Eduardo Buenavista, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eduardo Buenavista

Athletics (sport) competitor

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1978

Place of Birth: General Santos, Philippines

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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 holds 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.