Arturo Ortiz (high jumper)

{{Short description|Spanish high jumper (born 1966)}}

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Arturo Ortiz Santos (born September 18, 1966 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a retired Spanish high jumper.

His personal best jump was 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1991 in Barcelona. This is also the current Spanish record.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070630122929/http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/natrhjmen.html National Records, top 30 countries by event - high jump]}} - Athletix

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{ESP}}
rowspan=2|1987

|European Indoor Championships

|Liévin, France

|12th

|2.15 m

World Championships

|Rome, Italy

|12th

|2.25 m

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|14th

|2.25 m

rowspan=3|1990

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|2.30 m

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|8th

|2.28 m

Ibero-American Championships

|Manaus, Brazil

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|2.21 m

rowspan=3|1991

|World Indoor Championships

|Seville, Spain

|9th

|2.28 m

Universiade

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|2.31 m

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|10th

|2.24 m

1992

|European Indoor Championships

|Genoa, Italy

|7th

|2.26 m

rowspan=3|1993

|World Indoor Championships

|Toronto, Ontario, Canada

|12th

|2.24 m

Universiade

|Buffalo, United States

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|2.27 m

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

| 7th

|2.31 m

1996

|European Indoor Championships

|Stockholm, Sweden

| 6th

|2.27 m

rowspan=2|1997

|World Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|align="center" | 11th

|2.25 m

Mediterranean Games

|Bari, Italy

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|2.26 m

References