Horacio Esteves

{{Short description|Venezuelan sprinter (1941–1996)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Athletics }} {{MedalCountry | {{VEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Central American and Caribbean Games }} {{MedalGold | 1959 Caracas |4x100 m relay }} {{MedalGold | 1962 Kingston |4x100 m relay }} {{MedalCompetition | Bolivarian Games }} {{MedalGold | 1961 Barranquilla | 100 m }} {{MedalSilver | 1961 Barranquilla | 200 m }} {{MedalCompetition | Ibero-American Games }} {{MedalGold | 1960 Santiago | 4x100 m relay }} {{MedalSilver | 1960 Santiago | 100 m }} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela''' Yaritagua, Yaracuy (6 July 1941 – 26 July 1996) was a Venezuelan sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964 to 1968. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas (now Brígido Iriarte Stadium), matching the time set by Armin Hary in 1960 and Harry Jerome in 1962.<ref name=solo>{{cite news|url=http://www.solodeportes.com.ve/2011/08/59837/horacio-conquisto-el-mundo-hace-47-anos/ |title=Horacio conquistó el mundo hace 47 años |date=15 August 2011 |work=Solodeportes |language=Spanish |accessdate=16 November 2011 |location=Venezuela |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915023655/http://www.solodeportes.com.ve/2011/08/59837/horacio-conquisto-el-mundo-hace-47-anos/ |archivedate=15 September 2011 }}</ref><ref name=fva/> He was also a record holder in the 100-yard dash, at 9.2s.

He reached the semi-finals in the 100m at the 1960 Olympics, and the same year competed in the heats for Venezuela in the 4 X 100 m relay. A muscle strain prevented him from going to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.<ref name=solo/> He did not go beyond the heats in the 1968 Olympics 100m. Esteves competed in the 4×100 metres Relay at the 1963 Pan American Games winning a silver medal with Arquímedes Herrera, Héctor Thomas, and Rafael Romero. He finished fourth in the 100 meters at the 1963 Pan American Games.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/horacio-esteves-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203040854/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/horacio-esteves-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2016 |title=Horacio Esteves Olympic Results |accessdate=23 February 2019}}</ref>

He went to high school at the Aplicación Lyceum and Luis Espelozín schools. He received a degree in physical education from the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas (now part of the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador.<ref name=solo/> He did an MA in science, specializing in Planning and Nutrition, and then studied physiology of exercise at the Universidad de Los Andes and growth and development at the Universidad Simón Bolívar.<ref name=fva>{{cite web|url=http://www.fva.cavillo.com.ve/salonFama/show/id/15 |title=Horacio Estévez |work=Federación Venezolana de Atletismo |language=Spanish |accessdate=17 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231039/http://www.fva.cavillo.com.ve/salonFama/show/id/15 |archivedate=25 April 2012 }}</ref>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{VEN}} |- |rowspan=3|1959 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan=2|Caracas, Venezuela |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |10.91 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |42.14 |- |Pan American Games |Chicago, United States |7th (h) |100 m |NT |- |rowspan=4|1960 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Rome, Italy |7th (sf) |100 m |11.1 |- |8th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |41.11 |- |rowspan=2|Ibero-American Games |rowspan=2|Santiago, Chile |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |10.3 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |40.3 |- |rowspan=7|1961 |rowspan=4|South American Championships |rowspan=4|Lima, Peru |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |10.6 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |21.3 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 x 100 m relay |41.0 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 x 400 m relay |3:16.0 |- |rowspan=3|Bolivarian Games |rowspan=3|Barranquilla, Colombia |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |10.4 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |200 m |21.5 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 x 100 m relay |42.0 |- |rowspan=3|1962 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan=2|Kingston, Jamaica |6th |100 m |10.6 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |40.0 |- |Ibero-American Games |Madrid, Spain |15th (h) |100 m |12.4 |- |rowspan=2|1963 |rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|São Paulo, Brazil |4th |100 m |10.64 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |40.71 |- |1968 |Olympic Games |Mexico City, Mexico |49 (h) |100 m |10.65 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com|horacio-esteves}} * {{Olympedia}}

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