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}} |
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rowspan=2|1967
|rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|Winnipeg, Canada |10th (sf) |100 m |
6th
|4 × 100 m relay |
1968
|53rd (h) |100 m |
1970
|Central American and Caribbean Games |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
|4th |4 × 100 m relay |
rowspan=2|1972
|rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Munich, West Germany |57th (h) |100 m |
23rd (h)
|4 × 100 m relay |
1973
|23rd (h) |100 m |
rowspan=3|1974
|rowspan=3|Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan=3|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |6th |100 m |
10th (sf)
|200 m |
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|4 × 100 m relay |DQ |
Personal bests
- 100 metres – 10.2 (1968)
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:People from Cidra, Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican male sprinters
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico
Category:Wharton County Pioneers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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