Hortensio Fucil Herrera (February 8, 1939 – April 30, 2018) was a

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo, Japan. He was second in the

1963 Pan American Games The 1963 Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil. Host city selection For the first time, two cities submitted bids to host the 1963 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports O ...

4 × 400 metres relay (with

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, Aristides Pineda and Leslie Mentor). In the

Fucil finished fifth in the 400 metres.

References

Hortensio Fucil's profile at Sports Reference.com
1939 births 2018 deaths Venezuelan male middle-distance runners Venezuelan male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub