Purificación Ortiz (

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, 1972) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F11 (totally blind) long jump and sprint events.

Biography

Purificación competed in three Paralympic games, first in

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then in

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in her home country and finally

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. At her first games she finished fifth in the B1 long jump. She followed this up in 1992 with a new world record on the way to winning gold in the long jump, she also finished second behind compatriot Purificación Santamarta who twice broke the world record in the 100m and finished third in the 200m in a race again won by her compatriot

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in a world record time. In 1996 she was entered in the 100m but didn't run but did compete in the long jumpfinishing third behind her fellow Spaniards Magdalena Amo and Rosalía Lázaro who both jumped a new Paralympic record.

References

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