Edgar Rivera

Edgar Rivera
Personal information
Full name	Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales
Born	February 13, 1991 (age 33); Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
	Updated on 07 February 2017

Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales (born 13 February 1991) is a Mexican athlete who specialize in the high jump.^[1] He represented his country at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the 2011 and 2013 World Championships without qualifying to the final. He finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships. He also competed in the World University Games Shenzhen 2011 and Kazan 2013, among other important meets representing his country (CAC Games 2014, PanAm Games 2011 and 2015, World Youth (2007) and World Junior (2008 and 2010) Championships.

He studied at the University of Arizona.^[2] His older brother, Luis Rivera, is a world-class long jumper.

Personal bests

He has personal bests of 2.31 metres outdoors (2021) and 2.30 metres indoors (2016). Both are the current national records.

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
High jump	2.31 m	Šamorín	2 Jun 2021
Indoor
High jump	2.30 m	Brno	9 February 2016

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Mexico
2005	International Children's Games (U16)	Coventry, United Kingdom	1st	1.92 m
2006	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	1.99 m
2006	International Children's Games (U16)	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	2.06 m
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	5th	2.14 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10th	2.08 m
2009	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	2.10 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	6th	2.17 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	14th (q)	2.15 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	26th (q)	2.21 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	8th	2.18 m
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	1st	2.23 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	10th	2.15 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	22nd (q)	2.22 m
2014	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	2.28 m
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	3rd	2.23m A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	2.21 m A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	7th	2.20 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	35th (q)	2.17 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	2.29 m
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	8th	2.16 m
2018	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	6th	2.22 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	9th	2.15 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	19th (q)	2.21 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	7th	2.24 m
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	2.26 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	13th	2.19 m
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	2.22 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	14th (q)	2.25 m

References

^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (21 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales, Agua Prieta, Sonora, 13 feb 91 (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2014, retrieved December 25, 2014
^ Arizona Wildcats bio

External links

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[fmaa_01-1] Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (21 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales, Agua Prieta, Sonora, 13 feb 91 (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2014, retrieved December 25, 2014

[2] Arizona Wildcats bio

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