Benoît Zwierzchiewski (born August 19, 1976, in Mouscron, Belgium) is a male long-distance runner from France who mainly competed in the marathon race during his career. He set his personal best (2:06:36) in the classic distance on April 6, 2003, in Paris, France, equalling the European record set by Portugal's António Pinto at the 2000 edition of the London Marathon. Zwierzchiewski set the course record at the Las Vegas Half marathon on February 9, 1997 besting the hour mark, recording a world class 59:53 which was then ten seconds from Moses Tanui's world's best time.
Achievements Representing 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal7th5000m14:04.342000Reims MarathonReims, France 1stMarathon2:10:472001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada13thMarathon2:18:292002Paris MarathonParis, France 1stMarathon2:08:18European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany14thMarathon2:16.002003Paris MarathonParis, France 2ndMarathon2:06.36World ChampionshipsParis, France—MarathonDNS2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden—MarathonDNF
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