Boston Marathon. The year after, he ran a lifetime marathon best of 2:08:56 at the Boston race, but this was only enough for sixth place.[5]
Outside major events, he competed on the European road running circuit and had victories at the Giro di Castelbuono and Amatrice-Configno race in Italy in 1995.[8][9] He also won the 1998 Egmond Half Marathon, which he won in a course-record time of 1:03:08.[10]
Following his failure to finish at the
Silva was given the Abebe Bikila Award for 2011 by New York Road Runners in recognition of his memorable victories at the New York City Marathon and his continued work in promoting running in the Mexican community.[12] In October 2014, NYRR received from King Felipe of Spain the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award. Germán, together with Tegla Loroupe as outstanding examples representing the running community, received the same honour. Two weeks later, he was inducted to the NYRR Hall of Fame together with Kathrine Switzer, George Spitz, and Alan Steinfeld.
Achievements
Personal bests
- 3000 metres steeplechase - 8:33.52 minutes (1989)
- 5000 metres - 13:26.11 (1993)
- 10,000 metres - 27:46.52 (1992)
- Half marathon - 1:00:28 (1994)
- Marathon - 2:08:56 (1998)
References
- ^ Germán Silva Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Ibero American Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Central American and Caribbean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Lilac Bloomsday 12 km. ARRS (2011-05-12). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- New York Times. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Dowell, James (2015-01-20) New York City Marathon. ProMarathon. Retrieved on 2015-01-22.
- ^ Amatrice-Configno 8.4 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-08-14). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Monti, David & Civai, Franco (2011-08-02). La Corsa Piu' Antica 10 km. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-01-10). Egmond Half Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
- ^ Longman, Jere (1994-11-07). "Silva: Detour, Stop, Reverse, Victory". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- IAAF/NYRR (2011-10-26). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.