View source for Manuel Matias (runner)

{{short description|Portuguese long-distance runner}}
{{For|the football player and coach|Manuel Amadeu de Matos Matias}}

'''Manuel Fernando Gonilho Matias''' (born 30 March 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 3 December 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.<ref>[https://www.arrs.run/HP_CPCHM.htm City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners]</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{POR}}
|-
|1988
|[[Paris Marathon]] 
|[[Paris]], France
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:13:53
|-
|1989
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]] 
|[[Fukuoka]], Japan
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:12:54
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Split (city)|Split]], Yugoslavia
|8th
|Marathon
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|2:18:52]]
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
| —
|Marathon
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon|DNF]]
|-
|1992
|[[City-Pier-City Loop]] 
|[[The Hague]], Netherlands
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Half Marathon
|1:02:04
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1994
|[[Seoul International Marathon]] 
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:08:33
|-
|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|7th
|Marathon
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|2:12:48]] 
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, United States]]
|46th
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:20:58]] 
|}

==References==
* [https://arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1989.htm 1989 Year Ranking]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/manuel-matias-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095839/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/manuel-matias-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Manuel Matias}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer Paris Marathon Champions Men}}
{{Footer Fukuoka Marathon Champions Men}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's marathon champions}}
{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matias, Manuel}}
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Portuguese male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Portuguese male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Portugal]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:Paris Marathon male winners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Beja District]]
[[Category:20th-century Portuguese sportsmen]]


{{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub}}