Alex Ortiz

Getting to know Alex Ortiz a little

Alex Ortiz Tercero (Valencia, 28/08/2002) is an athlete with important results in middle-distance events (800 and 1,500 m) and in the mixed cross-country relay, competing for CD Metaesport and the Valencian Community team. He took up athletics at the age of 11 at the Valencia Club Atletismo school/team and over his career he has worn the colours of Valencia Club Atletismo and CD Metaesport. His first competitions were in the U14 category and the result he is most proud of to date is third place with CD Metaesport in the mixed relay at the 2025 Spanish Cross-Country Championships, “because standing on a podium with the club and the team-mates who have helped you grow is something special”.

Sporting achievements…

His best results:

-3rd, mixed relay at the Spanish Cross-Country Championships (Atapuerca), 2025.

-3rd with the Valencian Community team in 2023 (Pamplona), competing over 800 m

-8th with the Valencian Community team in 2023 (Ortuella), competing in the mixed cross-country relay

-Twice a national finalist in the U23 category in 2023, finishing 8th indoors (Antequera) and 12th outdoors (Tarragona)

-Valencian Community senior champion over 800 m (2023, La Nucia; 2025, Elche)

-Valencian Community senior champion over 1,500 m (2025, Valencia, indoors)

-Valencian Community champion over 5K on the road (2022, La Pobla de Vallbona).

-Valencian Community champion in the U18, U20 and U23 categories on several occasions.

His personal bests:

-400 m: 49.65 (2025)

-800 m: 1:48.54 (2025)

-1,500 m: 3:46:38 (2025)

-3,000 m: 8:39:09 (2024)

-5K road: 15:01 (2025)

What you might not know about Alex…

Alex graduated as a nutritionist and dietitian in 2024 and now combines his career as an athlete with his work as a sports nutritionist for high-performance athletes, as well as coordinating a vocational training centre for Dietetics and Pathological Anatomy.