Hortensio Fucil Herrera (February 8, 1939 – April 30, 2018) was a track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was second in the 1963 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay (with Víctor Maldonado, Aristides Pineda and Leslie Mentor). In the 1963 Pan American Games Fucil finished fifth in the 400 metres.
International competitions Representing 1959Pan American GamesChicago, United States5th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:17.81960Ibero-American GamesSantiago, Chile4th400 m48.78th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:20.91961South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru – (h)400 mDQ1st4 × 400 m relay3:16.0Bolivarian GamesBarranquilla, Colombia6th400 m53.31st4 × 100 m relay42.01962Central American and Caribbean GamesKingston, Jamaica2nd400 m47.35th4 × 400 m relay3:19.1Ibero-American GamesMadrid, Spain10th (sf)400 m50.41st4 × 400 m relay3:15.41963Pan American GamesSão Paulo, Brazil5th400 m48.582nd4 × 400 m relay3:12.20South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd200 m21.01st400 m46.71st4 × 400 m relay3:13.01964Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan37th (h)400 m47.96th4 × 100 m relay39.51965South American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd200 m21.64th400 m48.52nd4 × 100 m relay41.31st4 × 400 m relay3:14.5Bolivarian GamesQuito, Ecuador2nd4 × 400 m relay3:12.31966Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Juan, Puerto Rico19th (h)100 m11.024th (h)200 m23.24th4 × 400 m relay3:12.3
Personal bests 100 metres – 10.4 (1964) 200 metres – 20.8 (Caracas 1964) 400 metres – 46.7 (Cali 1963)
References
Hortensio Fucil's profile at Sports Reference.com