DON'S CHART OF HONOR

53 won battles versus runners who had a better PB (at the time of the race)

6 times I managed to defeat a former National Champ (Greek & Romanian)

Year

Venue

Opponent (Greatest success)

Their PB

My PB

Their time

My time

2010

New York

Haile Gebrselassie (multiple WR holder)

2:03:59 h

Debut

DNF

2:59:34 h

2012

Limassol

Piotr Sawicki

2:45:44 h

2:50:13

2:47:07 h

2:46:43 h

2012

Bonn

Konrad Branse (Best M50 runner in Germany)

2:35:00 h

2:46:43 h

2:50:08 h

2:49:47 h

2012

Wolfsburg

Ruben Schmitz (3^rd Gorch Fock Marathon)

2:45:34 h

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2:53:23 h

2:51:19 h

2012

Wolfsburg

John B. Nielsen (4^th Wolfsburg Marathon)

2:41:10 h

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2:53:31 h

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2012

Wolfsburg

Frank Balzer (Wolfsburg Marathon Champ)

2:35:45 h

-“-

2:59:13 h

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2012

Frankfurt

Jens Wittig (GER)

2:40:40 h

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2:52:12 h

2:47:32 h

2013

Cyprus

Tim Arthus (2^nd Cyprus Marathon)

2:35:39 h

-“-

2:50:25 h

2:44:50 h

2013

Bucharest

Andrei Iustin Onofrei (1:10:30 h Half Marathon)

Debut

2:44:29 h

2:47:54 h

2:47:37 h

2013

Bucharest

Ioan Vaida (Romanian Masters Champ)

2:26:37 h

-“-

2:49:02 h

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2014

Dubai

Zenia Boudjemaa

2:38:35 h

-“-

2:47:42 h

2:47:30 h

2014

Dubai

Graham Hedger (Wales Marathon Champ)

2:40:27 h

-“-

2:52:29 h

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2014

Cyprus

Gerry Hogg (2^nd Cyprus Marathon)

2:37:39 h

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2:49:20 h

2:48:15 h

2014

Cyprus

Danut Cernat (ROM)

2:37:00 h

-“-

3:26:00 h

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2014

Düsseldorf

Thomas Sambale (Benrath Half-M Champ)

2:43:16 h

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DNF

2:41:19 h

2014

Düsseldorf

Manuel Skopnik (Düsseldorf Marathon team Champ)

2:38:38 h

-“-

2:45:31 h

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2014

Düsseldorf

Martin Schneider (13^th Mainz Marathon)

2:43:55 h

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2:52:55 h

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2014

Düsseldorf

Torsten Trems (27^th Cologne Marathon)

2:38:59 h

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2:41:24 h

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2014

Düsseldorf

Daniel Kagelmacher (Wieck Marathon Champ)

2:36:47 h

2:41:19 h

2:42:15 h

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2014

New York

German Silva (New York Marathon Champ)

2:08:56 h

-“-

2:57:37 h

2:54:29 h

2014

New York

Stefano Ciotti (ITA)

2:28:00 h

-“-

3:24:06 h

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2014

New York

Jose Luis Benitez (NY's 1^st police officer 2010)

2:39:08 h

-“-

3:08:56 h

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2015

Cyprus

Alexandre Dodly (DOM)

2:26:00 h

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4:50:54 h

2:48:35 h

2015

Cyprus

Danut Cernat (ROM)**

2:37:00 h

-“-

4:03:50 h

2:48:35 h

2015

Düsseldorf

Andre Pollmächer (National Champ)

2:13:05 h

-“-

DNF

2:44:56 h

2015

Düsseldorf

Sergiu Ciobanu (Dublin Marathon Champ)

2:15:27 h

-“-

DNF

-“-

2015

Düsseldorf

Nikki Johnstone (Multiple 10k & HM winner)

2:36:47 h

-“-

DNF

-“-

2015

Düsseldorf

Manuel Skopnik (German team Champ M40)**

2:38:38 h

-“-

2:47:01 h

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2015

Düsseldorf

Sascha Rein (3^rd M40 Düsseldorf 2014)

2:38:39 h

-“-

2:46:14 h

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2015

Lyon WMA

Jens Wittig**

2:40:40 h

-“-

3:01:59 h

2:46:05 h

2015

Lyon WMA

Gerry Hogg (2^nd Cyprus Marathon)**

2:37:39 h

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2:47:35 h

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2015

Lyon WMA

Mustapha Moumene (ALG)

2:18:00 h

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DNF

-“-

2015

Lyon WMA

Robert Gruber (AUS)

2:24:50 h

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DNF

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2015

LyonWMA

Jérôme Martin (FRA)

2:37:37 h

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DNF

-“-

2015

Bucharest

Ioan Pavel Moisa (ROM) 4^th Berlin 1985

2:19:00 h

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2:51:28 h

2:50:36 h

2015

Bucharest

Arthur Ianos Miklos (ROM) 4-time ROM Champ

2:20:37 h

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DNF

-“-

2015

Bucharest

Gaman Maricel (ROM) 2-time ROM Champ

2:25:54 h

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2:57:24 h

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2015

Bucharest

Andrei Iustin Onofrei (1:10:30 h Half Marathon)

2:47:54 h

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2:53:41 h

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2015

Bucharest

Danut Cernat (ROM)***

2:37:00 h

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3:28:03 h

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2016

Mumbai

Keith Garbutt (Mumbai M45 Category Winner)

2:41:05 h

-“-

2:57:42 h

2:54:11 h

2016

Bonn

Konrad Branse (Best M50 runner in Germany)

2:35:00 h

-“-

2:57:57 h

2:53:11 h

2016

Cologne

René Spanier (GER)

2:37:49 h

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2:55:07 h

2:48:17 h

2016

Athens

Pavel Borodin (RUS) 2^nd Limassol Marathon '16

2:30:36 h

-“-

2:56:43 h

2:53:15 h

2016

Athens

Pennina Wanjiru (KEN) Malaga& Brighton Champ

2:34:25 h

-“-

2:55:31 h

2:53:15 h

2016

Athens

Anagnostou Theodoros (GRE) former Greek Champ

2:34:25 h

-“-

2:54:09 h

2:53:15 h

2016

Athens

Emmanuil Sifakis (GRE) Crete Champ 2016

2:38:52 h

-“-

3:02:00 h

2:53:15 h

2016

Athens

Gladys Kwambai (KEN)

2:36:14 h

-“-

2:55:10 h

2:53:15 h

2016

Athens

David Coales (ENG)

2:36:46 h

-“-

2:54:39 h

2:53:15 h

2017

Cyprus

Graham Hedger (GRB) Wales Marathon Champ***

2:40:27 h

-“-

2:56:54 h

2:53:15 h

2017

Cyprus

Danut Cernat (ROM) ***

2017

Bucharest

Mircea Marian Sacara (Romanian Champ 2010)

2:25:39 h

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2:44:13 h

2:43:13 h

2017

Bucharest

Viorel Tams (Brasov Marathon Champ 2017)

2:33:07 h

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2:4: h

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2017

Bucharest

Claudiu Gorgan (3^rd @ Cluj Marathon 2017)

2:33:54 h

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2:4: h

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