Hortensio Fucil
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| Full name | Hortensio Fucil Herrera | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 8, 1939 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 30, 2018 (aged 79)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Venezuela | |||||
| 1959 | Pan American Games | Chicago, United States | 5th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:17.8 |
| 1960 | Ibero-American Games | Santiago, Chile | 4th | 400 m | 48.7 |
| 1961 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 3rd (h) | 400 m | 50.5 |
| 1st | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:16.0 | |||
| Bolivarian Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 6th | 400 m | 53.3 | |
| 1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 42.0 | |||
| 1962 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 400 m | 47.3 |
| Ibero-American Games | Madrid, Spain | 10th (sf) | 400 m | 50.4 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.4 | |||
| 1963 | Pan American Games | São Paulo, Brazil | 5th | 400 m | 48.58 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.20 | |||
| South American Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 200 m | 21.0 | |
| 1st | 400 m | 46.7 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.0 | |||
| 1964 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 37th (h) | 400 m | 47.9 |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.5 | |||
| 1965 | South American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2nd | 200 m | 21.6 |
| 4th | 400 m | 48.5 | |||
| 2nd | 4 x 100 m relay | 41.3 | |||
| 1st | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:14.5 | |||
| Bolivarian Games | Quito, Ecuador | 2nd | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:12.3 | |
| 1966 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 19th (h) | 100 m | 11.0 |
| 24th (h) | 200 m | 23.2 | |||
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.3 | |||
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.4h (1964)
- 200 metres – 20.8h (Caracas 1964)
- 400 metres – 46.7h (Cali 1963)
References
- ^ "Falleció Hortensio Fucil, un grande del atletismo venezolano" (in Spanish). 800Noticias. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.