Enrique_Molina_(athlete)
Enrique Molina (runner)
Spanish athletics competitor
Enrique Molina Vargas[lower-alpha 1] (born 25 February 1968) is a retired Spanish runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
He was born in La Zubia.[1] He won the bronze medal in 3000 metres at the 1993 World Indoor Championships,[2] finished seventh in the 5000 metres at the 1996 Olympic Games,[1] eighth in the 5000 metres at the 1997 World Championships and fourteenth in the 10,000 metres at the 1999 World Championships.[2] He also competed at the 1992 European Indoor Championships,[3] the 1995 World Championships, the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.[2] He became Spanish 5000 metres champion in 1995,[4] and indoor 1500 metres champion in 1993.[5]
In cross-country running he finished twenty-fourth in the long race at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships and seventeenth at the 2000 World Cross Country Championships.[2] In the team competition Spain finished fourth in 1999 and repeated this in 2000.[6][7] Molina became Spanish cross-country champion in 2000.[4]
His personal best times were 3:38.51 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Zürich; 7:32.32 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 1997 in Oslo; 13:07.34 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1997 in Stockholm; and 27:49.71 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in April 1998 in Lisbon.[2]
