Anier García
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Anier García Ortiz (born March 9, 1976) is a Cuban athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier García established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships. In the next year, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, García was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
In 1997, García broke to the international scene by winning 60 m hurdles at World Indoor Championships at Paris. Unfortunately, at the World Championships in Athens, he competed with a leg injury, and although he finished second in his quarter-final, he withdrew from the semi-finals. In 1999, García won the Pan-American Games, but was beaten second by Colin Jackson at the World Championships.
The high peak of García's career was at the Sydney Olympics. The Olympic final was expected to be a tight competition amongst the top five hurdlers, but García won the gold medal easily, beating Terrence Trammell by 0.16 seconds. García repeated his silver medal at the 2001 World Championships and also won silver at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and 2003 World Indoor Championships. García didn't compete at the 2003 World Championships due to a thigh injury, but at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal.
Personal Bests
| Date | Event | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2000 | 100m Hurdles | Sydney, Australia | 13.00 |
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5th IAAF World Junior Championships | Lisboa, Portugal | 5th | 110m Hurdles |
| 1995 | Pan American Junior Games | 1st | 110m Hurdles | |
| 1996 | Ibero-American Championships | 1st | 110m Hurdles | |
| 1997 | 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 60m Hurdles |
| 1998 | 8th IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 3rd | 110m Hurdles |
| 1999 | 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 6th | 60m Hurdles |
| 1999 | 7th IAAF World Championships | Sevilla, Spain | 2nd | 110m Hurdles |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1st | 110m Hurdles |
| 2000 | 2000 Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 110m Hurdles |
| 2001 | 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships | Lisboa, Portugal | 2nd | 60m Hurdles |
| 2001 | 17th IAAF Grand Prix | Melbourne, Australia | 1st | 110m Hurdles |
| 2002 | 9th IAAF World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 1st | 110m Hurdles |
| 2003 | 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, Alabama | 2nd | 60m Hurdles |
| 2004 | 2004 Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 110m Hurdles |
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 110 m hurdles |
| Thomas Curtis | Alvin Kraenzlein | Frederick Schule | Robert Leavitt | Forrest Smithson | Frederick Kelly | Earl Thomson | Daniel Kinsey | Sydney Atkinson | George Saling | Forrest Towns | William Porter | Harrison Dillard | Lee Calhoun (twice) | Hayes Jones | Willie Davenport | Rod Milburn | Guy Drut | Thomas Munkelt | Roger Kingdom (twice) | Mark McKoy | Allen Johnson | Anier García | Liu Xiang |
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