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Manuel Damião (born 4 July 1978) is a Portuguese middle- and long-distance runner. He represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is a two-time silver medallist at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics and participated in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on ten occasions from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Maratona Clube de Portugal and works as a full-time fire fighter in Lisbon.〔 ==Career== Born in Beja,〔(Masculinos ). Maraton Clube de Portugal. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 he started out as a middle-distance runner and ran in the 1500 metres at the 1995 European Youth Olympic Festival and the 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships.〔(European Youth Games 1995 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕〔(European Junior Championships 1997 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He made his junior international debut in cross country running in 1997, ranking 75th in the World Cross Championships and 16th at the European Cross Championships.〔(World Cross Junior Championships 1997 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕〔(European Cross Junior Championships 1997 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 Damião's senior breakthrough came in 2000, as he won the silver medal at the 2000 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (finishing behind Brazil's Hudson de Souza)〔(Ibero American Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 and came 31st in the short race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.〔(Manuel Damiao ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He and de Souza repeated their placings at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics.〔 He appeared three more times in the World Cross Country short race in 2004–2006, but did not feature in the top forty.〔 He made his Olympic debut in the 2004 season after achieving life-time bests on the track of 1:47.64 minutes for the 800 metres and 3:34.37 minutes for the 1500 m. At the 2004 Athens Olympics he reached the semi-finals and was the fastest runner not to reach the 1500 metres final.〔(Manuel Damiao ). Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He also won his first national title that year, taking the cross country short course title.〔(Portuguese Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He won the European Cup First League title in the 1500 m in 2005 and 2006.〔(European Cup B Final and First League ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 His first appearance at the European Athletics Championships came in 2006 and he was a semi-finalist.〔(European Championships 2006 Results ). European Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 Following the abolition of the short race from the cross country championships, he began to focus on longer distances on grass. He was runner-up at the Almond Blossom Cross Country in 2007 behind multiple continental champion Sergiy Lebid.〔Fernandes, António Manuel (2007-02-25). (Lebid and Inzikuru win at 30th Almond Blossom XC ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He won his first international at the 2009 Lusophony Games held in Lisbon, taking the 5000 metres gold medal.〔 *(LusofG Lisboa POR 12 - 13 July ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 He was a regular pick for Portuguese team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 2007 to 2012, with his best performance being 47th place in 2011. He began taking part in road races around 2011 and set a half marathon best of 65:26 minutes at the Portugal Half Marathon that year.〔 He had back-to-back wins at the São Silvestre de Lisboa in 2011 and 2012. He secured the third national title of his career in 2012 by becoming the long course Portuguese champion at the Almond Blossom Cross Country (finishing third overall in the race).〔Civai, Franco (9 March 2009). (Amendoeiras em Flor (Almond Blossom) 10 km and 6 km ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 In 2013, he became the first Portuguese man to win the race outright since〔Fernandes, António Manuel (2013-02-24). (Damião surprises as Chepkoech defends in Albufeira ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-02.〕 Damião won the 15K Portuguese road title at the start of 2013 and followed it with a third place finish for Maratona Clube de Portugal at the European Clubs Cross Country Championships. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Damião」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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