Bruno Hortelano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hortelano and the second or maternal family name is Roig.

Bruno Dominix Hortelano Roig (born 18 September 1991) is a Spanish former athlete competing in sprinting events.^[3]

Bruno Hortelano

Hortelano in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Dominix Hortelano Roig
Born	(1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 33) Wollongong, Australia[1]
Education	Cornell University
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
College team	Cornell Big Red[2]
Coached by	Adrian Durant
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade 4 × 400 m relay European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 200 m 2018 Berlin 4x400 m relay European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 4 × 100 m relay

Early life and career

Hortelano was born to Spanish parents in Wollongong, Australia where his father was completing a PhD. After the family moved to Canada in 1992, Hortelano was raised in Burlington, Ontario. His sport interests varied from taekwondo, soccer and, in high school, American football. He was a member of the Burlington Track Club and also competed at high school venues initially contesting the 100 m and later the 110 m hurdles. From 2005 to 2009 he attended Assumption Catholic Secondary School. He was twice named the most valuable sprinter. Hortelano was a finalist in the 100 m at 10.76 in the 2009 OFSSA Provincial Championships, Toronto. That fall Hortelano was enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he competed in the Ivy League; a genetics major, he graduated in 2014.^[2]

He represented Spain in the 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships reaching the semifinals after setting a new Spanish record of 20.47 in the heats. At the 2016 European Championships he won the gold medal after setting a new Spanish record of 20.39 in the semifinals. Later in 2016, at the Summer Olympics in Rio, Hortelano again broke his own national record in the Men's 200 m with a time of 20.12, but failed to qualify for the final.

On 5 September 2016 Hortelano suffered a "catastrophic hand injury" in a drunk driving car accident in Madrid,^[4] but made a full recovery with the exception of partial use of his right hand and in 2018 he established a new national record in the 200 and 400 metres.^[5]

Hortelano announced his retirement in May 2025.^[6]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	21st (h)	200 m	21.51[n 1]
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	16th (h)	100 m	10.74
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	18th (sf)	200 m	21.35
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.81
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	5th	200 m	20.70
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.87
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.28
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (sf)	200 m	20.55
			9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.46
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	15th (sf)	60 m	6.63
	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	200 m	20.48
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.28
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	100 m	10.12
			1st	200 m	20.45
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th (sf)	200 m	20.12
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	200 m	20.05
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.78
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	8th (sf)	400 m	46.76
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.82

1. Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.06 (+1.0 m/s, Madrid 2016; NR)
• 200 metres – 20.04 (+0.8 m/s, Getafe 2018; NR)
• 400 metres – 44.69 (Madrid 2018; NR)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.63 (Portland 2016)
• 200 metres – 20.75 (Albuquerque 2014)
• 400 metres – 47.04 (Hanover, New Hampshire 2014)