Yeison Rivas Explained

Yeison Rivas
Birth Date:24 September 1987
Birth Place:Carepa, Colombia
Height:1.73 m[1]
Weight:66 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles
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Yeison Javier Rivas Rivas (born 24 September 1987) is a Colombian hurdler. He represented his country in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won multiple medals on regional level.

His personal bests are 13.36 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.3 m/s, Medellín 2016) and 49.90 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles (Cali 2015). The latter is the current national record.

International competitions

Representing
2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rd400 m hurdles50.44
5th4 × 400 m relay3:06.23
2009South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru3rd400 m hurdles50.87
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay39.41
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:06.22
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba6th400 m hurdles50.14
9th4 × 400 m relay3:10.65
Bolivarian GamesSucre, Boliviabgcolor=gold1st400 m hurdles50.67
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay3:10.93
2011South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina6th400 m hurdles52.33
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.67
Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico11th (h)400 m hurdles51.70
2013South American ChampionshipsCartagena, Colombia6th110 m hurdles14.01
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay39.76
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:06.25
Bolivarian GamesTrujillo, Peru4th110 m hurdles14.37
5th400 m hurdles50.69
3rd4 × 100 m relay39.86
2014South American GamesSantiago, Chile8th110 m hurdles14.29
3rd4 × 100 m relay40.26
2016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th110 m hurdles13.64
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil31st (h)110 m hurdles13.87
2017South American ChampionshipsAsunción, Paraguay5th110 m hurdles13.95 (w)
5th400 m hurdles51.22
Bolivarian GamesSanta Marta, Colombia3rd110 m hurdles13.89
bgcolor=gold1st400 m hurdles50.47

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/es/atleta/yeison-rivas Rio 2016 profile