Anier Octavio Garc�a Ortiz is a Cuban track and field athlete, winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier Garc�a established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships. In the next year, at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Garc�a was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 1997, Garc�a broke to the international scene by winning 60 m hurdles at the 1997 World Indoor Championships at Paris. At the World Championships in Athens, he competed with a leg injury, and although he finished second in his quarter-final, he withdrew from the semi-finals. In 1999, Garc�a won the Pan-American Games, but was beaten second by Colin Jackson at the World Championships. The high peak of Garc�a's career was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Olympic final was expected to be a tight competition amongst the top five hurdlers, but Garc�a won the gold medal easily, beating Terrence Trammell by 0.16 seconds. Garc�a repeated his silver medal at the 2001 World Championships and also won silver at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and 2003 World Indoor Championships. 

March 9th, 1976 in Santiago de Cuba (Age 48)