Andrés Espinosa

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Espinosa and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Espinosa in action

Andrés Espinosa Pérez (born 4 February 1963 in Monclova, Coahuila) is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races.

Espinosa finished ninth at the 1995 World Championships in 2:16:44 hours. He won the 1993 New York Marathon and achieved his personal best time of 2:07:19 hours at the 1994 Boston Marathon. He set the world masters (+40) record for the marathon in Berlin Marathon 2003 (2:08:46), which lasted nearly a dozen years until it was broken by 2 seconds in 2015 by Evergreen Kenneth Mungara. He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1994.[1]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Mexico
1988 Dallas Marathon Dallas, United States 1st Marathon 2:16:13
1989 Dallas Marathon Dallas, United States 1st Marathon 2:16:19
1991 New York City Marathon New York, United States 2nd Marathon 2:10:00
1992 New York City Marathon New York, United States 2nd Marathon 2:10:44
1993 New York City Marathon New York, United States 1st Marathon 2:10:04
1994 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 2nd Marathon 2:07:19
Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon, Portugal 1st Half marathon 1:01.34
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th Marathon 2:16:44
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece Marathon DNF
Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd Marathon 2:10:22
1999 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 17th Marathon 2:18:47
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 27th Marathon 2:18:02
2001 Torreon Marathon Torreon, Mexico 1st Marathon 2:10:57
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 21st Marathon 2:23:06
2003 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 23rd Marathon 2:19:54
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 4th Marathon 2:08:46
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 69th Marathon 2:29:43

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