Misael Ortiz

Misael Ortiz

Medal record
Athletics
Representing Cuba
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	1996 San Salvador	200 m
	1996 San Salvador	4x100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
	1994 Port of Spain	200 m

Misael Ortiz (born 4 November 1978) in Pinar del Rio, is a Cuban sprinter specializing in the 200 metres.

Career

He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Alfredo García-Baró, Ortiz, Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, at the 1997 World Championships. On the individual level he won a silver medal at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games.

His personal best time over 200 m is 20.83 seconds, achieved in February 1999 in Havana.

He defected to Canada following the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
1994	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	200 m	22.8   (-2.5 m/s)
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	200 m	21.04   (1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.11
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	28th (qf)	100m	11.12 (wind: -2.5 m/s)
			29th (qf)	200m	21.91 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.31
	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	200 m	21.15   (-2.7 m/s)
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.15
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	200 m	20.75
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF

External links

• Misael Ortiz at World Athletics