# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dionisio-castro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:37:46.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dionisio-castro"
name: "Dionísio Castro"
slug: "dionisio-castro"
description: "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.\nHe competed for the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal."
tagline: "Athletics competitor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
birthDate: "1963-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             1.181102362204724
  historical:           7.405112000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  227
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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"
    title: "Каштру, Дионизиу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ديونيسيو كاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro"
    title: "Dionísio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump