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Fabián Roncero

Fabián Roncero in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Fabián Roncero Domínguez
Born	(1970-10-19) 19 October 1970 (age 54) Madrid, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Long-distance running
Events	10000 metres Half marathon Marathon

Fabián Roncero Domínguez (born 19 October 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. 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.

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 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

References

1. Minshull, Phil (2015-03-22). Farah wins at Lisbon Half Marathon with European record of 59:32. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.
2. AIRE LIBRE - Récords de España Absolutos - HOMBRES Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.

• Fabián Roncero at World Athletics

• 1970 births
• Living people
• Spanish male long-distance runners
• Spanish male marathon runners
• Athletes from Madrid
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain
• Spanish Athletics Championships winners