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Luís Azevedo da Silva Novo (born May 29, 1970 in Mamarrosa – Oliveira do Bairro) is a long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 2001 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:10.28. He ended up in fourth place in the men’s marathon at the 1999 World Championships.

He set het personal best time (2:09.41) in 2004 at the Berlin Marathon, when he finished in seventh place. Novo represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 50th place.

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About

NOME: Luís Azevedo da Silva Novo
DATA DE NASCIMENTO: 29/05/70
NATURALIDADE: Caneira-Mamarrosa ( Oliveira do Bairro)
PESO: 61 kg
ALTURA: 173 cms

HABILITAÇÕES LITERÁRIAS:
Licenciado em Educação Física pela Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e de Educação Física da Universidade do Porto.

INÍCIO DE CARREIRA: 1986
ESPECIALIDADE: Meio-Fundo e Fundo
ÚLTIMO CLUBE: Maia Atlético Clube – Real Seguros
ÚLTIMO TREINADOR: Prof. João Campos
FINAL DE CARREIRA: Dezembro de 2007

CLUBES REPRESENTADOS:
C.P. Mamarrosa
Arviscal
A.D.E.R.C.U.Serena
A.D.R.E.Palhaça
C.D.U.Porto
TerBel
F.C.Porto
Xistarca
Maia Atlético Clube

Records

For the record, my personal bests:

  • 1500 metres – 3:49.6 min (1998) Maia/Portugal
  • 3000 metres – 8:03.65 min (1995) Lisbon/Portugal
  • 5000 metres – 13:46.67 min (1996) Leiria/Portugal
  • 10,000 metres – 28:39.64 min (1997) Catania/Italy
  • Half marathon – 1:01:50 hrs (1998) Zurich/Switzerland
  • Marathon – 2:09:41 hrs (2004) Berlin/Germany

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Marathon progression:

  • 1998     2:10:32 (2nd place)           Reims           11/10/1998
  • 1999     2:14:27 (4th place)            Sevilla           28/08/1999 (World Championships)
  • 2000     2:11:29 (13th place)          Rotterdam     16/04/2000
  • 2000     2:23:04 (50th place)          Sydney          01/10/2000 (Olympic Games)
  • 2001     2:10:28 (1st place)            Wien             20/05/2001
  • 2002     2:19:35 (9th place)            Oita              03/02/2002
  • 2004     2:09:41 (7th place)            Berlin            26/09/2004
  • 2005     2:18:36 (24th place)          Helsinki         13/08/2005 (World Championships)
  • 2006     2:22:18 (22th place)          Hamburg        23/04/2006

Pictures

  1. Photosets
Maratonas
Maratonas (15 photos)
Berlin, Rotterdam, etc...
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Gotemburgo 2006
Gotemburgo 2006 (21 photos)
Goteborg European Championships 2006
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Edmonton 2001
Edmonton 2001 (20 photos)
Edmonton 2001 World Athletics Championships
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Sydney 2000
Sydney 2000 (20 photos)
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
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Sevilha 1999
Sevilha 1999 (20 photos)
Sevilla'99 World Athletics Championships
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