Victor Colon

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

Victor Colon Ortíz (born March 16, 1972) was the first Puerto Rican gymnast to obtain a medal in this sport in a world competition. He won a bronze medal with a score of 9.581 for the vault event in the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was also the first Puerto Rican gymnast to complete in an Olympic Games, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Victor Colon
Full name	Víctor Colon Ortíz
Nickname(s)	Peke papito
Born	(1972-03-16) March 16, 1972 (age 53)
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Puerto Rico
Retired	1995
Medal record World Championships 1992 Paris Vault Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Horizontal Bar 1991 Havana Vault

Colon won medals at the 1991 Pan American Games and the 1995 Pan American Games.

References

• Victor Colon at the International Gymnastics Federation

External links

• Victor Colon at Olympics.com
• Victor Colon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)