Bruno Hortelano
 Hortelano in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Dominix Hortelano Roig |
| Born | 18 September 1991 Wollongong, Australia[1] |
| Education | Cornell University |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
| College team | Cornell Big Red[2] |
| Coached by | Adrian Durant |
Bruno Dominix Hortelano Roig (born 18 September 1991) is a Spanish athlete competing in sprinting events.[3]
Early life and career
[edit]Hortelano was born to Spanish parents in Wollongong, Australia where his father was completing a PhD. After the family moved to Canada in 1992, Hortelano was raised in Burlington, Ontario. His sport interests varied from taekwondo, soccer and, in high school, American football. He was a member of the Burlington Track Club and also competed at high school venues initially contesting the 100m and later the 110m hurdles. From 2005 to 2009 he attended Assumption Catholic Secondary School. He was twice named the most valuable sprinter. Hortelano was a finalist in the 100m at 10.76 in the 2009 OFSSA Provincial Championships, Toronto. That fall Hortelano was enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he competed in the Ivy League; a genetics major, he graduated in 2014.[2]
He represented Spain in the 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships reaching the semifinals after setting a new Spanish record of 20.47 in the heats. At the 2016 European Championships he won the gold medal after setting a new Spanish record of 20.39 in the semifinals. Later in 2016, at the Summer Olympics in Rio, Hortelano again broke his own national record in the Men's 200 m with a time of 20.12, but failed to qualify for the final.
On 5 September 2016 Hortelano suffered a "catastrophic hand injury" in a drunk driving car accident in Madrid,[4] but made a full recovery with the exception of partial use of his right hand and in 2018 he established a new national record in the 200 and 400 metres.[5]
International competitions
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- ^ Did not start in the semifinals
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.06 (+1.0 m/s, Madrid 2016; NR)
- 200 metres – 20.04 (+0.8 m/s, Getafe 2018; NR)
- 400 metres – 44.69 (Madrid 2018; NR)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.63 (Portland 2016)
- 200 metres – 20.75 (Albuquerque 2014)
- 400 metres – 47.04 (Hanover, New Hampshire 2014)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "RFEA profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ a b University bio
- ^ Bruno Hortelano at World Athletics
- ^ "Olympic Sprinter Bruno Hortelano-Roig '14 Hospitalized in Reported Drunk Driving Crash". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "400 metres result - Meeting Madrid 2018". IAAF. 22 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Bruno Hortelano at World Athletics
- Bruno Hortelano at Olympedia
- Bruno Hortelano at Olympics.com
- Bruno Dominix Hortelano Roig (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 200 metres | |
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Cornell Big Red men's track and field athletes
- Spanish male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic athletes for Spain
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain
- Sportspeople from Wollongong
- Athletes from New South Wales
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen