Misael Ortiz

Misael Ortiz (born 4 November 1978) in Pinar del Rio, is a Cuban sprinter specializing in the 200 metres.

Misael Ortiz

Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Cuba
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	1996 San Salvador	200 m
	1996 San Salvador	4x100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
	1994 Port of Spain	200 m

Career

He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Alfredo García-Baró, Ortiz, Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, at the 1997 World Championships. On the individual level he won a silver medal at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games.

His personal best time over 200 m is 20.83 seconds, achieved in February 1999 in Havana.

He defected to Canada following the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Cuba
1994	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	200 m	22.8   (-2.5 m/s)
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	200 m	21.04   (1.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.11
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	28th (qf)	100m	11.12 (wind: -2.5 m/s)
			29th (qf)	200m	21.91 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.31
	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	200 m	21.15   (-2.7 m/s)
1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.18
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.15
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	200 m	20.75
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.79
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF

External links

• Misael Ortiz at World Athletics  

References

1. Morrison, Duncan (5 September 1999), Cuban defector pops up in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press, retrieved 30 April 2012