Mauricio Ortega (discus thrower)
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Full name | Mauricio Alexander Ortega Girón | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Apartadó, Antioquia, Colombia | August 4, 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 16 October 2022 |
Mauricio Alexander Ortega Girón (born 4 August 1994 in Apartadó, Antioquia)[1] is a Colombian discus thrower. His personal best of 70.29 for the event is the Colombian record. He also holds the South American junior record.
He was the gold medallist at the 2014 South American Games and a bronze medallist at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics. He was a two-time champion at the South American Junior Championships in Athletics.
Career
He competed at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics and placed fourth.[2][3] He topped the podium at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics with a national junior record mark of 58.48 m (191 ft 10+1⁄4 in) – he was the youngest entrant at the event.[4] At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics he improved his record to 59.84 m (196 ft 3+3⁄4 in) in qualifying,[5] but performed less well in the final and finished ninth.[6] He began to throw with the senior-weight discus that year and was the winner of the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.[7] He won at the National Games of Colombia with a personal best of 55.00 m (180 ft 5+1⁄4 in).[8]
Ortega established himself at the senior level in 2013. He won his first Colombian senior title in June and took the bronze medal at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics with a personal best of 57.76 m (189 ft 6 in). The 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships was hosted in Medellín and he came second to Hayden Reed with a junior personal best of 61.77 m (202 ft 7+3⁄4 in).[8] He improved further to a South American junior record and championship record of 62.78 m (205 ft 11+1⁄2 in) to win gold at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, which was also in Colombia.[9] A Colombian senior record came at the 2013 Bolivarian Games, where his throw of 59.67 m (195 ft 9 in) brought him the gold medal in a games record.[1]
He improved the national record to 59.95 m (196 ft 8 in) at the 2014 South American Games, breaking the games record to take the gold medal.[10]
Personal bests
Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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Discus throw | 70.26 m' A | ![]() |
28 July 2020 |
Achievements
References
- ^ a b Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-12-02). Rodriguez and Garcia help Colombia shine at Bolivarian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ World Youth Championships 2011 Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History (2013-01-19). Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2011-07-06). Boys' Discus Throw Final – Dacres, Jamaica's first Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ South American Junior Championships 2011 Archived 2013-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. WJAH (2012-12-01). Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ Martin, David (2012-07-10). Craft produces major shock with Kenya and Ethiopia also winning gold – Barcelona 2012 – Day One Evening Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ World Junior Championships 2012 Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. WJAH (2013-01-19). Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-09-24). Brazil dominates South American Under-23 Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ a b Mauricio Ortega. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2013-10-21). Tenorio shines at South American Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
- ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2014-03-17). Davide and Duco delight big crowd on final day of ODESUR Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-20.
External links
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Colombian male discus throwers
- Sportspeople from Antioquia Department
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Colombia
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Colombia
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- South American Championships in Athletics winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Ibero-American Championships in Athletics winners
- South American Games gold medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Colombian people
- 21st-century Colombian people