Ismael Ortiz
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Ismael Jafet Ortiz Zuñiga (born October 22, 1982, in Panama City) is a swimmer from Panama. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[1] competing in the Men's 100-meter Freestyle. His heat time was 51.74 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the semi-finals. Ortiz also represented his native country at the World Championships (long course) in 2001 and 2003.
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"...I found out I wasn’t going when I read the newspaper! How do you think one feels when your own country doesn’t even tell you that you’re not going?"
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Despite qualifying to represent Panama in the 2008 Olympics with a time below 23.00 seconds, domestic political circumstances prevented him from competing in the games, causing a small public outcry in his home country.[2][3]
He swam for the USA's Drury University from 2005 to 2007.[4] He graduated with a degree in Fine Art in 2008, and currently teaches youth swimming in Miami.[5]
Trivia
- Ortiz is known affectionately by teammates and fans as "The Ish."[6]
- He is also a successful sculpture artist in his own right, having had many shows in both the United States and in Panama.[7] His found-object artwork is reminiscent of the sculptures of Robert Rauschenberg and Jean Tinguely.[8]
- Ortiz is a noted fan of the manga series Naruto, admittedly spending hours on end watching pirated YouTube transcriptions of the comics.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Playful attempts at coining the nickname "Pablo Naruto" (cf. Chilean love poet Pablo Neruda), a pun derived from his characteristic romantic Latin machismo and his aforementioned otaku tendencies, never stuck.
Ortiz is also an avid sailor according to the Denver post.
References
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- ↑ Ortiz's bio from www.floswimming.org; retrieved 2009-06-24
- ↑ BEIJING 2008: MAS SOBRE EL CASO ISMAEL ORTIZ Template:Webarchive from dealante.com; retrieved 2010-11-05
- ↑ Ismael Ortiz and the Beijing Olympics Template:Webarchive from www.rob-rivera.com; retrieved 2010-11-05
- ↑ Ortiz's bio Template:Webarchive from the old Drury Athletics website. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ↑ Coach IshScript error: No such module "Unsubst". from Davie Nadadores; retrieved 2010-11-05
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- ↑ Ismael Ortiz: Video Profile from Brian Bardsley; retrieved 2010-10-04
- ↑ Obelisk Art presents: Ismael Ortiz from www.obeliskhome.org; retrieved 2010-10-04
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