Natán Armando Rivera Alas (born 12 December 1998) is a

Salvadoran Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

athlete specialising in the

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. Still a youth athlete, he won the gold medal at the

2015 NACAC Championships The 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica from August 7-9, 2015. It was the second edition of a senior ...

although in rather unusual circumstances. His rivals having much better personal bests than Rivera, who managed to jump 4.70 meters, entered the competition much higher but none of them actually cleared the bar. This left him as the sole athlete to record a valid jump and the gold medalist. This victory earned him a spot at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where, however, the opening height of 5.25 metres, way above his then PB of 4.70 metres, proved too much for him. His current personal bests in the event are 5.35 meters outdoors (Austin, TX 2019) and 5.20 metres indoors (Houston, TX 2019). Both are

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1998 births Living people Male pole vaulters Salvadoran pole vaulters Place of birth missing (living people) Salvadoran male athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for El Salvador Central American Games gold medalists for El Salvador Central American Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador {{ElSalvador-athletics-bio-stub

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