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, to this day the only Portuguese runner to win at Fukuoka. 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.City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners
Achievements Representing 1988Paris Marathon Paris, France 1stMarathon2:13:531989Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 1stMarathon2:12:541990European Championships Split, Yugoslavia8thMarathon2:18:521991World Championships Tokyo, Japan —MarathonDNF1992City-Pier-City Loop The Hague, Netherlands 1stHalf Marathon1:02:04 1994Seoul International Marathon Seoul, South Korea 1stMarathon2:08:33European Championships Helsinki, Finland7thMarathon2:12:48 1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States46thMarathon2:20:58
References 1989 Year Ranking