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Place of Birth: Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama
About Ismael Ortiz
- Ismael Jafet Ortiz Zuñiga (born October 22, 1982 in Panama City) is a swimmer from Panama.
- He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in the Men's 100-meter Freestyle.
- His heat time was 51.74 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the semi-finals.
- Ortiz also represented his native country at the World Championships (long course) in 2001 and 2003. Despite qualifying to represent Panama in the 2008 Olympics with a time below 23.00 seconds, domestic political circumstances prevented him from competing in the games, causing a small public outcry in his home country.He swam for the USA's Drury University from 2005-2007.
- He graduated with a degree in Fine Art in 2008, and currently teaches youth swimming in Miami.
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