{{short description|Italian long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = | nickname = | fullname = | image = Venanzio Ortis.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Venanzio Ortis with the two medal won at the [[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 European Championships]] | nationality = [[Italia]]n | sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]] | event = [[Long-distance running]] | club = [[G.S. Fiamme Oro]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|1|29}} | birth_place = [[Paluzza]] | residence = | coach= | death_date = | death_place= | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | pb = *5000 m: 13:19.19 (1978) *10,000 m: 27:31.48 (1978) | country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]] | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1978 European Athletics Championships|1978 Prague]]|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}} {{MedalSilver|1978 Prague|[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]]|10,000 metres}} {{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1974 Monza]]|[[1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships#Individual 2|Junior individual]]}} {{MedalBronze|1974 Monza|[[1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships#Team 2|Junior team]]}} }}

'''Venanzio Ortis''' (born 29 January 1955) is an Italian retired long-distance runner who won two medals at the [[1978 European Championships in Athletics|1978 European Championships]].

==Biography== Ortis was born in [[Paluzza]], [[province of Udine]]. He started racing in 1969 (for a period he also practiced [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]]), and later won the Italian junior titles in the 1000 and 3000 m races. On 16 August 1978, aged 23, he set a new Italian record in the 5000 m at the [[Weltklasse Zürich]], obtaining a third place behind [[Henry Rono]] and [[Markus Ryffel]]. In the fast 10,000-metre race of the [[1978 European Athletics Championships]], held in [[Prague]] two weeks later, he broke 28 minutes for the first time while finishing second in 27 minutes 31.48 seconds, just four one-hundredths of a second ahead of [[Aleksandras Antipovas|Aleksandr Antipov]] of the Soviet Union, and half a second behind Finland's [[Martti Vainio]] (see, for example, Tapio Pekola et al., eds., EM-Praha 1978 (European Championships in Prague 1978), Kaarina, Finland: Juoksija-lehti (Runner Magazine), 1978). In the slow and tactical 5,000-metre final, he managed to squeeze through the narrow space between Ryffel and the Soviet Union's [[Aleksandr Fedotkin]] to sprint to the lead and win by 0.1 seconds. He missed the [[1980 Moscow Olympics]] due to injury. His last major international track race was the [[1981 IAAF World Cup]] event in [[Rome]], where he placed fourth in 10,000. Plagued by physical problems, Ortis retired in 1983.

He is the cousin of the Italian cross-country skier [[Manuela Di Centa]].

==Achievements== {| class="wikitable" width=65% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Position !!Event!!Time!!Notes |- |1974 |align=left|[[1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Junior Cross Country Championships]] |align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Monza]] |bgcolor=silver| 2nd |Junior race | | |- |rowspan=3|1976 |align=left rowspan=2|[[1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]] |align=left rowspan=2|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chepstow]] |14th |Individual race |[[1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Individual|35:36]] | |- |5th |Long course team |[[1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race#Teams|224 pts]] | |- |align=left|[[1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal]] |{{abbr|Heat|eliminated in heat}} |5000 m |[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|13:52.40]] | |- |rowspan=2|1978 |rowspan=2 align=left|[[1978 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] |rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]] |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |5000 m |[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|13:28.52]] | |- |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |10,000 m |[[1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|27:31.48]] | |- |1983 |align=left|[[1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]] |align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gateshead]] |align="center" | 7th |Long course team | | |}

==National titles== He won five times the [[Italian Athletics Championships|national championships]] at [[senior (athletics)|senior]] level.

*[[Italian Athletics Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016|publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> **[[5000 metres]]: 1977 **[[10,000 metres]]: 1976, 1978 **[[Cross country running|Cross country]] (12&nbsp;km): 1980 *[[Italian Athletics Indoor Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> **[[3000 metres]]: 1978

==See also== * [[FIDAL Hall of Fame]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{sports links}}

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