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Eddy Ottoz

Eddy Ottoz

Italian hurdler

Eddy Ottoz (born 3 June 1944) is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre hurdles.[1]

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Biography

Sport career

Ottoz competed for Italy in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the bronze medal in the 110 metre hurdles event.

In retirement

Ottoz retired from competitions in 1969, aged 25. He became an athletics coach in 1986, and by 1992 trained hurdlers and sprinters of the Italy national athletics team. As a sports manager he was president of the Regional Committee of the CONI of the Valle d'Aosta. Since 2001 he has been a member of the national board of the same Olympic Committee and chair of the Regional Committee FIDAL of Valle d'Aosta.[2]

National records

  • 110 metres hurdles: 13.46 (Mexico Mexico City, 17 October 1968) – held until 30 August 1994[3] when it was broken by his son Laurent with 13.42 seconds.

Progression

Ottoz was in the top 25 world year list for six consecutive seasons.[4]

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Achievements

Eddy Ottoz in March 2015
British Pathe Highlights of 1966 European Championships, Eddy's victory @ 1:40 on YouTube
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National titles

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eddy Ottoz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    "appeupré – l'avversione di eddy". eddy-mylife.blogspot.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Eddy Ottoz". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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    "eddy Ottoz – Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. [5]
    "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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