Yeison Rivas

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Yeison Rivas
Personal information
Born (1987-09-24) 24 September 1987 (age 36)
Carepa, Colombia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight66 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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd400 m hurdles 50.44
5th4 × 400 m relay 3:06.23
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 3rd400 m hurdles 50.87
1st4 × 100 m relay 39.41
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:06.22
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 6th400 m hurdles 50.14
9th4 × 400 m relay 3:10.65
Bolivarian Games Sucre, Bolivia 1st400 m hurdles 50.67
2nd4 × 100 m relay 3:10.93
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th400 m hurdles 52.33
2nd4 × 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 6th110 m hurdles 14.01
2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.76
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:06.25
Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Peru 4th110 m hurdles 14.37
5th400 m hurdles 50.69
3rd4 × 100 m relay 39.86
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 8th110 m hurdles 14.29
3rd4 × 100 m relay 40.26
2016 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th110 m hurdles 13.64
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31st (h)110 m hurdles 13.87
2017 South American Championships Asunción, Paraguay 5th110 m hurdles 13.95 (w)
5th400 m hurdles 51.22

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