Anier García

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Medal record
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	110 m hurdles
Bronze	2004 Athens	110 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver	1999 Sevilla	110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1997 Paris	60 m hurdles
Silver	2001 Lisboa	60 m hurdles
Silver	2003 Birmingham	60 m hurdles

Anier García Ortiz (born March 9, 1976) is a Cuban athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier García established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships. In the next year, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, García was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

In 1997, García broke to the international scene by winning 60 m hurdles at World Indoor Championships at Paris. Unfortunately, at the World Championships in Athens, he competed with a leg injury, and although he finished second in his quarter-final, he withdrew from the semi-finals. In 1999, García won the Pan-American Games, but was beaten second by Colin Jackson at the World Championships.

The high peak of García's career was at the Sydney Olympics. The Olympic final was expected to be a tight competition amongst the top five hurdlers, but García won the gold medal easily, beating Terrence Trammell by 0.16 seconds. García repeated his silver medal at the 2001 World Championships and also won silver at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and 2003 World Indoor Championships. García didn't compete at the 2003 World Championships due to a thigh injury, but at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal.

[edit] Personal bests

Date	Event	Venue	Time
September 25, 2000	100 m hurdles	Sydney, Australia	13.00

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1994	5th IAAF World Junior Championships	Lisboa, Portugal	5th	110 m hurdles
1995	Pan American Junior Games		1st	110 m hurdles
1996	Ibero-American Championships		1st	110 m hurdles
1997	6th IAAF World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	60 m hurdles
1998	8th IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	110 m hurdles
1999	7th IAAF World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	6th	60 m hurdles
1999	7th IAAF World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd	110 m hurdles
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1st	110 m hurdles
2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	1st	110 m hurdles
2001	8th IAAF World Indoor Championships	Lisboa, Portugal	2nd	60 m hurdles
2001	17th IAAF Grand Prix	Melbourne, Australia	1st	110 m hurdles
2002	9th IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	1st	110 m hurdles
2003	9th IAAF World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, Alabama	2nd	60 m hurdles
2004	2004 Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	3rd	110 m hurdles