# Venanzio Ortis

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Italian long-distance runner

Venanzio Ortis Venanzio Ortis with the two medal won at the 1978 European Championships Personal information Nationality Italian Born (1955-01-29) 29 January 1955 (age 71) Paluzza Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 64 kg (141 lb) Sport Country Italy Sport Athletics Event Long-distance running Club G.S. Fiamme Oro

**Venanzio Ortis** (born 29 January 1955) is an Italian retired long-distance runner who won two medals at the [1978 European Championships](/source/1978_European_Championships_in_Athletics).

## Biography

Ortis was born in [Paluzza](/source/Paluzza), [province of Udine](/source/Province_of_Udine). He started racing in 1969 (for a period he also practiced [cross-country skiing](/source/Cross-country_skiing_(sport))), 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](/source/Weltklasse_Z%C3%BCrich), obtaining a third place behind [Henry Rono](/source/Henry_Rono) and [Markus Ryffel](/source/Markus_Ryffel). In the fast 10,000-metre race of the [1978 European Athletics Championships](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships), held in [Prague](/source/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 [Aleksandr Antipov](/source/Aleksandras_Antipovas) of the Soviet Union, and half a second behind Finland's [Martti Vainio](/source/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](/source/Aleksandr_Fedotkin) to sprint to the lead and win by 0.1 seconds. He missed the [1980 Moscow Olympics](/source/1980_Moscow_Olympics) due to injury. His last major international track race was the [1981 IAAF World Cup](/source/1981_IAAF_World_Cup) event in [Rome](/source/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](/source/Manuela_Di_Centa).

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes 1974 World Junior Cross Country Championships Monza 2nd Junior race 1976 World Cross Country Championships Chepstow 14th Individual race 35:36 5th Long course team 224 pts Olympic Games Montreal Heat 5000 m 13:52.40 1978 European Championships Prague 1st 5000 m 13:28.52 2nd 10,000 m 27:31.48 1983 World Cross Country Championships Gateshead 7th Long course team

## National titles

He won five times the [national championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships) at [senior](/source/Senior_(athletics)) level.

- [Italian Athletics Championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships)[1] - [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres): 1977 - [10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres): 1976, 1978 - [Cross country](/source/Cross_country_running) (12 km): 1980

- [Italian Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)[2] - [3000 metres](/source/3000_metres): 1978

## See also

- [FIDAL Hall of Fame](/source/FIDAL_Hall_of_Fame)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016"](https://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf) (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS"](http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm). gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

## External links

- [Venanzio Ortis](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14349572) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [Venanzio Ortis](https://www.fidal.it/atleta_one.php?t=fKuTlpc) at the [Italian Athletics Federation](/source/Italian_Athletics_Federation) (in Italian)

- [Venanzio Ortis](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/venanzio-ortis) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Venanzio Ortis](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72069) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Venanzio Ortis](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000010716) at InterSportStats

