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Luis Rivera (gymnast)

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Full name
  
Luis Rivera Rivera

Name
  
Luis Rivera

Disciplines
  
Artistic gymnastics

Weight
  
68 kg

Head coach(es)
  
Jose R. Colon

Height
  
1.68 m

Country represented
  
Puerto Rico

Role
  
Gymnast



Born
  
4 September 1986 (age 37) Humacao, Puerto Rico (
1986-09-04
)

Club
  
Federacion Puertorriquena de Gimnasia

Assistant coach(es)
  
Juan C. Colon

Luis Rivera Rivera (born September 4, 1986 in Humacao) is a Puerto Rican gymnast. Rivera had won a total of three medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including two golds for the team all-around and pommel horse. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourteenth in the men's individual all-around final, with a total technical score of 90.175. He is also affiliated with Federacion Puertorriquena de Gimnasia (English: Puerto Rican Federation of Gymnastics), and is coached and trained by Jose and Juan R. Colon.

Career achievements

  • Fourteenth place in the individual all-around event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
  • Three-time medalist (two golds and one bronze) at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Finished fourth for vault at the 2008 Turnier der Meister in Cottbus, Germany, and at the 2011 ART World Cup Series in Paris, France
  • Bronze medalist in men's vault at the 2008 Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

    • References

    Luis Rivera (gymnast) Wikipedia
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