Jorge Vizcarrondo

{{short description|Puerto Rican sprinter}}

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{{family name hatnote|Vizcarrondo|Somohano|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jorge Vizcarrondo

| birth_name = Jorge L. Vizcarrondo Somohano{{cite web |title=Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XX Olympic Games Munich (FRG) 1972 - 10 September - Gold Medal: United States |url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/Olympic/1972/Men_4x100m_Relay.html |website=www.todor66.com |access-date=23 December 2023}}

| image = Jorge Vizcarrondo.jpg

| caption = Vizcarrondo in the 100 metres at the 1972 Olympics

| nationality = Puerto Rican

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 100 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|5|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cidra, Puerto Rico

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| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 70 kg

}}

Jorge Vizcarrondo Somohano (born 7 May 1948) is a Puerto Rican sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jorge-vizcarrondo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jorge-vizcarrondo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jorge Vizcarrondo Olympic Results |access-date=29 June 2017}}

In 1972, representing the Wharton County Junior College Pioneers, Vizcarrondo led the NJCAA championships qualifiers in the men's 100 yards with a time of 9.6 seconds.{{cite web |title=Fast pace by Miami-Dade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-fast-pace-by-miami-dade/137276246/ |website=Arizona Republic |access-date=23 December 2023 |pages=2 |language=en |date=21 May 1971}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}}
rowspan=2|1967

|rowspan=2|Pan American Games

|rowspan=2|Winnipeg, Canada

|10th (sf)

|100 m

|10.56

6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.70

1968

|Olympic Games

|Mexico City, Mexico

|53rd (h)

|100 m

|10.71

1970

|Central American and Caribbean Games

|Panama City, Panama

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.8

rowspan=3|1971

|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships

|rowspan=2|Kingston, Jamaica

|8th

|100 m

|10.9

bgclor=silver|2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.7

Pan American Games

|Cali, Colombia

|4th

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.46

rowspan=2|1972

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Munich, West Germany

|57th (h)

|100 m

|10.79

23rd (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|41.34

1973

|Universiade

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|23rd (h)

|100 m

|10.88

rowspan=3|1974

|rowspan=3|Central American and Caribbean Games

|rowspan=3|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|6th

|100 m

|10.93

10th (sf)

|200 m

|21.81

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

Personal bests

References