Eduardo Buenavista

Eduardo Buenavista (born 13 October 1978 in Santo Niño, South Cotabato) is a Filipino long-distance runner and two-time Olympian. He holds the Philippine record for multiple long-distance events.

His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours. He also formerly held the Philippine 5000 metres record of 13 minutes, 58 seconds, and performed the 10,000 metres in 29:02.36 minutes.

"Vertek", as called by his friends and the media, finished 67th in the 2004 Athens Olympic marathon. He was a silver medallist in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games in the 10,000m run. He has also won many road races in the Philippines, distance races on previous South East Asian Games the Adidas King of the Road in South Korea and the Adidas King of the Road 2012 in Singapore.

International competitions

Personal bests Event Time Date Location 3000 m 8:10.18 26 May 2002 Manila, Philippines 3000 m Steeplechase 8:37.62 12 September 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5000 m 13:58.43 10 October 2002 Busan, South Korea 10000 m 29:02.32 7 October 2002 Busan, South Korea 10000 m Road 30:19.8 26 June 2005 Jakarta, Indonesia Half Marathon 1:03:57 27 March 2005 Incheon, South Korea Marathon 2:18:56 22 July 2007 Manila, Philippines