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| Full name | Luis Joel Castro Rivera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 33) Carolina, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gaspar Epro, † Wolfgang Ritzdorf, Carlos Acosta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Joel Castro Rivera (born January 29, 1991) is a Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specializes in high jump. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, he made his debut at the 2011 Grand Prix Ximena Restrepo in Medellín, Colombia, where he placed 3rd. He also participated in the final of the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing 13th and in the final of the 2019 World Championships reaching the 12th place. He won the gold medal at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games with 2.25 m and a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games with 2.24 m.
On 21 May 2023, he jumped the current Puerto Rican national record with 2.30 m in Garbsen, Germany. He also holds the national indoor record with 2.26 m (29 January 2019 in Cologne, Germany). On 7 Aug 2024, Castro Rivera competed in the Men's High Jump Qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he finished in 15th place.
Competition record
References
- "Luis Joel Castro Rivera, OLY". Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Instagram.
- "CASTRO RIVERA Luis". Paris 2024 Olympics.
- "Luis Joel Castro". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
External links
- Luis Castro Rivera at World Athletics
- Luis Joel Castro at Olympics.com
- Luis Castro at Olympedia (archive)
- Luis Joel Castro Rivera at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
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- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
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