event headercolor birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date article_title name
long-distance running , marathon # 98c9f5 bangui , central african republic 68 kg lb 0 on 1.83 0 on '' 1993 -rrb- '' ` marathon '' ' : 2:18:06 -lrb- ' 2003 -rrb- 5000 m '' ' : 14:24.72 -lrb- athletics 24 september 1972 ernest ndjissipou
 ernest ndjissipou
ernest ndjissipou

ernest ndjissipou -lrb- born september 24 , 1972 in bangui -rrb- is a retired central african long-distance and marathon runner .
he represented the central african republic in three editions of the olympic games -lrb- 1992 , 1996 , and 2004 -rrb- , and has also set both a national record and a personal best of 2:18:06 in men 's marathon from the 2003 iaaf world championships in paris , france .
ndjissipou made his official debut as a long-distance runner in the men 's 5000 metres at the 1992 summer olympics in barcelona , where he finished twelfth in the last of four preliminary heats with a time of 14:40.12 , trailing behind leader salvatore antibo of italy by one minute and ten seconds .
at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta , ndjissipou extended his track and field resume by competing in the men 's marathon .
though he had never experienced road running in a global stage , ndjissipou managed to claim a ninety-seventh spot successfully in a vast field of a hundred athletes with a time of 2:35:55 .
eight years after competing in his last olympics , ndjissipou qualified for his third central african team , as a 31-year-old , in the men 's marathon at the 2004 summer olympics in athens by receiving a berth from the iaaf world championships in paris .
he finished the race with a forty-fourth place time in 2:21:23 , trailing behind italian runner and gold medalist stefano baldini and brazil 's vanderlei de lima -lrb- whose race had been grappled and pushed off by irish protester cornelius horan -rrb- by an estimation of ten seconds .
building his own milestone as a three-time olympian , ndjissipou was appointed by the national olympic committee -lrb- -rrb- to carry the central african flag in the opening ceremony .
