# Dionísio Castro

> Dionísio Silva Castro is a former long-distance runner from Portugal, best known for setting the world record in the 20,000 metres on 31 March 1990, when he clocked 57:18.4 in La Flèche. Castro continued for another 943 metres in an attempt to break Jos Hermens' world record for the one-hour run as well, but missed out by one metre.
He competed for the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal.

*Athletics competitor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/dionisio-castro

## Identity
- **Country:** Portugal
- **Born:** 1963-11-22
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #227

## Sources
- [Каштру, Дионизиу](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%83)
- [ديونيسيو كاسترو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Dionísio Castro](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372231)

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