José Rivera (born July 2, 1977) is a

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player from

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. He was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the

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. In the same year the wing-spiker won the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in

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. He won with his team the Bronze medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup.

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1977 births Living people Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany Puerto Rican men's volleyball players E.A. Patras players Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games volleyball players for Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-volleyball-bio-stub