Manuel Matias (runner)

For the football player and coach, see 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.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Portugal
1988	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:13:53
1989	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:12:54
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	8th	Marathon	2:18:52
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
1992	City-Pier-City Loop	The Hague, Netherlands	1st	Half Marathon	1:02:04
1994	Seoul International Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	1st	Marathon	2:08:33
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	Marathon	2:12:48
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	46th	Marathon	2:20:58