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He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Alfredo García-Baró, Ortíz, Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, at the 1997 World Championships.
He finished fourth with the Cuban 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Alfredo García-Baró, Ortíz, Iván García and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, at the 1997 World Championships.
He defected to Canada following the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.