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Luis Rivera
Full name	Luis Ramon Rivera Rivera
Born	(1986-09-04) September 4, 1986 (age 38) Humacao, Puerto Rico
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Puerto Rico
Club	Federacion Puertorriqueña de Gimnasia
Head coach(es)	Jose R. Colon
Assistant coach(es)	Juan C. Colon
Medal record Representing  Puerto Rico Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pommel horse 2007 Rio de Janeiro Vault 2011 Guadalajara Team

Luis Ramon 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 Puertorriqueña de Gimnasia (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

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luis Rivera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
2. "Pan Am Games Conclude". International Gymnastics. July 17, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
3. "Men's Individual All-Around – Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.

External links

• Luis Rivera at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Luis Rivera at Olympedia (archive)
• Luis Rivera Rivera at Olympics.com
• Luis Rivera Rivera at Olympic.org (archived)
• Luis Rivera Rivera at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 24, 2012)

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