Iván Zarco

Iván Zarco Alvarez (born 8 February 1984)[1] is a Honduran long-distance runner. In 2020, he competed in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[2] In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he represented Honduras in the marathon, and finished in 76th place, the last of all competitors who reached the finish line.[3][4]

Iván Zarco Alvarez
Personal information
Born (1984-02-08) 8 February 1984
Barcelona, Spain
Sport
CountryHonduras
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running

He represented Spain until the end of 2019 and, as of 1 January 2020, he represents Honduras in international competitions.[1][5] In 2020, at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia he set a Honduran national record in half-marathon, finishing the race at 1:04.08.[6][7] Zarco made headlines in March 2021, when he was scheduled to run a marathon in Dresden but instead gave his number to the former compatriot Camilo Santiago who ran as Zarco and finished in 2:17.46, which would have been a new record of Honduras. Santiago was swiftly discovered and disqualified for two years;[8] the sanction was annulled in August 2021 by the Administrative Court.[9] Zarco was not sanctioned initially, since no obvious motive was discovered in his actions.[10] In 2023, both were suspended for six months.[11]

Competition record
Representing  Honduras
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2021 2020 Summer Olympics Sapporo, Japan 76th Marathon 2:44.36[12]

References
  1. "Iván Zarco". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. "Men's Marathon Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. "Honduran Iván Zarco finished last in the Tokyo marathon". Archysport. 8 August 2021.
  5. "Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago". El Español (in Spanish). 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  6. "El 'español' Iván Zarco finaliza último el maratón: ¡esta vez sí corrió él con su dorsal!". Marca (in Spanish). 8 August 2021.
  7. Nieto, Jose (21 July 2021). "Iván Zarco, el español que correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 con Honduras a costa de Camilo Santiago". El Español (in Spanish).
  8. "Iván Zarco correrá la maratón de Tokio 2020 a pesar de que Camilo Santiago está sancionado". Runner's World (in Spanish). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  9. "Athletics: The Administrative Court of Sports annuls Camilo Santiago's two-year sanction". 24 Sport. 15 August 2021.
  10. "Camilo Santiago corre un maratón con otro dorsal... y bate el récord nacional de Honduras". Marca (in Spanish). 23 March 2021.
  11. Spanish and Honduran marathon runners handed six-month bans for bib-fixing
  12. "Kipchoge third runner ever to win back-to-back Olympic marathon gold -". August 8, 2021.
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