Laurent Ottoz (born 10 April 1970) is an Italian hurdler. He won four medals, at senior level, at international athletics competitions.[1]
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1970 Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Eddy Ottoz | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editHis personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1994 in Berlin. This is a former Italian record, which in turn belonged to his father Eddy Ottoz with 13.46 seconds.[2] The Italian record currently belongs to Emanuele Abate with 13.28 seconds.[3]
After this he changed event to the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best time is 48.52 seconds, and in Italy only Fabrizio Mori and Alessandro Sibilio has run the distance faster.
In 1995, Laurent set the fastest automatically recorded time for the rarely run 200 metres low hurdles at 22.55. While inferior to the last official world record in the race, a hand timed 21.9 by Don Styron in 1960, Ottoz bettered the previous best automatic time 22.63 held by Colin Jackson, arguably the best hurdler in the world at that time. On 16 May 2010 the English hurdler Andy Turner set 22.30, but his record was never recognized by International federation, because was obtained in a straight race.[4] Ottoz ran his race around a bend. IAAF still recognizes Styron as a hand timed record, Turner as the automatically timed record, both for a straight race, and Ottoz as the record holder for around a bend.[5]
World best performance
edit- 200 metres hurdles (bend): 22.55 (Milan, 31 May 1995) - current holder
National records
editIn 1994 he set a new Italian record of 110 m hs, snatching it from his father Eddy who had held it for 26 years.[6]
- 110 metres hurdles: 13.42 (
Berlin, 30 August 1994), till 23 June 2002.[6] - 400 metres hurdles: 48.53 (
Lausanne, 5 July 1995), till 26 May 1996.[6]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 14th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.97 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 6th | 60 m hurdles[7] | 7.80 |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.53 (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| 1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 400 m hurdles[8] | 49.27 |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 6th | 400 m hurdles[9] | 49.15 |
| 2001 | Mediterranean Games | Tunis, Tunisia | 3rd | 400 m hurdles[8] | 50.75 |
| 2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 2nd | 400 m hurdles[8] | 49.41 |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 18th | 400 m hurdles | 51.22 |
National titles
editOttoz won thirteen individual national championships.[10][11]
- 4 wins in the 110 metres hurdles (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994)
- 6 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002)
- 3 wins in the 60 metres hurdles indoor (1991, 1993, 1994)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 110 metres hurdles
- ^ Italian athletics records Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "GAY CLOCKS 19.41 ON STRAIGHT 200M IN MANCHESTER". iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Daegu 2011 Statistics Book - Part 1 (of 5)" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "Annuario FIDAL 2010" (PDF). altervista.org (in Italian). p. 639. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ 1992 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ a b c Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
- ^ 1998 European Championships, men's results - Sporting Heroes
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
External links
edit- Laurent Ottoz at World Athletics
- Laurent Ottoz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Athlete profile at All-Athletics web site
