Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín (born 3 March 1963 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava) is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. The same year he captured the title in the Rotterdam Marathon. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Fiz came fourth in the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon. A year later he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, finishing behind his countryman Abel Anton.
Marathon Man (film) which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his then-new Steadicam, after "Bound for Glory". However, it was the first feature using the Steadicam that saw theatrical release, predating the premieres of both "Bound for Glory" and "Rocky" by two months. This new camera stabilization system was used extensively in "Marathon Man"'s running and chase scenes on the streets of New York City. The movie was filmed from October 1975 to February 1976. The film explores themes of endurance and the pursuit of Nazi war criminals. Some critics believed that the violence exhibited was necessary to the film and to the character of