Luis Castro (athlete)
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Full name | Luis Joel Castro Rivera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Carolina, Puerto Rico | January 29, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Gaspar Epro, † Wolfgang Ritzdorf, Carlos Acosta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Joel Castro Rivera OLY[1] (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.[2] He also participated in the final of the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing 13th[3] 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.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Luis Joel Castro Rivera, OLY". Retrieved August 8, 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/luis-castro-rivera_1537168.
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(help) - ^ "Luis Joel Castro". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico
- 21st-century Puerto Rican people
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Puerto Rican athletics biography stubs