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Erick Portillo

Personal information
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	High jump: 2.28m (2023)
Medal record Men's track and field Representing  Mexico Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali-Valle High jump NACAC U23 Championships 2019 Querétaro High jump Pan American U20 Championships 2019 San José High jump

Erick Portillo (born 5 October 2000) is a Mexico high jumper. He is a multiple time national champion.

Career

He won gold in the high jump at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica with a clearance of 2.18 metres. He won bronze at the 2019 NACAC U23 Champiosnhips.

He won gold at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia with a 2.21 metres clearance.

In July 2024, he cleared 2.27 metres competing in Mexico and qualified for the Olympic Games. He subsequently competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Personal life

He is from Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. In 2021, he began tstudy for a degree in physiotherapy at the Universidad del Valle de México, in Chihuahua.

References

1. "Erick Portillo". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. Stubbs, Brent (22 July 2019). "Pan Am U-20: Anderson wins bronze in 400m". Tribune242. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. "Athletes bring home 3 gold medals, 4 silver, bronze". Tribune242. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
4. "MEXICO WON GOLD IN MEN'S HIGH JUMP". caliavalle2021. December 4, 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
5. Castro, Erick (1 July 2024). "Erick Portillo sets a record in the High Jump; he gets his ticket to Paris 2024". elheraldodechihuahua.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
6. "Men's High Jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
7. Mendoza, Christian (5 May 2024). "Erick Portillo, looking for sponsorship for European tour". excelsior.com.mx. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
8. "High jumper Erick Portillo starts 2022 with international events". gobgro.gob.mx. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

External links

• Erick Portillo at World Athletics

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Mexican male high jumpers
• Sportspeople from Chihuahua (state)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
• Olympic athletes for Mexico
• 21st-century Mexican sportsmen