Natán Armando Rivera Alas (born 12 December 1998) is a Salvadoran athlete specialising in the pole vault.[4]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 December 1998 El Salvador |
| Education | Rice University[1] |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Pole vault |
| College team | Rice Owls |
| Coached by | David Butler[3] |
| Updated on 29 August 2015 | |
Still a youth athlete, he won the gold medal at the 2015 NACAC Championships although in rather unusual circumstances. His rivals having much better personal bests than Rivera, who managed to jump 4.70 meters, entered the competition much higher but none of them actually cleared the bar. This left him as the sole athlete to record a valid jump and the gold medalist. This victory earned him a spot at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where, however, the opening height of 5.25 metres, way above his then PB of 4.70 metres, proved too much for him.
His current personal bests in the event are 5.35 meters outdoors (Austin, TX 2019) and 5.20 metres indoors (Houston, TX 2019). Both are national records.
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing El Salvador
| ||||
| 2015 | Pan American Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 4.56 m |
| Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 4.55 m | |
| NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 4.70 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | – | NM | |
| 2016 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 4.70 m |
| NACAC U23 Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 4th | 4.70 m | |
| 2017 | Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 2nd | 5.10 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 4th | 5.10 m |
| 2019 | NACAC U23 Championships | Querétaro City, Mexico | 3rd | 4.90 m |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | – | NM | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "College bio". Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "El salvadoreño Nathan Rivera con oro panamericano juvenil" (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ Natán Rivera at World Athletics
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