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Fabián Roncero
Fabián Roncero Domínguez (born October 19, 1970 in Madrid) is a
former long-distance runner from Spain. He ran in track, cross country and
road running competitions. His personal best of 59:52 minutes for the half
marathon, set in 2001, lasted as a European record for fourteen years.[1] It
remains the Spanish record for the distance. He also holds national records in
the 10,000 metres (27:14.44 minutes), and for the 15 km, 20 km and 30 km
intermediates on the road.[2]

He represented his country three times consecutively at the World

Championships in Athletics, coming sixth in the marathon in 1997, failing to
finish the 1999 marathon, and then finally coming fifth in the 10,000 metres
in 2001. He was 22nd at the 1995 IAAF World Half Marathon
Championships.

On grass, he was a four-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country

Championships, his best outing being tenth in the long race in 1998. He won
Fabián Roncero in 2012.
a bronze medal at the 2002 European Cross Country Championships, leading
the Spanish men to the team title as well. He was also a team bronze
medallist at the 1998 edition and a team silver medallist at the 2003 race (where he was sixth individually).

On the road circuit he won the 1996 Italian Marathon in a time of 2:09:43 and the 1998 Rotterdam Marathon in a lifetime
best of 2:07:26 hours. He returned to Rotterdam in 2001, but his time of 2:10:08 was only enough for seventh on that
occasion. As of 2014, he remains the most recent European man to win the Rotterdam Marathon.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

Representing Spain

1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 6th Marathon 2:16:53

1999 World Championships Seville, Spain — Marathon DNF

Personal bests

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Event Time (h:m:s) Date Place

3000 m 7:41.48 25 July 2010 Barcelona, Spain

5000 m 13:22.46 18 August 2001 San Sebastián Spain

10,000 m 27:14.44 4 April 1998 Lisbon, Portugal

Half marathon 59:52 NR 1 April 2001 Berlin, Germany

Marathon 2:07:23 18 April 1999 Rotterdam, Netherlands

References
1. Minshull, Phil (2015-03-22). Farah wins at Lisbon Half Marathon with European record of 59:32 (http://www.iaaf.org/n
ews/report/mo-farah-edp-lisbon-half-marathon1). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.
2. AIRE LIBRE - Récords de España Absolutos - HOMBRES (http://www.rfea.es/records/alabsrecordsh.htm). RFEA.
Retrieved on 2015-03-22.

Fabián Roncero (https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/athcode=55901) profile at IAAF

Sporting positions

Men's Half Marathon Best Year

Preceded by Succeeded by
Performance
Kenichi Takahashi Haile Gebrselassie
2001

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