Marílson Gomes dos Santos
[5][6] Gomes dos Santos won the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathon, becoming the first South American to win the race.[10] He signed up for the New York Marathon that year and used the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo (the Brazilian athletics championships) as his preparation, winning the 10,000 m title.[11] He secured his third career win at the Saint Silvester Race in São Paulo at the end of the year – a record number for a Brazilian runner since the opening of the run for international participant (since 1945).[12] At the 2011 London Marathon, he set a personal best of 2:06:34 hours and placed fourth in the fast race behind a Kenyan trio of Emmanuel Mutai, Martin Lel and Patrick Makau.[1][2] He is married to Juliana Paula dos Santos, a fellow runner who won gold medals at the 2007 and 2015 Pan American Games.
Portuguese namefamily nameBrasíliaBrazilhalf marathonmarathonPan American Games2011 Guadalajara10,000 metres2003 Santo Domingo2007 Rio de Janeiro5000 metresUniversiade1997 Sicily1999 Palmalong-distance runnerNew York City MarathonSouth AmericanSouth American recordmedalsSouth American Cross Country Championshipssilverbronze2010 London MarathonAbel KiruiTroféu Brasil de Atletismo2011 London MarathonEmmanuel MutaiMartin LelPatrick Makau2012 Summer OlympicsJuliana Paula dos SantosSouth American Cross Country Championships (U20)ColombiaWorld Cross Country Championships (U20)DurhamUnited Kingdom8.47 kmPan American Athletics ChampionshipsSantiagoSouth American Junior ChampionshipsSouth American Cross Country Championships – (U20)AsunciónParaguayStellenboschSouth Africa8.35 kmBucaramangaWorld Junior ChampionshipsSydneyAustralia14:30.99CataniaArtur NogueiraWorld Cross Country ChampionshipsBelfastPalma de MallorcaCartagenaIbero-American ChampionshipsRio de JaneiroSaint Silvester Road RaceSão PauloSouth American ChampionshipsBarquisimetoVenezuelaSanto DomingoDominican Republic5000 m10,000 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinkiFinlandPuerto RicoWorld CupAthensGreeceNew York CityUnited StatesWorld Road Running ChampionshipsEdinburghOlympic GamesBeijingWorld Half Marathon ChampionshipsSouth American Half Marathon ChampionshipsBerlinGermanyBirminghamLondon MarathonLondonSan FernandoBuenos AiresArgentinaGuadalajaraMéxicoBerlin MarathonWayback MachineWorld AthleticsBM&F BovespaGary MuhrckeNorm HigginsSheldon KarlinTom FlemingNorbert SanderBill RodgersAlberto SalazarRod DixonOrlando PizzolatoGianni PoliIbrahim HusseinSteve JonesJuma IkangaaDouglas WakiihuriSalvador GarcíaWillie MtoloAndrés EspinosaGermán SilvaGiacomo LeoneJohn KagweJoseph ChebetAbdelkader El MouazizTesfaye JifarRodgers RopHendrick RamaalaPaul TergatMeb KeflezighiGebregziabher Gebremariam