Anier García

Anier García

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

Anier Octavio García Ortiz (born March 9, 1976) is a Cuban track and field athlete, winner of the 110 metres 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 the 1997 World Indoor Championships at Paris. 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 2000 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 did not compete at the 2003 World Championships due to a thigh injury, but at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal.

Personal bests

Achievements

References

• Anier García profile at IAAF
• sports-reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Allen Johnson	Men's 110m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2002	Succeeded by Allen Johnson