Misael Ortiz
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athletics | ||
Representing  Cuba
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| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
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1996 San Salvador | 200 m |
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1996 San Salvador | 4x100 m relay |
| CAC Junior Championships (U17) | ||
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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
[edit]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.[1]
Achievements
[edit]| 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 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.18 |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.15 | |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | 200 m | 20.75 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.79 | |||
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | – | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF |
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ Morrison, Duncan (5 September 1999), Cuban defector pops up in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press, retrieved 30 April 2012
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- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
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