Laurent Ottoz (born 10 April 1970) is an Italian hurdler. He won four medals, at senior level, at international athletics competitions.
Career His personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1994 in Berlin. This is a former Italian record, which in turn belonged to his father Eddy Ottoz with 13.46 seconds.Italian all-time list, men's 110 metres hurdles The Italian record currently belongs to Emanuele Abate with 13.28 seconds.Italian athletics records
After this he changed event to the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best time is 48.52 seconds, and in Italy only Fabrizio Mori and Alessandro Sibilio has run the distance faster.
In 1995, Laurent set the fastest automatically recorded time for the rarely run 200 metres low hurdles at 22.55. While inferior to the last official world record in the race, a hand timed 21.9 by Don Styron in 1960, Ottoz bettered the previous best automatic time 22.63 held by Colin Jackson, arguably the best hurdler in the world at that time. On 16 May 2010 the English hurdler Andy Turner set 22.30, but his record was never recognized by International federation, because was obtained in a straight race. Ottoz ran his race around a bend. IAAF still recognizes Styron as a hand timed record, Turner as the automatically timed record, both for a straight race, and Ottoz as the record holder for around a bend.
World best performance 200 metres hurdles (bend): 22.55 (Milan, 31 May 1995) - current holder
National records In 1994 he set a new Italian record of 110 m hs, snatching it from his father Eddy who had held it for 26 years. 110 metres hurdles: 13.42 ( Berlin, 30 August 1994), till 23 June 2002. 400 metres hurdles: 48.53 ( Lausanne, 5 July 1995), till 26 May 1996.
Achievements Representing 1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia14th (sf)110 m hurdles13.97 (wind: 0.0 m/s)1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy 6th60 m hurdles1992 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m hurdles final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite7.801994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th (sf)110 m hurdles13.53 (wind: +0.1 m/s)1997Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy 2nd400 m hurdlesMediterranean Games - GBR Athletics49.271998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 6th400 m hurdles1998 European Championships, men's results - Sporting Heroes49.152001Mediterranean GamesTunis, Tunisia 3rd400 m hurdles50.752005Mediterranean GamesAlmería, Spain 2nd400 m hurdles49.412006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 18th400 m hurdles51.22
National titles Ottoz won thirteen individual national championships. 4 wins in the 110 metres hurdles (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994) 6 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002) 3 wins in the 60 metres hurdles indoor (1991, 1993, 1994)
See also Italian all-time lists - 110 metres hurdles Italian all-time lists - 400 metres hurdles List of world records in athletics Ottoz family
References
External links
Athlete profile at All-Athletics web site