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held 1919: Primo Brega 1920: Carlo Speroni 1921: Carlo Speroni 1922: Ernesto Ambrosini 1923: Ernesto Ambrosini 1924: Angelo Davoli 1925: Giovanni Busan 1926: Angelo Davoli 1927: Luigi Boero 1928: Luigi Boero 1929: Luigi Boero 1930: Nello Bartolini 1931: Corrado Franceschini 1932: Giuseppe Lippi 1933: Bruno Betti 1934: Salvatore Mastroieni 1935: Luigi Beccali 1936: Umberto Cerati 1937: Luigi Pellin 1938: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1939: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1940: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1941: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1942: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1943: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1944: not held 1945: Alfredo Lazzerini 1946: Giovanni Nocco 1947: Giovanni Nocco 1948: Giovanni Nocco 1949: Mario Nocco 1950: Giovanni Nocco 1951: Valentino Manzutti 1952: Giacomo Peppicelli 1953: Rino Lavelli 1954: Giacomo Peppicelli 1955: Francesco Perrone 1956: Francesco Perrone 1957: Gianfranco Baraldi 1958: Antonio Ambu 1959: Luigi Conti 1960: Luigi Conti 1961: Antonio Ambu 1962: Antonio Ambu 1963: Luigi Conti 1964–: Antonio Ambu 1965: Antonio Ambu 1966: Renzo Finelli 1967: Antonio Ambu 1968: Giuseppe Ardizzone 1969: Renzo Finelli 1970: Giuseppe Ardizzone 1971: Franco Arese 1972: Aldo Tomasini 1973: Aldo Tomasini 1974: Giuseppe Cindolo 1975: Giuseppe Cindolo 1976: Giuseppe Gerbi 1977: Venanzio Ortis 1978: Piero Selvaggio 1979: Mariano Scartezzini 1980: Alberto Cova 1981: Piero Selvaggio 1982: Alberto Cova 1983: Alberto Cova 1984: Stefano Mei 1985: Alberto Cova 1986: Stefano Mei 1987: Ranieri Carenza 1988: Francesco Panetta 1989: Stefano Mei 1990: Renato Gotti 1991: Stefano Mei 1992: Renato Gotti 1993: Giuliano Baccani 1994: Angelo Carosi 1995: Francesco Bennici 1996: Umberto Pusterla 1997: Simone Zanon 1998: Angelo Carosi 1999: Luciano Di Pardo 2000: Gennaro Di Napoli 2001: Salvatore Vincenti 2002: Salvatore Vincenti 2003: Salvatore Vincenti 2004: Michele Gamba 2005: Simone Zanon 2006: Cosimo Caliandro 2007: Daniele Meucci 2008: Daniele Meucci 2009: Stefano La Rosa 2010: Stefano La Rosa 2011: Stefano La Rosa 2012: Stefano La Rosa 2013: Stefano La Rosa 2014: Marouan Razine 2015: Marouan Razine 2016: Yassine Rachik 2017: Najibe Salami 2018: Marouan Razine 2019: Marouan Razine 2020: Ala Zoghlami 2021: Pietro Riva 2022: Yemaneberhan Crippa 2023: Jacopo De Marchi 2024: Pietro Arese v t e Italian Athletics Champions in men's 10000 m 1913: Carlo Martinenghi 1914: Carlo Speroni 1915-1918: not held 1919: Augusto Maccario 1920–21: Carlo Speroni 1922: Primo Brega 1923: Costante Lussana 1924–25: Carlo Speroni 1926: Francesco Mai 1927: Luigi Rossini 1928–30: Giuseppe Robino 1931: Angelo Malachina 1932: Spartaco Morelli 1933: Angelo Malachina 1934: Spartaco Morelli 1935: Giovanni Balbusso 1936–37: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1938–39: Giuseppe Lippi 1940: Cristofano Sestini 1941: Giovanni Cultrone 1942–43: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1944: not held 1945: Alfredo Lazzerini 1946–48: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1949: Pietro Balistreri 1950: Cristofano Sestini 1951–53: Giacomo Peppicelli 1954: Giambattista Martini 1955: Giuseppe Lavelli 1956: Franco Volpi 1957: Francesco Perrone 1958: Antonio Ambu 1959: Franco Volpi 1960: Luigi Conti 1961: Franco Antonelli 1962: Antonio Ambu 1963: Luigi Conti 1964–68: Antonio Ambu 1969–75: Giuseppe Cindolo 1976: Venanzio Ortis 1977: Luigi Zarcone 1978: Venanzio Ortis 1979: Luigi Zarcone 1980: Claudio Solone 1981–82: Alberto Cova 1983: Loris Pimazzoni 1984: Gianni Demadonna 1985: Salvatore Nicosia 1986: Francesco Panetta 1987–88: Giuseppe Miccoli 1989: Massimo Santamaria 1990: Graziano Calvaresi 1991: Vincenzo Modica 1992: Paolo Donati 1993–96: Stefano Baldini 1997: Rachid Berradi 1998: Danilo Goffi 1999: Vincenzo Modica 2000: Daniele Caimmi 2001–02: Stefano Baldini 2003: Marco Bartoletti 2004: Marco Mazza 2005: Giuliano Battocletti 2006–07: Daniele Meucci 2008–09: Stefano La Rosa 2010: Daniele Meucci 2011: Domenico Ricatti 2012: Simone Gariboldi 2013: Jamel Chatbi 2014: Domenico Ricatti 2015: Said El Otmani 2016: Ahmed El Mazoury 2017: Ahmed El Mazoury 2018: