birth_place headercolor birth_date article_title name
mexico city , mexico lightsteelblue april 4 , 1971 adriana fernández
 adriana fernández
adriana fernández

adriana fernández miranda -lrb- born april 4 , 1971 in mexico city -rrb- is a long-distance runner from méxico .
fernández was 2nd in 1998 , and in 1999 , she became the first mexican woman to win the new york city marathon in a time of 2:25:06 in a dominant performance by taking charge on a windy day and kept building her lead .
in 2003 , fernández held mexican records in the 5,000 meter run , the 10,000 meter run , the half marathon , and the marathon .
her personal best time in a marathon was established at the 1999 london marathon , where her time was 2:24:06 .
she represented her native country at three consecutive summer olympics , starting in 1996 .
