Anier García Explained

Anier Octavio García Ortiz (born March 9, 1976) is a Cuban track and field athlete, winner of the 110 metres 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 the 1997 World Indoor Championships at Paris. 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 2000 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 did not compete at the 2003 World Championships due to a thigh injury, but at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal.

Achievements

Representing
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	110m hurdles	14.05 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
1995	Pan American Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	110 m hurdles	13.84
	CAC Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	bgcolor=silver	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.71 A
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.39
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	18th (q-finals)	110 m hurdles	13.58
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	60 m hurdles	7.48
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	14th (qf)^[1]	110 m hurdles	13.46
1998	CAC Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	bgcolor=gold	1st	110 m hurdles	13.27
	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.14
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	6th	60 m hurdles	7.59
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	110 m hurdles	13.17
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.07
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.00
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.54
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	bgcolor=silver	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.07
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Melbourne, Australia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.22
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.20
2002	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	1st	110 m hurdles	13.10
2003	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, Alabama, United States	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.49
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.20
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd (semis)	110 m hurdles	13.99

References

• • Anier García. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/anier-garcia-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .

Notes and References

1. Did not show in the semifinal.