Francisco Sánchez Martínez (5 August 1967 – 13 February 2022) was a Colombian long-distance runner who specialized in mountain running.
[1] He emerged as an elite runner in 1991, winning the Colombian Mountain Running Championship organized by Jairo Correa.
The Colombian Athletics Federation sent him to Switzerland to take part in the Sierre-Zinal the same year, in which he emerged victorious and set a new course record.
[4] At the World Mountain Running Trophy in 1991, he led for much of the race, but was overtaken by Jean-Paul Payet [fr] late and eventually finished third.
[7] On 11 February 1996, he won the Colombian Mountain Running Championship despite strong competition from the likes of Jacinto López [fr].