Edgar Rivera
Personal information | |
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Full name | Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales |
Born | Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico | February 13, 1991
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
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Country | Mexico |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | High jump |
Updated on 07 February 2017 |
Template:Spanish name 2 Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales (born 13 February 1991 in Agua Prieta) is a Mexican athlete who specialize in the high jump.[1][2] He represented his country at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the 2011 and 2013 World Championships without qualifying to the final. He also competed in the World University Games Shenzen 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.[3] His older brother, Luis Rivera, is a world-class long jumper.
Personal bests
He has personal bests of 2.29 metres outdoors (2016) and 2.30 metres indoors (2016). The latter is the current national record.
Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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Outdoor | |||
High jump | 2.29 m | Monterrey, México | 06 Jun 2016 |
Indoor | |||
High jump | 2.30 m | Brno | 9 February 2016 |
Competition record
References
- ^ Edgar Rivera at World Athletics
- ^ Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (21 September 2014), HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Edgar Alejandro Rivera Morales, Agua Prieta, Sonora, 13 feb 91 (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, retrieved December 25, 2014
- ^ Arizona Wild Cats profile
External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Mexican male high jumpers
- Sportspeople from Sonora
- People from Agua Prieta
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Mexico
- Mexican athletics biography stubs