Mauricio Alexander Ortega Girón (born 4 August 1994 in Apartadó, Antioquia)[1] is a Colombian discus thrower.

[4] At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics he improved his record to 59.84 m (196 ft 3+3⁄4 in) in qualifying,[5] but performed less well in the final and finished ninth.

[6] He began to throw with the senior-weight discus that year and was the winner of the 2012 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics.

He won his first Colombian senior title in June and took the bronze medal at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics with a personal best of 57.76 m (189 ft 6 in).

[8] He improved further to a South American junior record and championship record of 62.78 m (205 ft 11+1⁄2 in) to win gold at the 2013 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, which was also in Colombia.