Luis Orta Explained

Luis Orta
Fullname:Luis Alberto Orta Millan
Birth Date:15 January 1989
Birth Place:Caracas, Venezuela
Height:1.65 m[1]
Weight:52 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:Marathon
Collegeteam:Kentucky Wildcats
Pb:5000 meters

13:4910,000 meters

28:39

Half Marathon

1:03:09Marathon

2:15:35

Luis Alberto Orta Millan (born 15 January 1989) is a Venezuelan long distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He competed in the men's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He currently holds two Venezuelan Records: one in the Half Marathon distance and in the 10 km (road).

Biography

Luis Orta earned a master's degree from the University of Kentucky in Sports Management and Coaching in 2014.[3] After this, he continued to pursue various certifications such as: RRCA Certified Coach in 2017, the Lydiard Certified Coach in 2018, the USATF Certified Coach in 2019 and the Vdot, Jack Daniels Certified Coach in 2020. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where he founded My Olympic Coach LLC., an online training platform for athletes around the world.[4] Orta is married to Sri Lankan-American track and field athlete Hiruni Wijayaratne.[5]

While in college, Orta ran for the Kentucky Wildcats where he quickly became the Team captain and was awarded as Mr. Wildcat or athlete of the year for two years in a row.[3] [6]

Orta qualified for the Summer Olympics in 2016 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was able to represent his birth country of Venezuela.[7] In his last chance to qualify, Orta was able to run the marathon Olympic standard at the 2016 Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands earlier that year, running only 6 seconds under the standard with a time of 2:18:56.[8] At the Olympics that year, he ran the marathon in a time of 2:27:05 and finished 105th overall.

Competition record

World Championships
YearCompetitionVenueEvent
2020World Athletics Half Marathon Championships[9] [10] Gdynia, PolandHalf-Marathon
2018IAAF World Half Marathon Championships[11] [12] Valencia, SpainHalf-Marathon
2017World Championships in Athletics[13] LondonMarathon
2014IAAF World Half Marathon Championships[14] Copenhagen, DenmarkHalf-Marathon
2008World Junior Championships in Athletics[15] Bydgoszcz, Poland3,000m Steeplechase
2007Kenyan Cross Country Championships[16] Kenya8,000m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 CAC Games bio. 5 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203957/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n16946-orta-millan-luis-alberto.htm#. 5 August 2018. live.
  2. Web site: Luis Alberto Orta . 21 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184326/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/luis-alberto-orta# . 16 August 2016 . live.
  3. Web site: Luis Orta - Track & Field. 26 July 2021. University of Kentucky Athletics. en.
  4. Web site: My Olympic Coach Online Coaching Service. 26 July 2021. myolympiccoach. en.
  5. Web site: Sri Lankan-Venezuelan couple in action in Poland. 26 July 2021. CeylonToday. en.
  6. Web site: Luis Orta - Cross Country. 26 July 2021. University of Kentucky Athletics. en.
  7. Web site: Summer Olympics Bio - Luis Alberto Orta. 2021-07-27. ESPN. en.
  8. Web site: NN Marathon Rotterdam. 2021-07-27. nnmarathonrotterdam.org.
  9. Web site: World Athletics Half Marathon Championships - News - Going the Distance Together has Greater Value for Hiruni Wijayaratne and Luis Orta at World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. 26 July 2021. runnerspace.com.
  10. Web site: 20 September 2020. Alexis Peña y Luis Orta correrán el Mundial de Media Maratón. 26 July 2021. El Universal. es.
  11. Web site: 27 March 2018. Luis Orta rompió récord nacional en Mundial de medio maratón celebrado en España. 26 July 2021. El Carabobeño. es.
  12. Web site: Torres. Eudo. 29 October 2020. Luis Orta apunta al maratón de Valencia con la mira en Tokio 2021. 26 July 2021. Radio Fe y Alegría Noticias. es.
  13. Web site: Marathon Result IAAF World Championships London 2017. 26 July 2021. worldathletics.org. en.
  14. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4955/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf Results. Half Marathon Men
  15. Web site: 3000 Metres Steeplechase Result 12th IAAF World Junior Championships. 26 July 2021. worldathletics.org. en.
  16. Web site: 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships WXC 07 World Athletics. 26 July 2021. worldathletics.org.