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{{short description|Italian hurdler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Eddy Ottoz
| nickname = 
| image =Eddy Ottoz 1968.jpg
| caption = Eddy Ottoz c. 1968
| imagesize = 
| coach = [[Sandro Calvesi]]
| nationality = Italian
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[110 metres hurdles]]
| club = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|6|3}}
| birth_place = [[Mandelieu-la-Napoule]], [[France]]
| retired= 1969
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = {{height|m=1.79}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb = 110 m hs: 13.46 (1968)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1966 European Athletics Championships|1966 Budapest]]|[[1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1969 European Athletics Championships|1969 Athens]]|[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1966 European Indoor Games|1966 Dormund]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1967 European Indoor Games|1967 Prague]]|50 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1968 European Indoor Games|1968 Madrid]]|50 m hurdles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1965 Summer Universiade|1965 Budapest]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{MedalGold|[[1967 Summer Universiade|1967 Tokyo]]|110 m hurdles}}
}}

'''Eddy Ottoz''' (born 3 June 1944) is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in the [[110 metre hurdles]].<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Eddy Ottoz |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ot/eddy-ottoz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203182621/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ot/eddy-ottoz-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Sport career===
Ottoz competed for Italy in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], and in the [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|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]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19670716/016/0016 |title=White City results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=16 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

===In retirement===
Ottoz retired from competitions in 1969, aged 25. He became an athletics [[coach (sport)|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 [[Italian National Olympic Committee|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 [[Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera|FIDAL]] of Valle d'Aosta.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eddy-mylife.blogspot.it/ |title=appeupré – l'avversione di eddy |website=eddy-mylife.blogspot.it |language=it |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>

==National records==
* 110 metres hurdles: '''13.46''' ({{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]], 17 October 1968) – held until 30 August 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/atleta/Eddy-Ottoz/fKuTlpg%3D |title=Eddy Ottoz |website=fidal.it |language=it |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> when it was broken by his son [[Laurent Ottoz|Laurent]] with 13.42 seconds.

==Progression==
Ottoz was in the ''top 25 world year list'' for six consecutive seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=5031&Gender=M |title=eddy Ottoz – Top 25 Lists |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=28 July 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width=50% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
!Year
!Performance
!Venue
!Date
!World Ranking
|-
|1964 || 13.8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Modena]] || 30 Aug ||11th
|-
|1965 || 13.6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest]] || 29 Aug ||5th
|-
|1966 || 13.6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Milan]] || 9 Jun ||3rd
|-
|1967 || 13.5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Zürich]] || 4 Jul ||4th
|-bgcolor=gold
|1968 || '''13.4''' ||align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]] || 17 Oct ||7th
|-
|1969 || 13.5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || 20 Sep ||5th
|}

== Achievements ==
[[File:Eddy Ottoz in 2015.JPG|thumb|Eddy Ottoz in March 2015]]
[[Image:TV-icon-2.svg|thumb|110px|'''{{youTube|p6p-GDDA5LA|British Pathe Highlights of 1966 European Championships, Eddy's victory @ 1:40}}''']]
{| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:90%;" width="55%"
|- 
!Year!!Tournament!!Venue!!Result!!Time!!Notes
|-
|1964
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|align="center" | 4th ||[[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|13.84]]||
|-
|1965
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||13.6||
|-
|rowspan=2|1966
|align=left|[[1966 European Indoor Games|European Indoor Games]] 
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||7.7||
|-
|align=left|[[1966 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||[[1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|13.7]]
|[[File:Sport records icon CR.svg|22px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1967
|align=left|[[1967 European Indoor Games|European Indoor Games]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] 
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||6.4||
|-
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1967 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 
| bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||13.9||
|-
|rowspan=2|1968
|align=left|[[1968 European Indoor Games|European Indoor Games]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st||6.52||
|-
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center"| 3rd||[[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|13.46]]
|[[File:Sport records icon NR.svg|22px]]
|-
|1969
|align=left|[[1969 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center"| 1st||[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles|13.5]]
|[[File:Sport records icon CR.svg|22px]]
|}

==National titles==
*'''5 wins''' in [[110 metres hurdles]] at the [[Italian Athletics Championships]] (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ita.htm |title=ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=gbrathletics.com |access-date=10 February 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Italy#110.2F100 metres hurdles|Italian all-time lists – 110 metres hurdles]]
* [[Italy national athletics team#Multiple medalists|Italy national athletics team – Multiple medalists]]
* [[Ottoz family]]
* [[FIDAL Hall of Fame]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links|properties=-P4069}}
* {{CONI profile|new_id=45|old_id=46}}
* {{The-Sports}}

{{Footer European Champions 110 m hurdles Men}}
{{Footer European Indoor Champions 60m Hurdles Men}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 110m Hurdles Men}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 110 m hs}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}
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