Luis Soares

Luis Soares was a Portuguese-French long-distance runner. Born in Nazaré, he started to run for his birth country, before settling in France in 1986 and being naturalized French in 1989.
On 29 March 1992, he won the Paris Marathon with a personal best of 2:10:03, setting a new French national record which stood until 1998.
He represented France at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, finishing 45th in the Athletics at the [1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon].
He also ran the marathon for France at the 1999 World Athletics Championships but did not finish the race.
Soares died on 13 November 2024, at the age of 60, after a long illness.

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