Eddy Ottoz

Eddy Ottoz

Eddy Ottoz c. 1968
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1944-06-03) 3 June 1944 (age 80) Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Coached by	Sandro Calvesi
Retired	1969
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110 m hs: 13.46 (1968)
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 110 m hurdles European Championships 1966 Budapest 110 m hurdles 1969 Athens 110 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 1966 Dormund 60 m hurdles 1967 Prague 50 m hurdles 1968 Madrid 50 m hurdles Universiade 1965 Budapest 110 m hurdles 1967 Tokyo 110 m hurdles

Eddy Ottoz (born 3 June 1944) is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre hurdles. ^[1]

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.

Ottoz won the British AAA Championships title in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1967 AAA Championships. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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. ^[5]

National records

• 110 metres hurdles: 13.46 ( Mexico City, 17 October 1968) – held until 30 August 1994 ^[6] when it was broken by his son Laurent with 13.42 seconds.

Progression

Ottoz was in the top 25 world year list for six consecutive seasons. ^[7]

Year	Performance	Venue	Date	World Ranking
1964	13.8	Modena	30 Aug	11th
1965	13.6	Budapest	29 Aug	5th
1966	13.6	Milan	9 Jun	3rd
1967	13.5	Zürich	4 Jul	4th
1968	13.4	Mexico City	17 Oct	7th
1969	13.5	Athens	20 Sep	5th

Achievements

Eddy Ottoz in March 2015

British Pathe Highlights of 1966 European Championships, Eddy's victory @ 1:40 on YouTube

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Time	Notes
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	13.84
1965	Universiade	Budapest, Hungary	1st	13.6
1966	European Indoor Games	Dortmund, West Germany	1st	7.7
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	13.7
1967	European Indoor Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	1st	6.4
	Universiade	Tokyo, Japan	1st	13.9
1968	European Indoor Games	Madrid, Spain	1st	6.52
	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd	13.46
1969	European Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	13.5

National titles

• 5 wins in 110 metres hurdles at the Italian Athletics Championships (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969) ^[8]

See also

• Italian all-time lists – 110 metres hurdles
• Italy national athletics team – Multiple medalists
• Ottoz family
• FIDAL Hall of Fame

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eddy Ottoz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
2. "White City results" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 16 July 1967. Retrieved 10 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
5. "appeupré – l'avversione di eddy". eddy-mylife.blogspot.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2012.
6. "Eddy Ottoz". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2012.
7. "eddy Ottoz – Top 25 Lists". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
8. "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

External links

• Eddy Ottoz at World Athletics
• Eddy Ottoz at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Eddy Ottoz at Olympics.com
• Eddy Ottoz at Olympedia
• Eddy Ottoz at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
• Eddy Ottoz at The-Sports.org