Luis Rivera

Luis Alberto Rivera Morales (born 21 June 1987 in Agua Prieta) is a Mexican long jumper. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His personal best is 8.46 metres, achieved in July 2013.

His brother, Edgar Rivera, competes in the high jump.

Early life A native of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Rivera was oldest of four children born to Luis Rivera Pompa and Alejandra Morales. His father had excelled in athletics while his maternal grandfather, León Morales Amézquita, was a marathon runner and played professional football for Unión de Curtidores.

He attended Central Arizona College, where he learned English. He won the junior college national championship in both the triple jump and the long jump. After finishing his General Studies degree, he transferred to the University of Arizona, where he was named all-American in long jump. He also won the indoor and outdoor conference titles in both the long jump and triple jump.

Personal life Rivera earned his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Arizona before earning his master's degree in electrical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). A documentary about the Rivera quartet, called El gran salto, was released in 2021.

"I don't have this class, i'm just here because my boyfriend is" - Girlfriend of a student of Rivera

"O te toca un profe que sabe enseñar o con el que sacas curas, y en la clase del Rivera las curas nunca faltaron." - Former student of Rivera

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