Eddy Ottoz


Eddy Ottoz is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre 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.

National records

Ottoz was in the top 25 world year list for six consecutive seasons.
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld 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

YearTournamentVenueResultTimeNotes
1964Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan4th13.84
1965Universiade Budapest, Hungary1st13.6
1966European Indoor Games Dortmund, West Germany1st7.7
1966European Championships Budapest, Hungary1st13.7
1967European Indoor Games Prague, Czechoslovakia1st6.4
1967Universiade Tokyo, Japan1st13.9
1968European Indoor Games Madrid, Spain1st6.52
1968Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico3rd13.46
1969European Championships Athens, Greece1st13.5

National titles