Polin Belisle

Apolinario "Polin" Belisle Gómez (born July 2, 1966) is a former marathon runner. He represented Belize at the 1988 Olympic Games and was scheduled to represent Honduras at the 1992 Olympic Games, before being removed from the team, although he nevertheless took part in the marathon event.

Personal life Polin Belisle was born in Honduras, and brought up in Belize. After Belisle's parents divorced in 1970, his mother moved to Los Angeles, US. Belisle later moved to Cerritos, California, US in 1975. In 1989, Belisle became a naturalized American citizen.

In April 1990, Belisle set the Belize half-marathon record by recording a time of 1:13:30 in the Belize City marathon. His record stood until 2006, when it was beaten by Ron Hyde. In 1991, Belisle was disqualified from the 1991 Long Beach Marathon after CCTV footage could not spot him during the middle of the race; he had originally finished fifth. Belisle was also disqualified from the 1992 Los Angeles Marathon, in which he had finished 20th, for the same reason. On July 15, Belisle swore an oath to the Honduras Olympic Team, and was entered to compete in the 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and marathon events at the 1992 Olympics. He is believed to have been the first unauthorized runner to compete at the Olympics since 1984, when Margaret de Jesús competed in place of her sister Madeline in a qualifying heat of the 4×400 meters race.