Luiz dos Santos

Luiz dos Santos was a distance runner primarily known for cross-country running and marathoning. He competed at the IAAF World Cross-Country Championships in 1991 and 1993, and helped Brazil share the team gold medal at the 1993 and 1994 South American Cross-Country Championships. Santos competed four times at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships – in 1993-94, 1999, and 2001.

Santos made his marathon début in 1993, winning in Blumenau in 2-12:15, and later in 1993 won the Chicago Marathon in 2-13:14, a victory he would repeat in 1994.

His greatest season was 1995 when he finished third in the Boston Marathon and brought home a bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships. He ended the year with wins at the São Paulo Marathon and the Fukuoka Marathon, where he won in a personal best of 2-09:30. At the 1997 Worlds Santos finished fifth in the marathon. Santos retired from high-level competition after the 2001 season.

Personal Best: Mar – 2-08:55 (1997).