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) |
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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 (3rd Gorch Fock Marathon) |
2:45:34 h |
-“- |
2:53:23 h |
2:51:19 h |
2012 |
Wolfsburg |
John B. Nielsen (4th Wolfsburg Marathon) |
2:41:10 h |
-“- |
2:53:31 h |
-“- |
2012 |
Wolfsburg |
Frank Balzer (Wolfsburg Marathon Champ) |
2:35:45 h |
-“- |
2:59:13 h |
-“- |
2012 |
Frankfurt |
Jens Wittig (GER) |
2:40:40 h |
-“- |
2:52:12 h |
2:47:32 h |
2013 |
Cyprus |
Tim Arthus (2nd 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 |
-“- |
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 |
-“- |
2014 |
Cyprus |
Gerry Hogg (2nd Cyprus Marathon) |
2:37:39 h |
-“- |
2:49:20 h |
2:48:15 h |
2014 |
Cyprus |
Danut Cernat (ROM) |
2:37:00 h |
-“- |
3:26:00 h |
-“- |
2014 |
Düsseldorf |
Thomas Sambale (Benrath Half-M Champ) |
2:43:16 h |
-“- |
DNF |
2:41:19 h |
2014 |
Düsseldorf |
Manuel Skopnik (Düsseldorf Marathon team Champ) |
2:38:38 h |
-“- |
2:45:31 h |
-“- |
2014 |
Düsseldorf |
Martin Schneider (13th Mainz Marathon) |
2:43:55 h |
-“- |
2:52:55 h |
-“- |
2014 |
Düsseldorf |
Torsten Trems (27th Cologne Marathon) |
2:38:59 h |
-“- |
2:41:24 h |
-“- |
2014 |
Düsseldorf |
Daniel Kagelmacher (Wieck Marathon Champ) |
2:36:47 h |
2:41:19 h |
2:42:15 h |
-“- |
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 |
-“- |
2014 |
New York |
Jose Luis Benitez (NY's 1st police officer 2010) |
2:39:08 h |
-“- |
3:08:56 h |
-“- |
2015 |
Cyprus |
Alexandre Dodly (DOM) |
2:26:00 h |
-“- |
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 |
-“- |
2015 |
Düsseldorf |
Sascha Rein (3rd M40 Düsseldorf 2014) |
2:38:39 h |
-“- |
2:46:14 h |
-“- |
2015 |
Lyon WMA |
Jens Wittig** |
2:40:40 h |
-“- |
3:01:59 h |
2:46:05 h |
2015 |
Lyon WMA |
Gerry Hogg (2nd Cyprus Marathon)** |
2:37:39 h |
-“- |
2:47:35 h |
-“- |
2015 |
Lyon WMA |
Mustapha Moumene (ALG) |
2:18:00 h |
-“- |
DNF |
-“- |
2015 |
Lyon WMA |
Robert Gruber (AUS) |
2:24:50 h |
-“- |
DNF |
-“- |
2015 |
LyonWMA |
Jérôme Martin (FRA) |
2:37:37 h |
-“- |
DNF |
-“- |
2015 |
Bucharest |
Ioan Pavel Moisa (ROM) 4th Berlin 1985 |
2:19:00 h |
-“- |
2:51:28 h |
2:50:36 h |
2015 |
Bucharest |
Arthur Ianos Miklos (ROM) 4-time ROM Champ |
2:20:37 h |
-“- |
DNF |
-“- |
2015 |
Bucharest |
Gaman Maricel (ROM) 2-time ROM Champ |
2:25:54 h |
-“- |
2:57:24 h |
-“- |
2015 |
Bucharest |
Andrei Iustin Onofrei (1:10:30 h Half Marathon) |
2:47:54 h |
-“- |
2:53:41 h |
-“- |
2015 |
Bucharest |
Danut Cernat (ROM)*** |
2:37:00 h |
-“- |
3:28:03 h |
-“- |
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 |
-“- |
2:55:07 h |
2:48:17 h |
2016 |
Athens |
Pavel Borodin (RUS) 2nd 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) *** |
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2017 |
Bucharest |
Mircea Marian Sacara (Romanian Champ 2010) |
2:25:39 h |
-“- |
2:44:13 h |
2:43:13 h |
2017 |
Bucharest |
Viorel Tams (Brasov Marathon Champ 2017) |
2:33:07 h |
-“- |
2:4: h |
-“- |
2017 |
Bucharest |
Claudiu Gorgan (3rd @ Cluj Marathon 2017) |
2:33:54 h |
-“- |
2:4: h |
-“- |