Eddy Ottoz

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]

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]

• 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.

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

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

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