[2] He currently holds two Venezuelan Records: one in the Half Marathon distance and in the 10 km (road).

Luis Orta earned a master's degree from the University of Kentucky in Sports Management and Coaching in 2014.

He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where he founded My Olympic Coach LLC., an online training platform for athletes around the world.

[4] Orta is married to Sri Lankan-American track and field athlete Hiruni Wijayaratne.

[3][6] Orta qualified for the Summer Olympics in 2016 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was able to represent his birth country of Venezuela.