Yeison Rivas

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivas and the second or maternal family name is Rivas.
Yeison Rivas
Personal information
Born (1987-09-24) 24 September 1987
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles

Yeison Javier Rivas Rivas (born 24 September 1987) is a Colombian hurdler.[2] 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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Colombia
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.44
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.23
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.87
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.41
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.22
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 6th 400 m hurdles 50.14
9th 4 × 400 m relay 3:10.65
Bolivarian Games Sucre, Bolivia 1st 400 m hurdles 50.67
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 3:10.93
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th 400 m hurdles 52.33
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.67
Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 11th (h) 400 m hurdles 51.70
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 6th 110 m hurdles 14.01
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.76
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.25
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru 4th 110 m hurdles 14.37
5th 400 m hurdles 50.69
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.86
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 8th 110 m hurdles 14.29
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 40.26
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 110 m hurdles 13.64
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31st (h) 110 m hurdles 13.87

References

  1. ↑ Rio 2016 profile
  2. ↑ Yeison Rivas profile at IAAF


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