Hortensio Fucil

Hortensio Fucil
Personal information
Full name	Hortensio Fucil Herrera
Born	February 8, 1939
Died	April 30, 2018 (aged 79)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Venezuela
Central American and Caribbean Games

Hortensio Fucil Herrera (February 8, 1939 – April 30, 2018) was a track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the short- and in the middle-distances. Fucil represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was second in the 1963 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay (with Víctor Maldonado, Aristides Pineda and Leslie Mentor). In the 1963 Pan American Games Fucil finished fifth in the 400 metres.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Venezuela
1959	Pan American Games	Chicago, United States	5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.8
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	4th	400 m	48.7
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	8th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.9
1961	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	– (h)	400 m	DQ
	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.0
	Bolivarian Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	6th	400 m	53.3
	Bolivarian Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.0
1962	Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	400 m	47.3
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.1
	Ibero-American Games	Madrid, Spain	10th (sf)	400 m	50.4
	Ibero-American Games	Madrid, Spain	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.4
1963	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	400 m	48.58
	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.20
	South American Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	200 m	21.0
			1st	400 m	46.7
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.0
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	37th (h)	400 m	47.9
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.5
1965	South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	200 m	21.6
			4th	400 m	48.5
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	41.3
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.5
	Bolivarian Games	Quito, Ecuador	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.3
1966	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	19th (h)	100 m	11.0
			24th (h)	200 m	23.2
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.3