Luis Alberto Rivera Morales (born 21 June 1987, in

Agua Prieta Agua Prieta (English: ''Dark Water'', Opata: ''Bachicuy'') is a town in Agua Prieta Municipality in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Sonora. It stands on the Mexico–U.S. border, adjacent to the town of Douglas, Arizona. The mu ...

) is a Mexican

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er. His personal best is 8.46 metres, achieved in July 2013. He attended

Central Arizona College Central Arizona College (CAC) is a public community college near Coolidge, Arizona. CAC serves the population of Pinal County. History and campus Since 1969, Central Arizona College has been serving and educating the communities of Pinal Co ...

, where he learned English. After finishing his General Studies degree, he attended the

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, where he was named all-American in long jump. He finished his Bachelor in Science in Industrial Engineering. Currently, he is studying his PhD in Systems and Industrial Engineering. In 2013, Luis Rivera competed at the World University Games held in Kazan, Russia, where he jumped 8.46 meters to take the gold medal in a head-to-head battle with Russian national favorite

Aleksandr Menkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump. Career Menkov set a personal best ...

, who finished 4 cm behind. Rivera's winning jump became the Mexican national record, and the University Games record. Just over a month later, at the

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in Moscow, Russia, Menkov was again in the competition. This time Menkov took the gold with the Russian National record of 8.56 m while Rivera took the bronze medal with a jump of 8.27 m. His brother, Edgar Rivera, competes in the high jump. He has participated in various international competitions, including the World Universiade in Shenzhen, China, and in Kazan, Russia. He also participated in two world championships, in Daegu, Korea 2011 and Moscow, Russia 2013.

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* 1987 births Living people Mexican male long jumpers Olympic athletes of Mexico Sportspeople from Sonora Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Agua Prieta Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Central Arizona College alumni Arizona Wildcats men's track and field athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Pan American Games competitors for Mexico 21st-century Mexican people 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub