Manuel Rivera (athlete)

Manuel Rivera
Personal information
Full nameManuel Rivera Guevarra
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born(1935-01-01)1 January 1935
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico[1]
Died14 July 1994(1994-07-14) (aged 59)
Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Sport
SportSprinting
Event(s)
100 metres, 200 metres

Manuel Rivera Guevarra (5 January 1935 – 14 July 1994) was a Puerto Rican sprinter. He won medals at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 1962 Ibero-American Games.[2]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing Puerto Rico
1959 Central American and Caribbean Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st 100 m 10.87
1st 200 m 21.79
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.27
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.91
Pan American Games Chicago, United States 5th (sf) 100 m 10.5
10th (sf) 200 m 21.9
5th 4 × 100 m relay 41.7
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.4
1960 Ibero-American Games Santiago, Chile 11th (sf) 100 m 11.0
6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.6
1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Kingston, Jamaica 15th (h) 100 m 10.8
6th 200 m 21.8
4th 4 × 100 m relay 41.2
Ibero-American Games Madrid, Spain 2nd 100 m 10.9
4th 200 m 21.7
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.7
1963 Pan American Games São Paulo, Brazil 12th (h) 100 m 10.96
6th 200 m 22.0
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.02

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ "Manuel Rivera Guevarra". pfdh.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ InterSportStats bio



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