Eduardo Buenavista is a Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 long-distance runner and two-time Olympian

Summer Olympic Games

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. He holds the Philippine record for multiple long distance events.

His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours. He also holds the Philippine 5000 metres

5000 metres

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 record of 13 minutes, 58 seconds, and performed the 10,000 metres in 29:02.36 minutes.

"Vertek", as monickered by his friends and the media, finished 67th in the 2004 Athens Olympic marathon

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent road surface for the athletes. Drawing upon the ancient origins of the race, the marathon began in...

. He was a silver medal

Silver medal

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list in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games

Athletics at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

The athletics events at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games were held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila, Philippines. The Marathon event was run from the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines on December 4, 2005....

 in the 10,000m run. He has also won many road races in the Philippines, distance races on previous South East Asian Games and the Adidas King of the Road in South Korea

South Korea

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Achievements

Representing the
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	3rd	10,000 m
2004	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...	Athens, Greece	67th	Marathon Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The Men's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent road surface for the athletes. Drawing upon the ancient origins of the race, the marathon began in...

Personal Best

• 3000 Metres 8:17.14 min. (Manila 26 05 2002)

• 5000 Metres 13:58.43 min. (Busan 10 10 2002)

• 10,000 Metres 29:02.36 min. (Busan 07 10 2002)

• Half Marathon 1:02:58 hrs. (Manila 06 07 2008)

• Marathon 2:18:44 hrs. (Oita 01 02 2004)

• 3000 Metres(SC) 8:40.77 min. (Kuala Lumpur 12 09 2001)

External links

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