Christopher Ortiz (born Christopher Josué Ortiz González on 2 August 1995 in

Coronel Oviedo Coronel Oviedo (), locally simply known as Oviedo, is a city in east-central Paraguay. It is the capital of the Caaguazú Department, about 150 kilometers east of Asunción, and was founded in 1758. The city has a population of about 52,400 ( ...

, Caaguazú, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan sprinter and

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er and is a national record holder. He belongs to the Paraguay Marathon Club. In 2018, he achieved two national records in 300 metres hurdles and 150 metres hurdles. In April 2018, he achieved his best result in the 100 metre sprint of 10.47 seconds.

Trayectory

On 24–25 October 2014, He finished first in the High Jump event at the 2014 edition of the Paraguayan Athletics Championships with a mark of 1.66 m. His gold medal at the competition was one of several achieved by athletes of the Paraguay Marathon Club, respectively. Selected for Paraguay to represent at the

2016 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 17th Ibero-American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between May 14-16, 2016. Since the event served also as the athletics event test for the 2016 Summer Olympics, count ...

, coached by Plinio Penzzi.http://www.snd.gov.py/index.php/noticias/presentaron-seleccionados-para-el-ibero

References

1995 births Living people Paraguayan male sprinters People from Caaguazú Department Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games {{Paraguay-athletics-bio-stub