Eddy Ottoz

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]

Eddy Ottoz
Eddy Ottoz c. 1968
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1944-06-03) 3 June 1944
Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
ResidenceAosta, Italy
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)110 metres hurdles
Coached bySandro Calvesi
Retired1969
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)110 m hs: 13.46 (1968)
Medal record
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City110 m hurdles
European Championships
1966 Budapest110 m hurdles
1969 Athens110 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
1966 Dormund60 m hurdles
1967 Prague50 m hurdles
1968 Madrid50 m hurdles
Universiade
1965 Budapest110 m hurdles
1967 Tokyo110 m hurdles

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 City, 17 October 1968) – held until 30 August 1994[3] when it was broken by his son Laurent.

Progression

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

Year Performance Venue Date World Ranking
196413.8 Modena30 Aug11th
196513.6 Budapest29 Aug5th
196613.6 Milan9 Jun3rd
196713.5 Zürich4 Jul4th
196813.4 Mexico City17 Oct7th
196913.5 Athens20 Sep5th

Achievements
Eddy Ottoz in March 2015
British Pathe Highlights of 1966 European Championships, Eddy's victory @ 1:40 on YouTube
YearTournamentVenueResultTimeNotes
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 4th13.84
1965 Universiade Budapest, Hungary 1st13.6
1966 European Indoor Games Dortmund, West Germany 1st7.7
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st13.7
1967 European Indoor Games Prague, Czechoslovakia 1st6.4
Universiade Tokyo, Japan 1st13.9
1968 European Indoor Games Madrid, Spain 1st6.52
Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 3rd13.46
1969 European Championships Athens, Greece 1st13.5

National titles

See also

References
  1. Eddy Ottoz. sports-reference.com
  2. "appeupré – l'avversione di eddy" (in Italian). eddy-mylife.blogspot.it. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. "Eddy Ottoz" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. "eddy Ottoz – Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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