Question: Facts:   - sport: running    - imagesize: 230px    - weight: 62 kg lb on    - pb: '' 2002 -rrb- '' ' 3000 m steeplechase : '' ' ' 8:40.77 -lrb- 2001 -rrb- '' ' 5000 m : '' 3000 ' 13:58.43 -lrb- 2002 -rrb- '' ' 10000 m : m '' ' 29:02.36 -lrb- 2002 -rrb- '' ' 10000 m : road : '' ' 30:20 -lrb- 2005 -rrb- '' ` '' half marathon : '' ' 1:03:42 -lrb- 2005 -rrb- '' ' ` marathon : '' ' 2:18:53 -lrb- 2007 -rrb- 8:17.14 -lrb-    - caption: buenavista at the 2014 paris marathon    - height: 1.52 m ftin on      - birth date: 13 october 1978    - name: eduardo buenavista    - nationality: filipino    - image: eduardo buenavista 2014 paris marathon t102604.jpg    - birth place: general santos city , south cotabato , philippines   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eduardo buenavista .
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eduardo buenavista -lrb- born 13 october 1978 in general santos city , south cotabato -rrb- 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 10,000 m 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 .