Andrés Espinosa facts for kids

Espinosa in action

Andrés Espinoza Pérez (born 4 February 1963) is a Mexican former 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 master (+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 in 1994.

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