Eddy Ottoz
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Eddy Ottoz (right), with is coach and father.in-law Sandro Calvesi and the french Guy Drut (center) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 3, 1944 Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Aosta, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |
 Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Sandro Calvesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 110 m hs: 13.46 (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eddy Ottoz (born 3 June 1944 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Alpes-Maritimes) is an Italian former athlete, bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre hurdles.
Biography
Sport career
He 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 1994 26 years after, his son Laurent, broke his national record in running in 13"42 in Berlin.
After sport career
Ottoz chose to retire from competitive sport very young, in 1969 just 25 years. He became an athletics coach in 1986, and by 1992 he was head of the Italian national hurdling and sprinter sector 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.[1]
National records
- 110 metres hurdles: 13.46 (
Mexico City, 17 October 1968) - holder until 30 August 1994[2] when it was broken by his son Laurent.
Progression
Ottoz was in the top 25 world year list for six consecutive seasons.[3]
| Year | Performance | Venue | Date | World Ranking |
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| 1964 | 13.8 | Modena | Aug 30 | 11th |
| 1965 | 13.6 |  Budapest | Aug 29 | 5th |
| 1966 | 13.6 | Milan | Jun 9 | 3rd |
| 1967 | 13.5 |  Zürich | Jul 4 | 4th |
| 1968 | 13.4 | Mexico City | Oct 17 | 7th |
| 1969 | 13.5 |  Athens | Sep 20 | 5th |
Achievements
Eddy Ottoz in March 2015
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result |
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| 1964 | Olympic Games |  Tokyo, Japan |
4th |
| 1965 | Universiade | Budapest, Hungary |
1st |
| 1966 | European Indoor Games |  Dortmund, West Germany |
1st |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary |
1st | |
| 1967 | European Indoor Games |  Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1st |
| Universiade | Tokyo, Japan |
1st | |
| 1968 | European Indoor Games |  Madrid, Spain |
1st |
| Olympic Games | Mexico City, Mexico |
3rd | |
| 1969 | European Championships | Athens, Greece |
1st |
National championships
- 5 wins in 110 metres hurdles at the Italian Athletics Championships (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)[4]
See also
- Italian all-time lists - 110 metres hurdles
- Italy national athletics team - Multiple medalists
- Ottoz family
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ "appeupré - l'avversione di eddy" (in Italian). eddy-mylife.blogspot.it. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Eddy Ottoz" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "eddy Ottoz - Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
External links
- Eddy Ottoz profile at IAAF
- Eddy Ottoz at Sports Reference
- Atlete profile at All-Athletics.com
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