Natán Armando Rivera Alas (born 12 December 1998) is a Salvadoran athlete specialising in the pole vault.
Still a youth athlete, he won the gold medal at the 2015 NACAC Championships although in rather unusual circumstances. His rivals having much better personal bests than Rivera, who managed to jump 4.70 meters, entered the competition much higher but none of them actually cleared the bar. This left him as the sole athlete to record a valid jump and the gold medalist. This victory earned him a spot at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where, however, the opening height of 5.25 metres, way above his then PB of 4.70 metres, proved too much for him.
His current personal bests in the event are 5.35 meters outdoors (Austin, TX 2019) and 5.20 metres indoors (Houston, TX 2019). Both are national records.
Competition record Representing 2015Pan American Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st4.56 mCentral American ChampionshipsManagua, Nicaragua1st4.55 mNACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st4.70 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China –NM2016Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th4.70 mNACAC U23 ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador4th4.70 m2017Pan American U20 ChampionshipsTrujillo, Peru2nd5.10 m2018Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia4th5.10 m2019NACAC U23 ChampionshipsQuerétaro City, Mexico3rd4.90 mPan American GamesLima, Peru –NM
See also El Salvador at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
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