Luis Ramon Rivera Rivera (born September 4, 1986 in

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) is a Puerto Rican gymnast. Rivera had won a total of three medals at the

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, including two golds for the team all-around and pommel horse. He competed at the

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, 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

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* Three-time medalist (two golds and one bronze) at the

* Finished fourth for vault at the 2008 Turnier der Meister in

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, and at the 2011 ART World Cup Series in

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* Bronze medalist in men's vault at the 2008 Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

References

External links

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Luis Rivera Rivera at NBC 2008 Olympics website
1986 births Living people Puerto Rican male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Puerto Rico People from Humacao, Puerto Rico Gymnasts at the 2007 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{PuertoRico-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub