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Name
  
Manuel Matias


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Manuel Fernando Gonilho Matias (born March 30, 1962 in Alfundão, Ferreira do Alentejo) is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 1989 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:12:54 on December 3, 1989. A year earlier he triumphed in the Paris Marathon. Matias represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 46th place (2:20:58).

He won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague in 1992.

References

Manuel Matias Wikipedia