Ottoz retired from competitions in 1969, aged 25. He became an athletics coach in 1986, and by 1992 trained hurdlers and sprinters of the Italy national athletics team. As a sports manager he was president of the Regional Committee of the CONI of the Valle d'Aosta. Since 2001 he has been a member of the national board of the same Olympic Committee and chair of the Regional Committee FIDAL of Valle d'Aosta.[2]
National records
110 metres hurdles: 13.46 (Mexico City, 17 October 1968) – held until 30 August 1994[3] when it was broken by his son Laurent with 13.42 seconds.
Progression
Ottoz was in the top 25 world year list for six consecutive seasons.[4]