Stefano La Rosa 2019: Lorenzo Dini 2020: Osama Zoghlami 2021: Iliass Aouani 2022: Pietro Riva 2023: Pietro Riva 2024: Pietro Riva 2025: Francesco Guerra 2026: Francesco Guerra v t e Italian Athletics Champions in men's cross country Long course 1908–09: Pericle Pagliani 1910: Not held 1911: Giuseppe Cattro 1912: Not held 1913: Giuseppe Cattro 1914: Giuseppe Bausola 1915: Carlo Speroni 1916–18: Not held 1919: Lazzaro Parisio 1920: Not held 1921: Carlo Martinenghi 1922: Ernesto Ambrosini 1923–24: Angelo Davoli 1925: Giuseppe Lippi 1926: Angelo Davoli 1927–30: Giuseppe Lippi 1931–32: Nello Bartolini 1933: Umberto de Florentiis 1934–35: Luigi Pellin 1936: Umberto de Florentiis 1937–38: Giuseppe Lippi 1939–40: Not held 1941: Giuseppe Lippi 1942–43: Salvatore Costantino 1944–45: Not held 1946: Aldo Rossi 1947: Cristofano Sestini 1948: Luigi Pelliccioli 1949–50: Giuseppe Beviacqua 1951: Giacomo Peppicelli 1952: Edoardo Righi 1953: Giacomo Peppicelli 1954: Giovanni Lai 1955: Giacomo Peppicelli 1956: Luigi Conti 1957: Franco Volpi 1958: Gianfranco Baraldi 1959: Antonio Ambu 1960: Franco Volpi 1961: Francesco Perrone 1962: Luigi Conti 1963–64: Antonio Ambu 1965: Luigi Conti 1966–69: Antonio Ambu 1970: Franco Arese (7.5 km), Giovanni Pizzi (15 km) 1971: Gianni Del Buono (6 km), Renato Martini (12 km) 1972: Renato Martini 1973: Giuseppe Cindolo 1974–78: Franco Fava 1979: Luigi Zarcone 1980: Venanzio Ortis 1981: Claudio Solone 1982–86: Alberto Cova 1987–92: Francesco Panetta 1993: Vincenzo Modica 1994–95: Umberto Pusterla 1996: Gennaro Di Napoli 1997: Vincenzo Modica 1998: Umberto Pusterla 1999–2000: Rachid Berradi 2001: Michele Gamba 2002: Rachid Berradi 2003–04: Giuliano Battocletti 2005: Maurizio Leone 2006: Gabriele De Nard 2007: Giuliano Battocletti 2008–09: Andrea Lalli 2010: Kaddour Slimani 2011: Daniele Meucci 2012–13: Gabriele De Nard 2014: Jamel Chatbi 2015: Andrea Lalli 2016: Yemaneberhan Crippa 2017: Daniele Meucci 2018: Yohanes Chiappinelli 2019: Yemaneberhan Crippa 2020: Cancelled 2021: Iliass Aouani 2022: Iliass Aouani 2023: Marco Fontana Granotto 2024: Pasquale Selvarolo Short course 1998–2000: Luciano Di Pardo 2001: Lorenzo Perrone 2002–05: Luciano Di Pardo 2006: Fabio Cesari 2007–18: Not held 2019: Osama Zoghlami 2020: Cancelled 2021: Ala Zoghlami 2022: Ala Zoghlami 2023: Ala Zoghlami v t e Italian Athletics Champions in men's indoor 3000 m 1970: Franco Arese 1971: Giuseppe Cindolo 1972: Gianni Del Buono 1973: Gianni Del Buono 1974: Franco Fava 1975: Aldo Tomasini 1976: Fernando Cerrada (ESP) 1977: Giuseppe Gerbi 1978: Venanzio Ortis 1979: Franco Fava 1980: Fulvio Costa 1981: Alberto Cova 1982: Alberto Cova 1983: Mariano Scartezzini 1984: Alberto Cova 1985: Stefano Mei 1986: Stefano Mei 1987: Franco Boffi 1988: Mauro Pregnolato 1989: Stefano Mei 1990: Angelo Carosi 1991: Alessandro Lambruschini 1992: Alessandro Lambruschini 1993: Fabio Olivo 1994: Gianni Bruzzi 1995: Gianni Crepaldi 1996: Luciano Di Pardo 1997: Gennaro Di Napoli 1998: Moses Kiptanui (KEN) 1999: Gennaro Di Napoli 2000: Gennaro Di Napoli 2001: Salvatore Vincenti 2002: Abdallah Abdelhak 2003: Lorenzo Perrone 2004: Salvatore Vincenti 2005: Cosimo Caliandro 2006: Cosimo Caliandro 2007: Najibe Salami 2008: Daniele Meucci 2009: Daniele Meucci 2010: Christian Obrist 2011: Simone Gariboldi 2012: Abdellah Haidane 2013: Abdellah Haidane 2014: Abdellah Haidane 2015: Said El Otmani 2016: Yemaneberhan Crippa 2017: Yassin Bouih 2018: Yassin Bouih 2019: Ossama Meslek 2020: Yassin Bouih 2021: Pietro Arese 2022: Federico Riva 2023: Ossama Meslek 2024: Federico Riva 2025: Federico Riva v t e 1976 Italy Olympic Athletics Team Men's track & road athletes Luigi Benedetti Roberto Buccione Giuseppe Buttari Luciano Caravani Giuseppe Cindolo Alfonso Di Guida Pietro Farina Franco Fava Carlo Grippo Vincenzo Guerini Massimo Magnani Pietro Mennea Vittorino Milanesio Venanzio Ortis Gianni Ronconi Vittorio Visini Armando Zambaldo Men's field athletes Rodolfo Bergamo Armando De Vincentis Riccardo Fortini Giampaolo Urlando Edoardo Podberscek Oscar Raise Silvano Simeon Roberto Veglia Women's track & road athletes Rita Bottiglieri Silvana Cruciata Gabriella Dorio Margherita Gargano Ileana Ongar Women's field athletes Donatella Bulfoni Sara Simeoni

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